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Illinois Jacquet: Illinois Blows the Blues (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 19, 07"The Italian navigator has landed in the new world," read the coded dispatch to Washington during World War II. "The ...
Jazz at the Philharmonic: Blues (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 02, 07"Blues," composed by legendary linotypist Etaoin Shrdlu for the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert, exposes every...
Lionel Hampton: Flying Home (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 11, 07Jazz's most indefatigable showman, legendary vibist Lionel Hampton, routinely whipped "Flying Home" to such a fr...
Count Basie: The King (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music February 05, 08This variation on "Jumpin' at the Woodside" features the Count, Jacquet, Berry and a young J. J. Johnson, who stumble...
Count Basie (featuring J.J. Johnson): Rambo (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 18, 08J.J. Johnson was a promising young trombonist/arranger when he left the Benny Carter band and joined up with the Coun...
Count Basie: Stay On It (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 18, 08It says quite a bit when ensembles led by Basie and Dizzy Gillespie give equally convincing performances of a particu...
Jacquet, Illinois ( Jean-Baptiste) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09Illinois Jacquet’s full-bodied sound expanded possibilities for the modern saxophonist. The original "Texas Tenor," J...
Cavaseno, Joseph "G-Clef" (Harry) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Cavaseno, Joseph "G-Clef" (Harry), saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, singer, composer; b. Mineola, NY, 2 June 1967....
Don't Gonna Play That Kling-Kling Jazz: A Prehistory of Jazz-Rock posted in Features and Interviews June 18, 09By Geoff Wills When rock and roll emerged in the mid 1950s, many jazz musicians were witheringly scornful about ...
The United States of Jazz posted in Features and Interviews April 06, 08by Alan Kurtz When, in the course of musical events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bands...
Rich, Buddy (Bernard) posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09Drummer Buddy Rich's combined his dexterous use of difficult rhythmic devices with an ability to accompany any melody...
Gordon, Frank posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Gordon, Frank, trumpeter, composer; b. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 27 September 1938. After graduating from Milwaukee's ...
Hunter, Stafford posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Hunter, Stafford, trombone & shell seas; b. Atlantic City, NJ, 28 March 1969. He grew up in Philadelphia, PA. ...
Fitzgerald, Ella posted in Encyclopedia January 14, 08To paraphrase the poet Robert Graves, Ella Fitzgerald was really very good, despite all the people who said she was...
Dawson, Alan (George) posted in Encyclopedia July 14, 09Alan Dawson’s skills as both a drummer and a teacher were legendary amongst his peers. When he died in 1996, his most...
Davis, Wild Bill (William Strethen) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09Wild Bill Davis gradually made his way from boogie-woogie piano to the jazz organ, and pioneered the use of this inst...
Callender, Red (George Sylvester) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09Red Callender could lay down a huge walking bass line as easily as he made his upright sing like a violin. An incredi...
In Conversation with Wayne Shorter posted in Features and Interviews March 21, 08by Bob Blumenthal Of the many interviews that I have conducted in Burlington, Vermont at the city’s Discover Jazz ...
Putting Queens on the Jazz Map posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 22, 08The jazz.com bloggers are a cosmopolitan bunch. They have recently given us the lowdown on jazz in Estonia and...
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...
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