Search results for "Harry James"

Benny Goodman: Peckin' (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 18, 08

Harry James got his first big break when he joined the Benny Goodman organization in January 1937. Benny's brother Ha...

Snooks Eaglin: St. James Infirmary (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 07, 09

The blues were never quite so blue when Snooks Eaglin sang them, and even the minor key lament "St. James Infirmary" ...

Duke Ellington: St. James Infirmary (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music August 16, 08

Manager Irving Mills got some publisher royalty money from the sales of this flexible Hit of the Week record starring...

Eddie Harris: Listen Here (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music November 03, 07

In the tumultuous half-decade since Eddie Harris's hit "Exodus" (1961), much had changed. Musicians were electrifying...

Benny Goodman: One O'Clock Jump (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 04, 09

While his inter-personal skills left much to be desired, Benny Goodman cared about his band and was always interested...

Benny Goodman: Blue Skies (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 12, 09

The star of this performance is Fletcher Henderson's chart. The intro starts with an Ellingtonian growl that morphs ...

Bob James: Westchester Lady (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 20, 09

Since being "discovered" by Quincy Jones some forty years ago and composing music for television and film, Bob James ...

Etta James: At Last (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

Having portrayed Etta James in the film Cadillac Records, singer/actress Beyoncé was chosen to deliver Etta's signatu...

Kobie Watkins: Spastic (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 09, 09

Drummer Kobie Watkins is the leader of the date, but he smartly features Chicago saxophonist Jarrard Harris on the op...

Woody Herman (featuring Sonny Berman): Sidewalks of Cuba (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 28, 07

Sonny Berman was on the road as a jazz trumpeter at age sixteen and dead from a heroin overdose at 22. He worked wit...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Grover Washington, Jr.: Mister Magic (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

This is the title track from a classic album by one of contemporary jazz’s most beloved artists. A grooving, R&B-flav...

Duke Ellington: Jingle Bells (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Ten lords a leaping plus a Duke, Cat and Rabbit shake up "Jingle Bells" (1857) by James Lord Pierpont, who wasn't rea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RUDY REINDEER'S FAVORITE JAZZ

First, about the name. The whole "Rudolph" thing started as a joke. To friends and family, I've always been Rudy. The...

Muhal Richard Abrams: Over the Same Over (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 08, 08

This piece moves a lot of different places, but over a backbeat. What Muhal wrote makes the backbeat feel in place, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JASON MORAN SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS TRACKS

Asked to select a musician to analyze for the “Musician Dozens” column, pianist Jason Moran did not hesitate to c...

James, Harry (Haag) posted in Encyclopedia September 22, 08

Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James forged a reputation as one of the hottest horn blowers in Swing, and scored some...

Benny Goodman: Sing, Sing, Sing – as heard in Woody Allen's New York Stories (1989), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) ... (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

Immensely popular in its day, "Sing, Sing, Sing" is the nadir of white jungle music. Not to be confused with the 1990...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZ SIDE OF WOODY ALLEN

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Teddy Wilson (with Billie Holiday): Say It With A Kiss (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 16, 09

If there be any doubt that Prez and Lady Day were musical soulmates, one listen to their work together on “Say It Wit...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LESTER YOUNG AT 100

It’s hard to imagine what it was like. Today, New York City is so entrenched as the jazz scene of record that the...

Pepper, Jim (James Gilbert II) posted in Encyclopedia February 11, 08

Saxophonist and composer Jim Pepper’s soaring solos and unprecedented use of Native American traditions in jazz earne...

Harris, Gene (Haire, Eugene) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Pianist Gene Harris combined the blues with bebop, gospel and soul in a tasteful mix which contained a wealth of melo...

Greene, Jimmy (James Sidney Greene, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Greene, Jimmy [James Sidney Greene, Jr.], saxophonist, composer, educator; b. Hartford, CT, 24 February 1975. Greene'...

Connick, Jr., Harry posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Connick, Jr., Harry, pianist, singer; b. New Orleans, LA, 11 September 1967. Harry Connick's parents are lawyers who ...

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