Tony Ellis

Like bebop and Dixieland, bluegrass often functions as repertory music. Straight-ahead jazz is full of artists who insist on playing the same beaten-to-death standards over and over, and there are many ...Read full review

Although banjoist Tony Ellis got his start as one of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, in his subsequent solo work he has often explored quieter terrain, as he did on the sweet and lovely Farewell My Home, ...Read full review