Pat Martino's 1967 Prestige session with Cedar Walton and Joe Farrell -- a guitar record that moves between full-throttle bebop and deliberate balladry.
Charles Earland's 1970 Prestige debut with Jimmy Heath, Virgil Jones, and a six-piece unit that hit the Billboard charts -- soul-jazz organ music that never dumbs anything down.
Booker Ervin's 1964 Prestige standards date with Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis, and Alan Dawson -- the hardest-blowing tenor in jazz at his most tender.
Gil Melle's 1956 Prestige quartet date -- a restless innovator who painted covers for Miles Davis and built his own instruments, captured across two Van Gelder sessions.
Kissa Kissa owns 20 Shirley Scott records -- more than Miles Davis. Her portrait hangs on our wall. And almost nobody knows her name. Here's why that's a crime.
