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Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Ostrich Walk (1917) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

After recording "Ostrich Walk" annually from 1917-1919, the ODJB did so again in 1936, 1943, 1945 and 1946. It took a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Tiger Rag (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

The second version of this Dixieland standard as recorded by the first orchestra of recorded jazz has much to listen ...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Livery Stable Blues (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

20th-century popular arts were bundled with the technology used to deliver them. Jazz is a case in point. Not until t...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: The Darktown Strutters' Ball (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 17, 07

"Darktown Strutters' Ball" stems from the cakewalk, a popular Southern spectator sport in which pre-bellum slaveholde...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Tiger Rag (1917 version) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 10, 09

This band has received plenty of attention from jazz writers, but only occasionally for its music. White musicians m...

The Mills Brothers: Tiger Rag (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

Besides singing conventionally, the teenage Mills brothers imitated musical instruments with kazoos. But, legend has ...

Robinson, Perry (Morris) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Robinson, Perry (Morris) , clarinetist (Bb soprano and Eb sopranino), composer; b. New York City, September 17, 1938 ...

Martinez, Andre posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Martinez, Andre, drums; b. Brooklyn, NY, 14 October 1955. Growing up in a family of professional musicians, music ...

In Conversation with Norma Winstone posted in Features and Interviews July 14, 08

by Stuart Nicholson Norma Winstone is one of the great jazz vocalists not simply because she is so obviously acc...

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