Search results for "Bob Gordon"

Clifford Brown: Joy Spring (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

Less than a month after the historic February 1954 A Night At Birdland session with Art Blakey, Brownie found himself...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AL HOOD SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL CLIFFORD BROWN TRACKS

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Lennie Niehaus: You Stepped Out of a Dream (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 03, 09

Neglected master composer/arranger of West Coast, counterpoint-styled Jazz, and no slouch as an alto saxman eith...

Dexter Gordon: Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

After some captivating if uncharacteristic experimentation in 1963-64, Gordon returned to his classic sound with Gett...

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

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Chet Baker: There Will Never Be Another You (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 05, 07

With jazz performers, we crave the person behind the persona. Usually what you see is what you get. Sometimes, though...

Jaco Pastorius: Soul Intro/The Chicken (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

If Jaco Pastorius is ever remembered for one composition, it's probably going to be "The Chicken." This song was orig...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Brisker, Gordon (Ira) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brisker, Gordon (Ira), tenor saxophonist, composer/arranger; b. Cincinnati, OH, 6 November 1937. His mother, Flora, w...

Grubbs, Carl (Gordon) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Grubbs, Carl (Gordon), saxophonist (alto and soprano), educator, arranger and composer; b. Philadelphia, PA, 27 July ...

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward); valve trombone, composer, piano; born in Kansas City, Missouri on December.19, 1929....

Mover, Bob (Robert Alan) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mover, Bob (Robert Alan), alto sax; b. Boston, MA, 22 March 1952. His father is Jimmy Mover, born: 6/15/25. Played tr...

Stan Kenton: Gee, Officer Krupke (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 19, 09

Kenton's West Side Story is how it was cover-billed, and like most Kenton projects this one divided the jazz aud...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Barney Kessel: Viva el Toro! (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 03, 09

The late-'50s craze for jazz versions of Broadway and television shows scored hits (several fine Porgy and Bess album...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

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, ...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

Stamm, Marvin (Louis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stamm, Marvin (Louis), trumpet and Flugelhorn; performer, educator, writer; b. May 23, 1939, Memphis, TN.  His f...

Vinding, Mads posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Vinding, Mads, bassist; b. Coopenhagen, Denmark, 7 December 1948. An itinerant example of Danish jazz in world cla...

Harris, Barry (Doyle) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist Barry Harris seamlessly blends bebop’s lyrical phrasing with an exceptional accompanying style, drawn from hi...

In Conversation with Anat Cohen and Duduka Da Fonseca posted in Features and Interviews April 25, 09

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Giuffre, Jimmy (James Peter) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09

Reedist, composer and musical visionary Jimmy Giuffre's career spanned six decades and many styles. Best known as the...

Taylor, Art (Arthur S., Junior) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Arthur Taylor's strong sense of swing, expert control of dynamics and deep melodic sensibility placed him in the elit...

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