American jazz pianist Brad Mehldau performs at Smoke Jazz Club, New York, New York, Friday, August ... [+] 14, 2009. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images). New York City jazz hotspot Smoke ...

best known for his smooth jazz sound and crossover success in the 1970s. He was born on November 29, 1940, in Rochester, New ...

On the recently released "Forces Of Nature," you can hear their potent mix ignite in a New York landmark for great jazz in the' 60s and '70s, the gritty, long-gone club known as Slugs'.