Search results for "Billy Higgins"

Ornette Coleman: Forerunner (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 28, 07

The drumming style of Billy Higgins might best be described as the modern syncopated bebop style of Max Roach and Roy...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT MOMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

Transitions and developments at the drumset have been an essential driving force throughout the history of jazz. Fro...

Ornette Coleman: Bird Food (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 29, 08

Being highly influenced by melody and lyricism is usually not a disadvantage, except when listening to the music...

Dexter Gordon: Cheese Cake (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Once asked which of his own Blue Note albums his personal favorite was, Gordon rather surprisingly offered a response...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Ornette Coleman: What Reason Could I Give? (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 01, 08

Ornette Coleman's groups in the 1960s and early '70s that included Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell, Billy Hig...

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...

Jackie McLean: Lifeline (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 23, 08

Jackie McLean was a man in search of himself when he came under the influence of Ornette Coleman, so it's no surprise...

Jackie McLean: Old Gospel (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 23, 08

In the 1960s, it seemed as if every Blue Note release had to have at least one grooving boogaloo-style tune—the bette...

Lee Morgan: Hocus-Pocus (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

I get to see a lot of CDs reissued from the original vinyl recordings. Very often I find some horrific mistake in the...

Herbie Hancock: Empty Pockets (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

It's hard to believe that at the tender age of 22, Herbie Hancock stormed onto the jazz scene with his debut release ...

Bobby Hutcherson: 8/4 Beat (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 29, 09

Stick-Up! is one of Hutcherson's finest albums, either from his Blue Note years or thereafter. It was the first time...

George Coleman: Have You Met Miss Jones (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music June 29, 09

Coleman has long had a liking and affinity for Richard Rodgers' compositions, going back to the saxophonist's endurin...

Lee Morgan: Trapped (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

When paired together in a frontline, Wayne Shorter and Lee Morgan never disappointed. Shorter’s compositions consiste...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Donald Byrd: Slow Drag (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

Here we have yet another Bossa nova song disguised by a heavy piano bass and some bluesy changes. The opening to this...

Ornette Coleman: Focus on Sanity (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 19, 08

Sanity might have seemed the issue for some when this was first unleashed to the world in 1959. Coleman’s work was so...

Charles Lloyd: Song of Her (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 09

Cecil McBee's luminous ballad "Song of Her" first appeared in 1966 on Charles Lloyd's best-known album, Forest Flower...

Lee Morgan: Zambia (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 08, 08

In a 2006 interview by Ethan Iverson, drummer Billy Hart mentions that he once asked Lee Morgan about "The Sidewinder...

Herbie Hancock: Driftin' (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Recorded approximately one month after his 22nd birthday, Takin’ Off marks Herbie Hancock’s first album as a leader f...

Don Cherry: Art Deco (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Channeling the quieter side of the early Ornette Coleman Quartet, Cherry's ensemble provides more solid evidence as t...

Sonny Rollins: Dearly Beloved (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

It’s difficult to overstate the effect that Ornette Coleman had on Sonny Rollins. The always-critical Rollins was in...

Lee Morgan: You Go to My Head (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 09, 07

On the heels of his previous year's hit "The Sidewinder," Lee Morgan applies 3/5ths of the same quintet and an equall...

Pat Metheny: The Calling (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Question: What do Pat Metheny and Lou Reed have in common? Answer: Metal Machine Music. In Reed's case, it was often ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

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