Under the banner of Cool, there are the plaintive trumpet sound and swooningly romantic vocals of Chet Baker, the timeless jazz and pop singing of Tony Bennett, and the soulful tenor saxophone of Stanley Turrentine.
Representing jazz's Hot side -- from the 1920s to the 1990s -- are that hottest of trumpeters, Louis Armstrong, the pitch-perfect clarinet of Artie Shaw with his orchestra, legendary dance-band leader and trombonist Glenn Miller, the penetratingly blues-and-R & B-inflected voice of Esther Phillips, and New Orleans' uniquely swaggering Dirty Dozen Brass Band..
And when the clock strikes 12 a.m., the Midnight hour is fitting for the jazz ballads of rich-toned tenor saxophone master Dexter Gordon and the powerful jazz-to-soul singing of Aretha Franklin.
So what are you waiting for? Get in the mood with Jazz Moods!
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