This tiny western kingbird tried to drive away a Harris hawk by repeatedly dive-bombing it. At one point it even hitched a lift by landing on the bigger bird’s back. The showdown was spotted by ...

People will tell you that Coleman Hawkins was the Henry Ford of the tenor sax. After Ford, everybody was going around driving in a Model T; after hearing Hawkins, everybody had to get a saxophone.

Recorded in England in 1958, this little-known session, originally released on the obscure Felsted label, is an inarguable gem. Perhaps even the word "masterpiece" is not too much of a stretch. It's ...

Bird of Prey Blues; My One and Only Love; Vignette; Ooh-Wee, Miss G.P.!; You've Changed; Get Set; Sunday; Hanid; Honey Flower; Honey Flower [alternate take]; Nabob ...