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Count Basie: One O'Clock Jump (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 09, 07With his customary sparse piano, wily Bill B. sets the stage for this easygoing anthem of the Swing Era. Big-toned te...
Billie Holiday (with Count Basie): They Can't Take That Away From Me (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 11, 08Count Basie featured three singers with his band on this June 30, 1937 live broadcast from Harlem's famous Savoy Bal...
Count Basie & His Orchestra: Exactly Like You (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 04, 09“Exactly Like You” has been a jam session staple for years, but when Count Basie recorded it on his second Decca sess...
Count Basie: Blue and Sentimental (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 02, 07A year before his untimely death from heart disease at age 29, "tough Texas" tenorman Herschel Evans revealed his gen...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE BLUE & SENTIMENTAL TENOR SAX BALLADS
Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the m...
In Conversation with Johnny Griffin posted in Features and Interviews July 28, 08By Ted Panken Can you recall your impressions when you arrived in New York for the first time in 1945 with Lion...
Does a Piano Perspective Now Dominate Jazz? (Part 1) posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 04, 08Critic Thierry Quénum who covers the global jazz scene from his home base in Paris, contributes these thought-provo...
Sims, Zoot (John Haley) posted in Encyclopedia November 21, 08The name of Zoot Sims may be unfamiliar to some, but he earned his spot on the list of top tenor saxophonists the har...
Benny Goodman: One O'Clock Jump (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 04, 09While his inter-personal skills left much to be desired, Benny Goodman cared about his band and was always interested...
LaPorta, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07LaPorta, John, clarinet, alto sax, composer, educator; b. Philadelphia, PA, 1 April 1 1920. LaPorta began studying cl...
Young, Lester (Willis) posted in Encyclopedia April 21, 08If originality is the measuring stick of musical genius, then few measure up to Lester Young. From his light ...
James, Harry (Haag) posted in Encyclopedia September 22, 08Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James forged a reputation as one of the hottest horn blowers in Swing, and scored some...
Count Basie: Honeysuckle Rose (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music August 16, 09With Walter Page and Jo Jones standing firm behind him, Count Basie’s two stride piano choruses at the opening of “Ho...
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...
Teddy Wilson (with Billie Holiday): Say It With A Kiss (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 16, 09If 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...
Count Basie: Dark Rapture (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 16, 09“Dark Rapture” is a taut showpiece for singer Helen Humes that ranks among the glossiest productions of the early Bas...
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...
Robinson, Perry (Morris) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Robinson, Perry (Morris) , clarinetist (Bb soprano and Eb sopranino), composer; b. New York City, September 17, 1938 ...
Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey), guitarist, composer, educator; b. Chicago, IL, 21 August 1968. A year after he was born, ...
The Best Jazz Web Links: June 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages July 01, 08Ronnie Matthews dead at age 72 The pianist succumbs to pancreatic cancer. Dave Carpenter dead...
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