Search results for "Bill Holman"

Bill Holman: Donna Lee (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

The veteran arranger Bill Holman is considered by many to be the best in the business, whether writing for Stan Kento...

Stan Kenton: Hav-a-Havana (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

From a jazz standpoint, the ensemble Kenton led that featured the music of Willis Holman is the highpoint of Stan’s c...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Frank Rosolino: Frank 'n Earnest (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Frank Rosolino emerged during his 1952-'54 stint with Stan Kenton as one of jazz's most exciting trombonists. Here th...

Bill Holman: You Go to My Head (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 30, 08

By 1958, Bill Holman was a composing/arranging heavyweight, and the second album of big band music under his own name...

Lennie Niehaus: Bunko (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 04, 09

The first track Lennie Niehaus recorded as a leader was a sprightly "I'll Take Romance." Well, I'll take Niehaus, and...

Stan Kenton: Fascinating Rhythm (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 20, 08

Updating the Kenton dance book was a wise idea, especially when Bill Russo became the main architect of New Concepts ...

Stan Kenton: The Thrill Is Gone (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Married to Kenton for a few years, Ann Richards has her fans and detractors as a singer. Many listeners feel that her...

Stan Kenton: Frank Speaking (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

By 1952, Kenton was leading an ensemble called “New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm” and continued to attract excellen...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Stan Kenton: All the Things You Are (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Kenton admired Gerry Mulligan, but didn't like his attitude or his insistence on everything played his way. Yet for a...

Stan Kenton: All About Ronnie (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Chris Connor was recommended to Kenton by June Christy. Connor did not stay very long, but her stint with the band ma...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Stan Kenton: An Esthete on Clark Street (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Bill Russo recorded this composition with his own orchestra for the Dee Gee label, and later created this setting for...

Stan Kenton: The Opener (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Kenton may not have been entirely comfortable with Bill Holman's musical direction, but he bought everything that Bil...

Buddy Rich: Norwegian Wood (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

Though the power and audacity of Bill Holman's arrangement contrasts with the light folksiness of John Lennon's origi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES

During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...

Stan Kenton: Young Blood (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Mulligan and Stan Kenton was an odd mix that didn't work out. Mulligan's music was light years away from Kenton's dyn...

Charlie Parker with Stan Kenton: My Funny Valentine (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

Yes, Charlie Parker actually recorded with Stan Kenton! And unlike the electronically created collaborations that are...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MY FUNNY VALENTINE

            My Funny Valentine, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Art Pepper: Winter Moon (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 27, 08

Art Pepper's 1980 session with strings may not be as well known as those of Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Stan ...

Stan Kenton: Invention for Guitar and Trumpet (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Kenton first heard of Willis Holman when Gene Roland played Stan a recording of a 12-tone contrapuntal blues that Bil...

Miles Davis: Godchild (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 03, 08

One of the most popular jazz compositions of its era, "Godchild" boasts a wonderful Gerry Mulligan arrangement with v...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BIRTH OF THE COOL

On September 4, 1948, a live broadcast from the Royal Roost featured a group led by trumpeter Miles Davis. Th...

Gerry Mulligan: Lady Chatterley's Mother (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 09, 08

Gerry Mulligan's early '60s Concert Jazz Band was one of the most musically influential big bands of its time. That i...

Remembering Charlie Mariano (1923-2009) posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 22, 09

Saxophonist Charlie Mariano, who passed away in Germany last week at age 85, was one of the most expansive player...

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