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Jeremy Steig (with Denny Zeitlin): So What (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 14, 09

This was the debut recording of two precocious talents, Jeremy Steig (then 21) and Denny Zeitlin (then 25 and on the ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DENNY ZEITLIN

2009 has been a banner year for pianist-composer Denny Zeitlin (b. 1938). With the release by Mosaic Select ...

Ron Carter: Little Waltz (1977) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

Having two bass players in a band is like having two spouses -- friction and fireworks are almost inevitable. Duke E...

Thelonious Monk: Bright Mississippi (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

One of the most fun tunes Monk wrote, “Bright Mississippi” is based on the melody and chord changes of “Sweet Georgia...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL THELONIOUS MONK PERFORMANCES

The pianist Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was bebop’s mad genius. He and a handful of others created the jazz form, and...

Sheila Jordan: The Very Thought of You (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 29, 08

Sheila Jordan will turn 80 on November 18, 2008, and still awaits the kind of recognition she has deserved throughout...

Alice Coltrane: Ptah, the El Daoud (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 21, 09

Alice McLeod Coltrane was essentially a bebop pianist who had even studied with Bud Powell in Paris in 1959, but she ...

Sonny Rollins: Without a Song (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

Sonny Rollins is remarkable because of the effortless way his ideas flow and develop. The interplay between him and J...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: BEN ALLISON

Ben Allison, recently featured in an interview and concert review on jazz.com, now participates in our "Desert Islan...

Thelonious Monk: Blue Monk (1964 live version) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Ask me, and I’ll tell you Live at the It Club is Monk’s best record. The latest two-disc version restores virtually e...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL THELONIOUS MONK PERFORMANCES

The pianist Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was bebop’s mad genius. He and a handful of others created the jazz form, and...

Thelonious Monk: Green Chimneys (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

“Green Chimneys” was a new composition on this date, named after the school Monk’s daughter attended. At nine minutes...

Sonny Rollins: Where Are You? (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

In 1962, returning from one of his periodic sabbaticals, Sonny Rollins met a mixed reception. For some, jazz's increa...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE BLUE & SENTIMENTAL TENOR SAX BALLADS

    Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the m...

Ron Carter: Tambien Conocido Como (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

I remember seeing this band at San Francisco's Keystone Korner around the time the Piccolo LP was released, and can s...

Andrew Hill: Golden Sunset (alternate take) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

This is from one of a couple of records that Andrew did for Blue Note in the late ‘80s. The album itself has a certai...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music January 14, 09

Monk's tribute to himself is a linear swing that surprisingly does not deviate far from the chart. The tune is perfor...

Wynton Marsalis: Stardust (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 18, 08

This much beloved jazz standard has its own deeply ingrained personality, and you tinker with it at your own risk. ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Mark Elf: Tea Cup (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 01, 08

"We are living on a conducting globe surrounded by a thin layer of insulating air, above which is a rarefied and cond...

Ron Carter: A Selected Discography posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 03, 07

Ron Carter is the consummate sideman, and one of the most active accompanists in the history of jazz. But Carter has...

Brandford, Jay (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brandford, Jay (Edward), alto and baritone saxophonist, flutist, composer/arranger; b. Los Angeles, CA, 24 March 1959...

Barron, Kenneth "Kenny" posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Barron, Kenneth "Kenny", piano; b. Philadelphia, June 9, 1943. His father William was a quiet man who worked in const...

Heath, "Tootie" (Albert) posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

Albert “Tootie” Heath's clean, self-assured interactions and impeccable swing feel made him a first-call drummer amon...

West, Adrienne posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

West, Adrienne, vocalist, actress, lyricist, educator; b. Brooklyn, NY, 17 November 1951. Her mother is Henrietta Wes...

Reid, Rufus (L.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Reid, Rufus (L.), bass, educator, author; b. Atlanta, GA, 10 February 1944. His mother, Sylvia Reid, and his father, ...

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