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Dexter Gordon: Dexter Rides Again (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Directly following performances with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in 1945, Dexter Gordon capitalized on his bop...

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

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Clifford Brown-Art Blakey: Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

Upon his release from the Hampton Band in December 1953, Brownie found employment wherever he could—most notably with...

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

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Bud Powell: Parisian Thoroughfare (trio version) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Bud Powell moans through his trio’s performance of “Parisian Thoroughfare,” but you can forgive him, in light on what...

Dexter Gordon (featuring Leo Parker): Dexter's Riff (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music December 22, 08

Performing with Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, and Illinois Jacquet in the 1940s, Leo Parker looked to be prepping ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES

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Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia (Live at Town Hall, 1945) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

With their landmark first studio session still warm on the shelves, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker treated a New ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL MODERN JAZZ TRUMPET SOLOS

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Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker: Salt Peanuts (1945 studio version) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Dizzy Gillespie, photo by Herb Snitzer In 1978 Dizzy Gillespie stole the show at a White House affair honoring j...

Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker: Bebop (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

When record collector Robert Sunenblick purchased seven acetate disks from a dealer in 2004, he found – to the deligh...

Bud Powell: Sweet Georgia Brown (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 28, 07

Twenty-five years old when this recording was made, Bud Powell was already a tragic figure, marked by his institution...

Bud Powell: Bud's Bubble (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

In 1945, Bud Powell was bopped on the head during a Philly fracas that led to (a) his arrest for disorderly conduct a...

Charlie Parker: Now's the Time (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

One of my favorite moments teaching musicians at the annual Stanford Jazz Camp was a longstanding workshop tradition:...

Bud Powell: Un Poco Loco (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

"Un Poco Loco" can't be autobiographical because Bud Powell was more than a little crazy. Bopped on the noggin by, re...

Charlie Parker: Billie's Bounce (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

Bebop's breakthrough came in 1945, when it arrived on Manhattan’s 52nd Street, and Diz & Bird made its first great re...

Charlie Parker: Parker's Mood (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

Bird’s playing on "Parker’s Mood" is often referred to as the greatest saxophone solo ever recorded. Parker opens wit...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CHARLIE PARKER'S OVERLOOKED GEMS

There are no bad Charlie Parker recordings. Everything Bird recorded had the blues and soul baked right in. So to ass...

Johnny Griffin: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 24, 08

During the 1950s, Johnny Griffin built a reputation as "fastest horn in the West," and his rendition of this standard...

Charlie Parker: Ko-Ko (1948 live version) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

This is one of the slickest melodies that I've ever heard. And the manner in which it is played is just sophisticated...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Charlie Parker: Perhaps (Take 1) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

This composition is another example of the many linguistic rhythmic devices Parker used in his music that are not muc...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Charlie Parker: Ornithology (Live at Birdland 1950) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

I have owned several versions of this exact recording, and almost all of them are technically flawed in one way or ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Powell, Bud (Earl Rudolph) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

Pianist Bud Powell's lyrical style seemed to effortlessly blend arpeggios with chromatic notes, which he topped off w...

Charlie Parker: Ko Ko (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

Built on the chord changes to "Cherokee," "Ko Ko" was recorded during Parker’s first date as a leader and first sessi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CHARLIE PARKER'S OVERLOOKED GEMS

There are no bad Charlie Parker recordings. Everything Bird recorded had the blues and soul baked right in. So to ass...

Charlie Parker (with Dizzy Gillespie): Ko Ko (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 13, 08

Portraying a tenorman named Progress Hornsby, ex-musician and cornerstone of 1950s TV comedy Sid Caesar good-naturedl...

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