Search results for "Joe Williams"

Joe Williams: Night Time is the Right Time (to be with the One You Love) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 31, 09

Evaluating the relative merits of Joe Williams' recorded tracks with Count Basie in the '50's, as compared to those h...

Joe Williams: Alright, Okay, You Win (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

Blues shouter Joe Williams recorded his classic "Alright, Okay, You Win" with Count Basie in 1955. But Ring-a-Di...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RING-A-DING-DINGS: TWELVE 1960S MALE VOCAL HIPSTERS

Sinatra named them, Sinatra claimed them. Frank's album Ring-a-Ding Ding! (1960) christened a boatload of actual and ...

Count Basie & Joe Williams: Every Day I Have the Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

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Count Basie & Joe Williams: All Right, OK, You Win (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 05, 08

From 1967-1987, Sooner State license plates bore the legend "Oklahoma is OK." This less-than-ringing endorsement was ...

Charles Mingus: Eulogy for Rudy Williams (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

A tribute to the late saxophonist of the Savoy Sultans, drowned shortly before the session in a summer swimming accid...

Quincy Jones: Killer Joe (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

According to an interview I saw with Quincy maybe 6 or 7 years ago, “Killer Joe” was the last straight-ahead tune tha...

Joe Williams: When Sunny Gets Blue (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 17, 08

Joe Williams became primarily known as a rollicking blues shouter thanks to his illustrious 7-year stint with the Cou...

Joe Williams with Count Basie and His Orchestra: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

The Greatest!! was the second album by Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra. It was designed to show that Will...

Count Basie (with Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams): Teach Me Tonight (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 27, 07

Vaughan and Basie were regulars at the jazz club Birdland on Broadway in New York City; Williams was still the vocali...

Count Basie: Counter Block (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

This performance by the Basie band took place during a late-night gig at a Disc Jockeys of America convention on May ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE

In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...

Count Basie: Li'l Darlin' (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

The “New Testament” Basie band that began during the 1950s retained all the buoyant swing of the early group from the...

Joe Henderson: Afro-Centric (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Wow. What a recording! However, given the personnel, that shouldn't be much of a surprise. Go get a copy of Joe He...

Joe Henderson: Foresight and Afterthought (an Impromptu Suite) (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

This conceptual, three-part Joe Henderson musical journey finds him seemingly climbing many stairs to reach his desti...

Joe Henderson: Power to the People (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Unfortunately, the title track of Joe Henderson's Power to the People CD sounds dated today. This is obvious in the ...

Joe Henderson: Lazy Afternoon (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Joe Henderson's "Lazy Afternoon" sounds like it was recorded on an afternoon of intense, not-so-lazily conceived impr...

Joe Henderson: Opus One-Point-Five (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Joe Henderson sure sounds like he is doing his best Johnny Hodges impersonation on "Opus One-Point-Five." The breath...

Joe Henry: Civilians (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

Bill Frisell has always been an in-demand session player, from his early ECM days to his extended stints with John Zo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BILL FRISELL

As unassumingly as Bill Frisell presents himself in his everyday life is as fiery and unabashedly bold he is wi...

Kenny Dorham: Una Mas (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

“Una Mas” is a testament to Dorham’s singular approach to mixing bossa and bop. His breathy articulations also add sp...

Weather Report: Punk Jazz (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 19, 08

This song explodes with a fantastic bass solo by Jaco Pastorius. His dexterity is mighty, and he shows why he was one...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEATHER REPORT

Josef Zawinul and Wayne Shorter first played together in Maynard Ferguson's big band in 1959. They later crossed path...

King Oliver: High Society (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

"High Society" is one of many traditional jazz standards with confusing parentage. It was originally a march, written...

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