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Gerald Clayton: Two Heads One Pillow (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 10, 09

“Two Heads One Pillow” is one of the highlights of Gerald Clayton’s Two Shade, a must-hear debut release from the tal...

Joe Gilman: Contusion (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music August 11, 08

I somehow missed the boat on Stevie Wonder back in his day. The explanation? Rock snobbery. Stevie Wonder did not sou...

Alice Coltrane: Ptah, the El Daoud (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 21, 09

Alice McLeod Coltrane was essentially a bebop pianist who had even studied with Bud Powell in Paris in 1959, but she ...

John Coltrane: The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

If you break down that melody and just play it like a scale, it’s a simple, beautiful meditation on those intervals a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOE LOVANO SELECTS ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE

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Adam Birnbaum: Kate The Great (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music October 08, 08

A standard-issue jazz waltz taken at a "Someday My Prince Will Come" pace and feel, "Kate The Great" presents Adam Bi...

Oran Etkin: New Dwelling (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 21, 09

Imagine this: a hip hop beat meted out by hand-made percussion, a balafon (a West African wooden xylophone-like instr...

Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Summertime (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

Chris Connor and Maynard Ferguson worked together while in Stan Kenton's band, and when they both became jazz stars a...

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Herbie Hancock & Gerald Clayton in Italy posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 20, 08

Ted Panken continues to report on exciting happenings at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. Below is his fourth upd...

John Coltrane: Impressions (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

While I was on tour with McCoy Tyner in April 2008, I found this in a record shop in Basel, Switzerland. I’d never se...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOE LOVANO SELECTS ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE

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Adam Birnbaum: House Party Starting (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 08, 08

In the liner notes, Adam Birnbaum calls this track a "tribute to the great unsung pianist/composers over the years wh...

Christian Scott: Died In Love (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 11, 08

Any musician can express sorrow and anger in his music, but it takes a really good one to express it effectively wher...

Hopps, Jimmy (James Edward Hopps Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hopps, Jimmy [James Edward Hopps Jr.], drummer; b. Washington, DC, 18 June 1939. His mother, Louella T.W. Hopps, was ...

Ranelin, Phil (Phillip Arthur) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ranelin, Phil (Phillip Arthur), trombonist, composer, arranger, producer; b. Indianapolis, IN, 25 May 1939. From 1...

Berardi, Sangeeta Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Berardi, Sangeeta Michael, guitarist; b. Waterbury, CT, 2 September 1939. He began playing guitar at age ten, and gig...

Ali, Rashied (Robert Patterson Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia August 14, 09

Drummer Rashied Ali dedicated his career to enhancing the voice of the drums in the modern jazz ensemble. Best known ...

Shaw, Woody (Herman) posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

      Woody Shaw, artwork by Suzanne Cerny A vital link in the chain of modern...

Jones, Elvin (Ray) posted in Encyclopedia March 21, 08

Elvin Jones expanded the jazz drummer’s role from timekeeper to volatile improviser. Jones’s approach was more extrem...

Henderson, Eddie (Edward Jackson, Mganga) posted in Encyclopedia April 16, 09

Trumpeter and flugelhornist Dr. Eddie Henderson forged a distinctive brand of space-funk as a member of Herbie Hancoc...

Sirone (Norris Sirone Jones) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Bassist Sirone’s expressive lyricism, formidable tone and exemplary technique highlight the importance of musiciansh...

A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part Two) posted in Features and Interviews September 02, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia Below is the second and final part of jazz.com's history of New Orleans music in 100 tracks. ...

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