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Bunny Berigan: I Can't Get Started (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

When Hollywood needed a hyperlink to the nostalgically seedy 1930s for Save the Tiger (1973) and Chinatown (1974), th...

Billie Holiday: That Ole Devil Called Love (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

Just as Henri-Cartier-Bresson referred to the “decisive moment” that captured the perfect photographic image, here pe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Artie Shaw: Sweet Lorraine (Rating: 79/100) posted in Music May 27, 08

This Lorraine is too sweet for my taste. The string arrangement creates a genteel, afternoon-tea type of mood. List...

Richards, Trevor (Hamilton Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Richards, Trevor (Hamilton Edward), drummer, bandleader, writer; b. Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England, 29 August 1945. ...

Artie Shaw: Jungle Drums (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

In the wake of archrival Benny Goodman's hit "Sing, Sing, Sing" (1937), Artie Shaw's own descent into jungle music wa...

Paul Whiteman: Blue Belles of Harlem (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music January 10, 09

Paul Whiteman's final "Experiment in Modern Music" featured Artie Shaw, Whiteman's large orchestra, and a lot of...

Longo, Mike posted in Encyclopedia January 22, 08

Pianist Mike Longo may be best known as one of Dizzy Gillespie’s closest musical collaborators. But since he began hi...

Jazz's Most Iconic Photo Is Half a Century Old posted in Features and Interviews August 11, 08

by Alan Kurtz "When I found out there was going to be this big meeting for a picture in Esquire," Dizzy Gilles...

Mildred Bailey: The Weekend of a Private Secretary (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

This novelty song depicts a shy clerk who comes alive on a weekend trip to Havana. Mildred Bailey seems to get a kick...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILDRED BAILEY

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Dodds, Johnny posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

While never as famous as Louis Armstrong or Jelly Roll Morton, clarinetist Johnny Dodds played a key role in bringing...

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