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Tony Bennett & Count Basie: Ol' Man River (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

Antonio Benedetto of Astoria, NY, might have sung bel canto, but Tony Bennett (as he became) actually loved to "rock ...

J.J. Johnson/ Kai Winding Trombone Octet: A Night In Tunisia (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 04, 09

In April 1956, eight of New York's top trombonists joined an all-star rhythm section to record Jay & Kai + 6, an albu...

Bobby Sanabria: Wild Jungle (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 05, 09

Blistering! Good gawd! If you want to listen to this music I would suggest the following precautions: apply a good la...

Tony Bennett: Sometimes I'm Happy (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

FLASH: Tony Bennett scats! True, it's scarcely four bars, but that's the least of what makes this track remarkable. H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RING-A-DING-DINGS: TWELVE 1960S MALE VOCAL HIPSTERS

Sinatra named them, Sinatra claimed them. Frank's album Ring-a-Ding Ding! (1960) christened a boatload of actual and ...

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...

Grant Green: Ain't It Funky Now (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

This is the ultimate rare groove—true funk perfection. The undemanding harmony forces the focus onto the rhythm, whic...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC BLUE NOTE GROOVES

Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s 1970 Blue Note recording Everything I Play Is Funky opens with a corny but telling d...

Erroll Garner: That Old Black Magic (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 19, 08

Mambo Moves Garner was Erroll Garner's first recording with a conga player. For this arrangement of the popular Harol...

More on the Kenya Concert posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 07, 08

On Friday, we published Tim Wilkins’ account of Bobby Sanabria’s Kenya concert. Jazz.com’s Eugene Marlow, who rece...

Bobby Sanabria Recreates an Afro-Cuban Classic posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 03, 08

Jazz.com recently published a fascinating interview with Bobby Sanabria conducted by Eugene Marlow. Today, editor Ti...

Third IAJE Update from Toronto posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 12, 08

An NEA jazz master is one of a tiny, tiny elite. Only a hundred men and women have ever been chosen by the United Sta...

Lujan, Tony posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lujan, Tony, trumpet and flugelhorn; b. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1956 His spirit is rooted in the red rock beauty ...

Peters, Flip (Phillip M.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Peters, Flip (Phillip M.), guitar, banjo, vocalist; b. Newark, NJ, 28 August 1949. Grew up in Nutley, NJ. His parents...

Washburne, Christopher (John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Washburne, Christopher (John), trombonist, tuba player, educator, author; b. Bath, Ohio, 25 September 1963.  Bor...

Clarke, Kim (A.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Clarke, Kim (A.), acoustic, electric upright and electric five-stringed bass, bandleader, composer, publisher, clini...

Amram, David (Werner, III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Amram, David (Werner, III) , composer, French horn, piano, guitar, numerous flutes and folkloric instruments; b. Phil...

OctoJAZZarians Profile: Dr. Billy Taylor posted in Features and Interviews November 03, 07

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. Oct...

Jazz Journalists Hand Out Awards posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 24, 08

The annual Jazz Journalist Association award ceremony is an increasingly important event for an art form that re...

2009 NEA Jazz Masters Honored posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 22, 08

Jazz fans love a party, and the biggest bash in jazz these days is the annual celebration of the NEA Jazz Masters. T...

Grant Green: A Day in the Life (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

Other prominent soul-jazz guitarists hitched onto the Beatles train (e.g., Wes Montgomery's 1967 A Day in the Life an...

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...

Bobby Sanabria Celebrates the Legacy of Tito Puente posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 09, 08

Eugene Marlow, who recently conducted an in-depth interview with Bobby Sanabria for jazz.com, now shares his report o...

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