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Earl Hines: A Monday Date (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 12, 09The solo rendition of this Hines standard is even better than the famous Hot Fives version with Louis Armstrong. (Im...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ETHAN IVERSON ON STRIDE PIANO
Editor's Note: Music fans, jazz-oriented or otherwise, may know Ethan Iverson solely as the pianist in The Bad Plus—t...
Earl Hines & Jonah Jones: Pennies from Heaven (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 09, 08The late career resurgence of pianist Earl Hines is one of the great stories of jazz. In his early 60s, Hines gave a ...
Sidney Bechet & Earl Hines: Blues In Thirds (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 30, 08This classic recording fortuitously came about when a memorial session was set up in September 1940 to honor the memo...
Earl Hines: Warm Valley (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 09, 08Duke Ellington introduced "Warm Valley" in 1940 as a feature for Johnny Hodges with the outstanding Ben Webster-Jimmy...
Jimmie Noone & Earl Hines: Four or Five Times (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 06, 07During the Roaring Twenties, jazzmen didn't try to live down their profession's red-light legacy; to the contrary, th...
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines: Weather Bird (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 07, 07This remake of the 1923 “Weather Bird Rag” startles by its freewheeling looseness and subtle restraint; the thrilling...
Earl "Fatha" Hines: Cavernism (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 12, 07Anyone who thinks Benny Goodman launched the Swing Era from the Palomar Ballroom in 1935 should explore "Cavernism," ...
Louis Armstrong: A Monday Date (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 10, 08"Hey - say, say, say, Earl Hines – Why don't you let us in on some of that good music, Pops?" inquires Louis Armstron...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS
The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...
Sidney Bechet: Ain't Misbehavin' (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 20, 09With the one and only Sidney Bechet joined by the great pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines, virtuoso cornetist Rex Stewart (a...
Louis Armstrong: West End Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 05, 07"I felt," said trumpeter Max Kaminsky after hearing Louis Armstrong's leadoff cadenza, "as if I had stared into the s...
Sidney Bechet: Save It, Pretty Mama (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 20, 09The tune begins with a slow-tempo, beautifully balanced ensemble thematic statement, delivered almost delicately, lik...
Jimmy Witherspoon: 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do(aka 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do) (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 07, 08Famously recorded by Bessie Smith in 1923, “'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do” became a signature tune for Jimmy With...
Hines, Earl "Fatha" (Kenneth) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08Over a career that spanned sixty years, pianist Earl Hines embodied the changing fortunes of jazz. His ability to bri...
A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...
A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews August 26, 09Edited by Ted Gioia New Orleans does not rank in the top 50 cities in the US, when measured by population. It...
Young, Trummy (James Oliver) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09Trombonist Trummy Young developed a bright, energetic sound with unprecedented facility in the upper register which...
In Conversation With Bill Charlap posted in Features and Interviews July 30, 09By Ted Panken "I’ve really been running the last two days," said Bill Charlap in the lobby of the Algonqui...
A Jazz.com Sampler: 25 Track Reviews posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 08, 09Is it really possible to review all the important jazz tracks recorded since the first story was told in Storyville? ...
Noone, Jimmie posted in Encyclopedia February 19, 09Jimmie Noone, amongst New Orleans' early clarinet kings, posessed the best technique and a pure, almost classical sou...
Green, Bennie (Bernard) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09Trombonist Bennie Green kept pace with the innovations of bebop while maintaining a deep closeness to the blues and p...
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