Search results for "Herb Ellis"

Emily Remler: Blues for Herb (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

Emily Remler's playing was one of a kind. Although she sounded like guitarists of the past, she was lucky enough to b...

Herb Ellis: Tin Roof Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 17, 09

In October 1957, as the final tour of Jazz At The Philharmonic was winding down, Norman Granz brought many of the JA...

Herb Ellis: Detour Ahead (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 05, 08

This excellent session reunited guitarist Herb Ellis with Johnny Frigo, the latter on violin as opposed to bass, whic...

Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis & Barney Kessel: Lover (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 28, 07

Without resorting to the manic metronome marking of quarter note = 5280 that for "Lover" had become de rigueur, th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT LOVERS

Jazz has always relied on popular songs to connect quickly with an audience. In return, jazz has helped keep alive ...

Charlie Byrd/Herb Ellis/Tal Farlow: Embraceable You (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

Even though this version of George and Ira Gershwin's "Embraceable You" is credited to the guitar trio of Byrd/Ellis/...

Charlie Byrd/Herb Ellis/Tal Farlow: Jumpin' at the Woodside (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

Featured on a DVD entitled Great Guitars of Jazz, this version of "Jumpin' at the Woodside" pays its respects to the ...

Oliver Jones: I Love You (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 22, 09

Oliver Jones, who turned 75 this month (9-11-09), has always played second fiddle to Oscar Peterson amongst mainstrea...

The Soft Winds: Early Autumn (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 10, 08

Upon their release in 1949, Woody Herman's "Summer Sequence (Part 4)" on Columbia and "Early Autumn" on Capitol serve...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS

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Oscar Peterson: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

“Thoughtful” and “sensitive” are not adjectives usually used to describe the playing of the late Oscar Peterson, yet ...

Oscar Peterson: When Lights Are Low (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 15, 08

Traversing the shortest distance between two points, a young musician named Oscar Peterson derived not only inspirati...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS

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The Great Guitars: On the Trail (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

"Basically just a big hole in the ground," scoffs our friend who's never seen it. Well, yeah, but as big holes go, Ar...

Dizzy Gillespie & Stan Getz: Exactly Like You (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

This all-star session brought together two of the period’s leading performers, who normally ran in different circles....

Stan Getz: I Want to Be Happy (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Stan Getz formed a working relationship with Oscar Peterson during his participation in Norman Granz’s Jazz at the Ph...

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald: A Fine Romance (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

It's hard to be disappointed when two of the greatest jazz singers in history share the same recording studio. But t...

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald: A Foggy Day (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 05, 07

The 1950s boasted many illustrious pairs: Barbie & Ken, Boris & Natasha, Fred & Ethel, Huntley & Brinkley, Ike & Mami...

Stan Getz & Oscar Peterson: Pennies from Heaven (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

Every cloud has a copper lining, according to this Depression-era song: "Every time it rains, it rains pennies from h...

Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge: I've Found a New Baby (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 05, 08

Known at times for having a contentious relationship, Gillespie and his idol, Roy Eldridge, are united for this recor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A DIZZY DOZEN GILLESPIE CLASSICS

From his seminal work with Charlie Parker to his collaborations with Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie continually br...

Stan Getz & J.J. Johnson: My Funny Valentine (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 21, 08

Back in the 1950s, some still thought that Stan Getz was a lightweight "cool school" player, and that J.J. Johnson's ...

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Stompin' at the Savoy (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 09, 09

Whatever the contractual agreements were that allowed Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to record together for Verv...

Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie: Pretty-Eyed Baby (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 06, 09

In an interview, Jon Hendricks asked Dizzy Gillespie to demonstrate the evolution of styles by singing a riff as Loui...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SCAT SINGING

Scat singing—improvised solos created by a vocalist using nonsense syllables for words—is one of the great parado...

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