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Frank Zappa: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

Although Frank Zappa is known for his acerbic comments about jazz, it’s interesting to note that when he made...

Count Basie (with Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams): Teach Me Tonight (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 27, 07

Vaughan and Basie were regulars at the jazz club Birdland on Broadway in New York City; Williams was still the vocali...

Donald Byrd: Estavanico (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

Electric Byrd is Donald Byrd's most appealing effort from his brief fusion period, which predated his R&B work with t...

Donald Byrd: Weasil (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

An under-recognized classic, Fancy Free highlights Donald Byrd in transition between his acoustic hard-bop period and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC BLUE NOTE GROOVES

Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s 1970 Blue Note recording Everything I Play Is Funky opens with a corny but telling d...

Count Basie: April in Paris (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

It’s almost May in Paris by the time the song concludes. Basie leads his band through two fake endings until finally...

Count Basie: Li'l Darlin' (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

The “New Testament” Basie band that began during the 1950s retained all the buoyant swing of the early group from the...

Count Basie: Counter Block (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

This performance by the Basie band took place during a late-night gig at a Disc Jockeys of America convention on May ...

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 ...

Pepper Adams: Valse Celtique (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

After the beautiful solo piano intro, the entrance of the rest of the band sounds a bit like a pack of bulls charging...

Woody Shaw: Hello to the Wind (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

Woody Shaw’s series of Muse records from 1974 to 1979 really heralded his arrival as the “next cat” on the trumpet to...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Ella Fitzgerald (with Duke Ellington): Take the 'A' Train (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 06, 08

Matching Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on its signature tune is a surefire winner. But when you ...

George Benson: Plum (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

This track contains some of the most exciting and articulate jazz guitar phrasing I’ve ever heard. On his original co...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

Tony Bennett & Count Basie: Ol' Man River (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

Antonio Benedetto of Astoria, NY, might have sung bel canto, but Tony Bennett (as he became) actually loved to "rock ...

Scolohofo: The Dawn of Time (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music July 20, 08

Jazz Supergroup? Well, that's always a difficult branding, and I'd like to think that the music stands apart from suc...

Count Basie: Half Moon Street (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 21, 08

The concept behind this album was to feature original pieces by several current members (as of 1958) and one former m...

V, Frankie (Frank Vardaros) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

V, Frankie [Frank Vardaros], trumpeter, flugelhornist; b. Long Island, NY, 16 December 1964. His parents are Frank an...

Count Basie: The M Squad Theme (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Count Basie, photo by Herb Snitzer Pound for pound, the toughest 1950s TV cop was Lt. Frank Ballinger of Chicago...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CRIME JAZZ

Film scholar David Butler reckons that by the early 1950s movie jazz had become "a convenient way to impart specific ...

Hall, Stephen (Frank) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hall, Stephen (Frank), saxophone-tenor/soprano, composer; b. Montreal, Canada, 7 March 1953. His father was Albert (b...

In Conversation With Clifton Anderson posted in Features and Interviews January 24, 09

By Tomas Peña                &#...

Stamm, Marvin (Louis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stamm, Marvin (Louis), trumpet and Flugelhorn; performer, educator, writer; b. May 23, 1939, Memphis, TN.  His f...

Loftis, Keith posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Loftis, Keith, tenor and soprano saxophone; b. Dallas, TX, 9 February 1971. He began on alto sax age 10; bari and ...

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