Search results for "Bob Mintzer"
Bob Mintzer: Mine Is Yours (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 16, 08This song shows marvelously Bob Mintzer's talent as a composer, arranger and soloist. Arranger, because this musician...
Bob Mintzer (featuring Kurt Elling): Minuano (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 29, 08Pat Metheny's "Minuano" is becoming something of a contemporary standard. Vocalist Kurt Elling, featured as a guest ...
Ed Palermo: Toads of the Short Forest (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 08, 08The next time some sourpuss tells you that the big band is dead . . . whip out your copy of The Ed Palermo Big Band P...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZY SIDE OF FRANK ZAPPA
"Jazz is the music of unemployment," Frank Zappa once quipped. But don't let these cynical words mis-lead you. Zapp...
Yellowjackets: Double Nickel (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 08, 08Mike Stern performed with the Yellowjackets at the 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival, and on this CD becomes the first guit...
Yellowjackets: Les is Mo (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 23, 07One of contemporary jazz’s most accomplished and enduring groups goes soul-jazzy on this live track. Penned by keyboa...
Jaco Pastorius: Soul Intro/The Chicken (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 18, 09If 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...
Bob Curnow's L.A. Big Band: Minuano (Six Eight) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 29, 08Bob Curnow's arrangements of Pat Metheny's music for big band are a delight to hear, and the 1994 recording The Music...
Bob Mintzer: March Majestic (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 07, 07Bob Mintzer is one of the contemporary breed of jazz composer-arrangers who are comfortable integrating elements from...
Stamm, Marvin (Louis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Stamm, Marvin (Louis), trumpet and Flugelhorn; performer, educator, writer; b. May 23, 1939, Memphis, TN. His f...
Uotila, Jukkis posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Uotila, Jukkis, drummer, composer, educator, pianist; b. Helsinki, Finland, 23 August 1960. His father is Esko Uotila...
Marcelli, Andrea posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Marcelli, Andrea, drummer, clarinet, synthesizer, composer, producer; b. Roma, Italy, 22 January 1962. Became a natur...
Anderson, Jay posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Anderson, Jay, bassist, composer; b. Ontario, California, 24 October 1955. He grew up in Long Beach, CA. His parents ...
Rosenberg, Roger posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Rosenberg, Roger, saxophone; b. New York City, 26 May 1951. As a child, his family moved first to New Rochelle, and t...
Rovatti, Ada posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Rovatti, Ada, saxophonist, composer, arranger; b. Pavia, Italy, 25 July 1976. She now lives in New York, NY. Her pare...
Japaridze, David posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Japaridze, David, percussion; b. Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 25 July 1954. His father was father was Shota Japaridz...
Markowitz, Phil posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Markowitz, Phil, pianist, composer and producer; b. Brooklyn, NY, 6 September 1952. Markowitz was raised in East H...
Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 20, 08Jazz.com has published 157 reviews during the last three weeks – offering our site visitors the widest coverage of ja...
In Conversation with Anat Cohen and Duduka Da Fonseca posted in Features and Interviews April 25, 09By Ted Panken ...
Brecker, Randy (Randal Edward) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09Randy Brecker (by Jos L. Knaepen) ...
Abercrombie, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Abercrombie, John , guitar; b. Port Chester, NY, 16 December, 1944. His mother Elizabeth (1911-2002) was born in Scot...
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