Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his 'voice' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to ...

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American jazz musician Stuff Smith was a preeminent violinist and singer during the Swing Era. (William P. Gottlieb) David Schulman's second documentary begins with a bootlegged recording he made ...