Search results for "Gigi Gryce"

Gigi Gryce: Minority (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

A considerable talent as a composer and altoist, Gigi Gryce produced a largely unnoticed discography that, although a...

Gigi Gryce: La Rose Noire (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 20, 09

A twenty-year old Quincy Jones was already showing his influential ability as an astute arranger on this session with...

Clifford Brown-Lionel Hampton: Gryce Suite, Brown Skin (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

Brownie met and jammed with some members of the 1953 Lionel Hampton Orchestra in Atlantic City while he was playing a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AL HOOD SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL CLIFFORD BROWN TRACKS

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Lucky Thompson: A Distant Sound (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 19, 09

After playing and recording with Charlie Parker on the famous Dial sessions of 1946, Lucky Thompson was in demand. He...

Clifford Brown: Easy Living (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

This was Brownie’s first date as a leader for Blue Note Records and came about after Brown’s outstanding playing on t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AL HOOD SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL CLIFFORD BROWN TRACKS

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Oscar Pettiford: Not So Sleepy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

Seldom in jazz has such an unusual and rich combination of sonorities been assembled into one performance. Bassist Os...

Oscar Pettiford: Nica's Tempo (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Though Oscar Pettiford is well remembered as one of the fathers of modern jazz bass playing, his unique, short-lived ...

Thelonious Monk: Well, You Needn't (1957) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Anytime you can get tenor sax giants Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane in a room together, the result is bound to be ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL THELONIOUS MONK PERFORMANCES

The pianist Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was bebop’s mad genius. He and a handful of others created the jazz form, and...

Clifford Brown: Easy Living (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

While there is much injustice in the world, the death of Clifford Brown reads like a truly bad dream. Twenty-five yea...

Teddy Charles Tentet: The Quiet Time (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 13, 09

One of the most forward-looking musicians of his generation, Teddy Charles fell off the face of the earth after the e...

Charlie Rouse & Red Rodney: Social Call (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

How can you go wrong with a hard bop session that stars Thelonious Monk’s longtime tenor saxophonist and a former Cha...

Dawson, Alan (George) posted in Encyclopedia July 14, 09

Alan Dawson’s skills as both a drummer and a teacher were legendary amongst his peers. When he died in 1996, his most...

Farmer, Art (Arthur Stewart) posted in Encyclopedia July 15, 09

Art Farmer’s gentle intonation and articulation on the trumpet and flugelhorn brought a welcome contrast to the somet...

Mitchell, Leon posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mitchell, Leon, composer; b. North Philadelphia, PA, 16 August 1934. He attended public schools and was an honor g...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

Hendricks, Jon (John Carl) posted in Encyclopedia July 15, 09

Singer, songwriter and arranger Jon Hendricks has been the apostle of "vocalese" for more than half a century. While ...

Workman, Reggie (Reginald) posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09

Bassist Reggie Workman has cultivated an advanced understanding of hard bop and avant-garde jazz through his many yea...

101—Count 'Em!—Classic Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 09

I give you some credit. Every day you take your vitamins, go to the gym for a workout, take the dog for a walk, ...

Carter, Betty (Lillie Mae Jones) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Betty Carter's performances juxtaposed scat singing with animated syncopations, which gave her a unique sound amongst...

Rivers, Sam (Samuel Carthorn) posted in Encyclopedia April 07, 08

Multiinstrumentalist and composer Sam Rivers has amassed a distinct and varied body of work linked by a devotion to i...

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