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Chet Baker & Art Pepper: Picture of Heath (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 26, 07Chet Baker came to prominence as the trumpeter in the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, but later became a much-recorded leader...
Stan Kenton: Fuego Cubano (Cuban Fire) (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music January 09, 08This is the title track from the Cuban Fire Suite, an album that is perhaps Kenton’s masterpiece. Stan was determined...
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...
Stan Kenton: La Guera Baila (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08I love the entire Cuban Fire Suite. In fact, I love all of the music that Johnny Richards wrote for the Kenton band. ...
This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE
In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...
Counce, Curtis posted in Encyclopedia October 22, 09Counce, Curtis, bass (b. Kansas City, Missouri, January 23, 1926, d. July 31, 1963, Los Angeles). One of the first A...
Hampton Hawes: I Love You (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 03, 09If your concept of mid-50s California jazz is of unrelenting cool, take a good listen to Hampton Hawes’ album For Rea...
Hope, Elmo posted in Encyclopedia October 22, 09Hope, Elmo (St. Elmo Sylvester Hope), piano, composer (b. New York City, June 27, 1923, d. May 19, 1967, New York Cit...
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