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Bix Beiderbecke: Davenport Blues (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 13, 07

This is Bix’s first recording under his own name and includes musicians from the Jean Goldkette Orchestra, an organiz...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BIX BEIDERBECKE

     Bix Beiderbecke, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) is, in t...

Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra (featuring Bix Beiderbecke): Riverboat Shuffle (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 08, 09

When Bix Beiderbecke and the Wolverines recorded 'Riverboat Shuffle" in 1924, it was Hoagy Carmichael's first record...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana on November 22, 1899. His given name, Hoagland, derived fr...

Bix Beiderbecke: Sorry (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 17, 07

French biographer Jean Pierre Lion twice uses the word “astonishing” to describe “Sorry.” Bix himself boasted, “I hav...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BIX BEIDERBECKE

     Bix Beiderbecke, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) is, in t...

Bix Beiderbecke: Royal Garden Blues (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

When the Goldkette outfit disbanded, Adrian Rollini rounded up a few Old Reliables for a gig at the Club New Yorker, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BIX BEIDERBECKE

     Bix Beiderbecke, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) is, in t...

Frank Trumbauer & Bix Beiderbecke: Krazy Kat (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

Hollywood's Young Man With a Horn (1950), writes film scholar David Sterritt, is "loosely based" on Bix Beiderbecke a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KRAZY KATS

"America is a mistake," declared Sigmund Freud after visiting the U.S. in 1909. The contempt was not mutual. With typ...

Frank Trumbauer & Bix Beiderbecke: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

Compared to “I’m Coming, Virginia,” “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” is all light and Caravaggio. It’s cheerful, down...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BIX BEIDERBECKE

     Bix Beiderbecke, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) is, in t...

Bix Beiderbecke: Jazz Me Blues (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

When a high-school teacher in Hollywood's juvenile-delinquent flick Blackboard Jungle (1955) plays this track for his...

David Murray: In the Spirit (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 06, 09

This session brought together, in David Murray and Don Pullen, two musicians whose styles confidently straddled post-...

Charlie Parker: Lover (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

        Charlie Parker with Strings at Birdland (1951), photo by Marcel Fleiss Though bil...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT LOVERS

Jazz has always relied on popular songs to connect quickly with an audience. In return, jazz has helped keep alive ...

Pullen, Don (Gabriel) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

Pianist Don Pullen straddled the line between the lyrical devices of bebop and the primal dissonance of free jazz. Th...

Byron, Don posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Byron, Don, clarinet, composer, arranger, saxophones; b. Nov. 8, 1958, in the Bronx, New York City . His father was a...

Bix Beiderbecke: There's a Cradle in Caroline (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 02, 08

If this song about a homesick Tar Heel lacks sincerity, perhaps it's because the singer was born in Syracuse, New Yor...

New Orleans Rhythm Kings (with Jelly Roll Morton): Mr. Jelly Lord (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 18, 09

Jelly Roll Morton was quick to boast of his achievements. He was a crack shot with a gun; had a winning stroke with ...

Wayne Wallace: Freedom Jazz Dance (Baile de Libertad) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 06, 09

Despite the hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth over the shrinking jazz audience, the Latin jazz scene seems to be th...

Carney, Harry (Howell) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

When the teenaged Harry Carney came onto the jazz scene in the 1920s, the unwieldy baritone saxophone was little more...

Nolet, Jim posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Nolet, Jim (James Michael), violin; b. Dallas-Fortworth, TX, 11 December 1961. He's married to Maria Angelica Castell...

Jackson, D.D. (Robert Cleath Kai-Nien) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Jackson, D.D. (Robert Cleath Kai-Nien); piano, organ/keyboards, composer; b. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 25 January 1967...

Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07

The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...

A Jazz.com Sampler: 25 Track Reviews posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 08, 09

Is it really possible to review all the important jazz tracks recorded since the first story was told in Storyville? ...

Blackwell, Ed (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

When saxophonist Ornette Coleman was once asked which drummer best fit his quartet, he replied: “Blackwell, who playe...

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