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Jack Bruce (featuring Carla Bley): Spirit (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music February 07, 09

One of the more intriguing forays into rock by a jazz musician was Carla Bley's brief membership in Jack Bruce's band...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WHEN JAZZ CATS MEET ROCKERS

Jazz musicians performing sidemen roles on recording dates of non-jazz performances is a practice nearly as old as ja...

Carla Bley & Paul Haines: Rawalpindi Blues (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 06, 08

Escalator Over the Hill, an epic jazz-rock opera, was probably pretentious in 1971, and is definitely pretentious now...

Tony Williams Lifetime: Vuelta Abajo (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 06, 08

Even today, The Tony Williams Lifetime is an acquired taste. Heard live back in 1969 and '70, its music could be dang...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TUNES THAT TAKE YOU PLACES

Artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's Note: Walter Kolosky recently contributed memorable Dozens columns o...

Charlie Mariano: Avoid the Year of the Monkey (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 07, 09

Had it not been for a mailing snafu, Charlie Mariano's Helen 12 Trees may have been one of the most renowned fusion a...

The Tony Williams Lifetime: This Night This Song (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

This is the kind of weirdness I love. It's a great statement by polished, highly skilled musicians, including Cream's...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: BEN ALLISON

Ben Allison, recently featured in an interview and concert review on jazz.com, now participates in our "Desert Islan...

Charlie Mariano: Parvati's Dance (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 07, 09

Saxophonist Charlie Mariano is an admirer of the South Indian musical tradition and is a gifted player of the Indian ...

Charlie Mariano: Helen 12 Trees (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 07, 09

"Helen 12 Trees" is what you would get if you took a pinch of Return to Forever, a dash of Larry Coryell's Eleventh H...

Charlie Mariano: Neverglades Pixie (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 08, 09

"Neverglades Pixie" begins with a typical, lyrical Chick Corea Return to Forever electric keyboard intro. This is str...

John McLaughlin: Are You the One? Are You the One? (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 31, 08

Only the absent Larry Young (who would tragically die that March at the age of 37) prevented this from being a full r...

Charlie Mariano: Thorn of a White Rose (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 07, 09

The record company MPS has come to our rescue by continuing to release a series of fusion and jazz classics out of Eu...

Bruce Hornsby (with Christian McBride & Jack DeJohnette): Questions and Answers (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 01, 08

I have long suspected that Bruce Hornsby would take a trip to jazz land, probably since his Harbor Lights release. Al...

Charlie Haden: He's Gone Away (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 12, 08

Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny previously recorded this traditional Appalachian song on their 1997 duet CD Beyond the ...

Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey), guitarist, composer, educator; b. Chicago, IL, 21 August 1968. A year after he was born, ...

Klauber, Dr. Bruce (H.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Klauber, Dr. Bruce (H.), percussion, reeds, vocalist, author, video producer; b. Philadelphia, PA, 3 May 1952. H...

John McLaughlin: Are You the One? Are You the One? posted in July 31, 08

Only the absent Larry Young (who would tragically die that March at the age of 37) prevented this from being a full r...

Bley, Carla (Lovella May Borg) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bley, Carla [Lovella May Borg], composer, pianist; b. Oakland, CA, 11 May 1936. Her father Emil Borg (1899 - 1990) wa...

Husband, Gary (Peter) posted in Encyclopedia February 21, 09

Gary Peter Husband, born June 14, 1960 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, is a jazz, jazz-fusion, rock and pop...

Cobham, Billy (William) posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09

Drummer Billy Cobham came of age during the late 1960s and early 1970s as one of the premier drummers in jazz fusion....

Hanrahan, Kip posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hanrahan, Kip, record producer, composer, leader, percussion, guitar; b. The Bronx, NY, 9 December 1954. He attended ...

Mike Gibbs: And On the Third Day (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

When “Sweet Rain” became the title track of a Stan Getz album, everyone wanted to know who composed it. It was Mike G...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EUROPEAN JAZZ

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