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Cozy Cole: Take It On Back (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

The universality and collective adaptability of this rhythm section allowed its various members to entertain with Cab...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Henry 'Red' Allen & Coleman Hawkins: S'Wonderful (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

Henry 'Red' Allen lets loose with a boisterous version of "S'Wonderful" that lives up to the exuberant proclamation o...

George Shearing: So Rare (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 16, 08

“So Rare” marks the start of George Shearing’s U.S. recording career. Prior to 1947, the blind pianist wasn’t known i...

Cab Calloway: Tarzan of Harlem (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 17, 08

Who could possibly follow the Ellington band at the Cotton Club? Only Cab Calloway, the heppest cat on the third plan...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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Henry "Red" Allen: Ain't She Sweet (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music May 27, 08

Henry "Red" Allen spent his life in Louis Armstrong's shadow, usually figuratively but sometimes literally. Like his ...

Billie Holiday: Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

Making "Yankee Doodle" its official song was in keeping with Connecticut's Revolutionary spirit. As first sung by Bri...

Teddy Wilson (featuring Billie Holiday): What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

In June 1935, John Hammond approached Brunswick and secured a 12-month contract guaranteeing one session a month buil...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Teddy Wilson (featuring Billie Holiday): I'll Get By (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

One of the high spots of recorded jazz is the Holiday-Young collaborations. Today these recordings are remembered for...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Earl Hines & Jonah Jones: Pennies from Heaven (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 09, 08

The late career resurgence of pianist Earl Hines is one of the great stories of jazz. In his early 60s, Hines gave a ...

Billie Holiday: Mean to Me (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

“I guess I’m not the only one who heard their first good jazz in a whorehouse,” Billie Holiday recalled of a childhoo...

Dizzy Gillespie: Groovin' High (1945) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

Dizzy Gillepsie, photo by Herb Snitzer For his second recording of "Groovin' High" within three weeks and with sim...

Billie Holiday: Did I Remember – as heard in Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

At 23, Billie Holiday was an untrained vocalist with no technique but oodles of charisma. She was fun to hear because...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZ SIDE OF WOODY ALLEN

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Henry 'Red' Allen & Coleman Hawkins: I Cover the Waterfront (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

"In 1957, [Henry 'Red' Allen] made a startling recording for Victor," Whitney Balliett wrote of this session. "It&nb...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Cab Calloway (featuring Chu Berry): Ghost of a Chance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

If he hadn't died from a car crash at 31, Chu Berry might've joined the great first-generation triumvirate of tenorme...

Mildred Bailey: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

Mildred Bailey's introduction to the radio audience is part of this track. She mentions that "Motherless Child" was a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILDRED BAILEY

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Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Buck Clayton: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music April 15, 09

This is another of those tunes with clever lyrics telling a little story that speaks to facets and feelings in people...

Wilson, Teddy (Theodore Shaw) posted in Encyclopedia May 23, 08

Pianist Teddy Wilson's astonishing technique and uncompromising sense of swing made him the perfect foil to Billie ...

Jones, "Philly Joe" (Joseph Rudolph) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Philly Joe Jones established himself as the premier jazz drummer of the mid to late 1950s. As a member of trumpeter M...

Richards, Trevor (Hamilton Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Richards, Trevor (Hamilton Edward), drummer, bandleader, writer; b. Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England, 29 August 1945. ...

Martinez, Andre posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Martinez, Andre, drums; b. Brooklyn, NY, 14 October 1955. Growing up in a family of professional musicians, music ...

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