Search results for "Clare Fischer"

Clare Fischer: Thiers' Tears (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 19, 09

Clare Fischer has led a chameleonic life as a jazz musician. First known as musical director for the Hi-Lo’s, he wrot...

Clare Fischer: This is Always (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music May 20, 09

“This is Always” is a gem of a song, one of those ‘unknown standards’ by Harry Warren that gets played and recorded e...

Clare Fischer: Lennie's Pennies (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 28, 07

A wandering, unmeasured prelude morphs into a bristling rendition of cool jazz icon Lennie Tristano’s complex line ov...

Cal Tjader: Prologue / The Jet Song (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 08, 09

Prologues of musicals serve two main purposes: to introduce the major tunes and themes of the score, and to allow for...

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...

Cal Tjader: America (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 08, 09

Immigrants have been coming to America's shores for a millennium, and some witty reflections on that fact can be foun...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

The Hi-Lo's: The Lady in Red (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 03, 07

The Hi-Lo's were a peppy 1950s male vocal quartet whose name was self-descriptive: one guy sang high, another sang lo...

Fischer, Clare (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fischer, Clare (Douglas), composer, pianist, educator; b. Durand, MI, 22 October 22 1928. His parents are Luella Blan...

Richmond, Kim posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Richmond, Kim, alto, soprano, tenor and baritone saxes, clarinet, bass clarinet, and flutes, composer, arranger, cond...

Strange, Phillip (Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Strange, Phillip (Michael), pianist, composer, educator; b. Kingsville, TX, 11 January 1960. During his childhood,...

Marsh, Warne (Marion) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08

Tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh was a true original, but his legacy has long been obscured by the shadow cast by his me...

Politzer, Kerry (Patrice) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Politzer, Kerry (Patrice), pianist, composer, singer; b. Washington, D.C., 19 December 1971. Her parents Jerald Polit...

van den Brink, Bert posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

van den Brink, Bert, pianist; b. 24 July 1958. His father is Albert Harmen van den Brink. When he was five years old ...

Cegarra, Victor posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cegarra, Victor, pianist/keyboardist; b. Caracas, Venezuela, 23 February, 1959. While in Caracas, he studied music i...

Cracchiolo, Sal (Salvator William Cracchiolo II) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cracchiolo, Sal [Salvator William Cracchiolo II], trumpet; b. Long Beach, CA, 3 October 1954. He's the son of two tal...

Meyers, Paul (Clarke) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Meyers, Paul (Clarke), guitarist (electric and acoustic), composer, educator; b. New York City, 28 June 1956. His fat...

It Happened a Long Way from Monterey posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 03, 08

If you can’t get the whole country to come to the Monterey Jazz Festival, have the MJF go out to the whole country....

Art Blakey: Pensativa (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

This is one of my favorite records of all time, and every tune is a classic. I chose this track because it is the mos...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RANDY BRECKER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACKS

Note: During the course of a career that spanned more than a half century, Freddie Hubbard made his mark as one of th...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Pensativa (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 16, 08

The addition of trombonist Curtis Fuller as a third member of the Jazz Messengers' front line allowed for some unique...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

John Basile: Morning (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music May 21, 08

David Finck is a seasoned bass player who has done fine and tasteful work with many notable players over the years, s...

Letters: More on Bill Finegan posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 11, 08

In response to Jeff Sultanof's tribute to the late Bill Finegan, Ray Hoffman shares these warm recollections (p...

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