Search results for "Frank Rosolino"

Frank Rosolino: Frank 'n Earnest (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Frank Rosolino emerged during his 1952-'54 stint with Stan Kenton as one of jazz's most exciting trombonists. Here th...

Frank Rosolino: I Love You (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 04, 09

Frank Rosolino could burn through a jazz standard in a way that few other trombonists could. "I Love You", recorded ...

Stan Kenton: Frank Speaking (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

By 1952, Kenton was leading an ensemble called “New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm” and continued to attract excellen...

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...

Frank Rosolino: Too Marvelous for Words (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 03, 07

After breaking in by scatting on Gene Krupa's "Lemon Drop" (1949), Frank Rosolino emerged during a stint with St...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RING-A-DING-DINGS: TWELVE 1960S MALE VOCAL HIPSTERS

Sinatra named them, Sinatra claimed them. Frank's album Ring-a-Ding Ding! (1960) christened a boatload of actual and ...

Benny Carter: Blue Lou (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 10, 08

Nat Hentoff's liner notes for the original Jazz Giant described it as "the first all-jazz, hot, small combo blowing a...

Stan Kenton: The Opener (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Kenton may not have been entirely comfortable with Bill Holman's musical direction, but he bought everything that Bil...

Stan Kenton: 23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

The title denotes the coordinates for Cuba, and Russo would later say that this was one of his better pieces. George ...

Stan Kenton: Fascinating Rhythm (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 20, 08

Updating the Kenton dance book was a wise idea, especially when Bill Russo became the main architect of New Concepts ...

Stan Kenton: An Esthete on Clark Street (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Bill Russo recorded this composition with his own orchestra for the Dee Gee label, and later created this setting for...

Terry Gibbs: Main Stem (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

DC's Duke Ellington and Brooklyn's Terry Gibbs deserve to be honorary Mainers. After all, Maine's motto Dirigo ("I le...

Mel Tormé: All I Need is the Girl (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Ring-a-Ding singing doesn't get any better than Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette. Blending the lightness of G...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RING-A-DING-DINGS: TWELVE 1960S MALE VOCAL HIPSTERS

Sinatra named them, Sinatra claimed them. Frank's album Ring-a-Ding Ding! (1960) christened a boatload of actual and ...

Gerry Mulligan: Theme from I Want to Live! (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

I Want to Live! (1958) is the true story of three lowlifes who, after murdering a disabled widow during a botched rob...

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 ...

Anita O'Day: Yesterdays (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

Decades before recycling became fashionable, Russ Garcia was doing his part, reworking an arrangement of "Con Alma," ...

Stan Kenton: All About Ronnie (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Chris Connor was recommended to Kenton by June Christy. Connor did not stay very long, but her stint with the band ma...

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: Hav-a-Havana (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

From a jazz standpoint, the ensemble Kenton led that featured the music of Willis Holman is the highpoint of Stan’s c...

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: All the Things You Are (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Kenton admired Gerry Mulligan, but didn't like his attitude or his insistence on everything played his way. Yet for a...

The Trombones Inc.: Lassus Trombone (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 28, 07

Composer Henry Fillmore's devout dad found the trombone uncouth and sinful, so young Henry practiced secretly and eve...

The Trombones Inc.: Old Devil Moon (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

In the Space Age's rapidly unfolding drama, the Moon held center stage. Not only was it our nearest celestial neighbo...

Melvoin, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Melvoin, Michael, keyboards, composer; b. Oshkosh, WI, 10 May 1937. Melvoin is one of the most versatile and accom...

Remembering Charlie Mariano (1923-2009) posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 22, 09

Saxophonist Charlie Mariano, who passed away in Germany last week at age 85, was one of the most expansive player...

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