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Teddy Wilson (featuring Billie Holiday): What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

In June 1935, John Hammond approached Brunswick and secured a 12-month contract guaranteeing one session a month buil...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

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Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins & Benny Carter: Smack (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

This ad-hoc recording ensemble (which revived a name used for various small group record dates from the 1920s and '30...

Billie Holiday: Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

Making "Yankee Doodle" its official song was in keeping with Connecticut's Revolutionary spirit. As first sung by Bri...

Reginald Foresythe: Dodging a Divorcee (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music December 19, 08

Reginald Foresythe was a British pianist/composer/leader active on the both sides of the Atlantic during the 1930s. H...

Reginald Foresythe: The Melancholy Clown (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 04, 09

Britain's Reginald Foresythe is little known today, but there were many musicians of stature who either collaborated ...

Kirby, Steven (Thomas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kirby, Steven (Thomas), guitarist, composer, educator; b. San Francisco, CA, 8 May 1958. He has an older sister, Alic...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Joe Wilder posted in Features and Interviews June 03, 09

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...

Wilson, Teddy (Theodore Shaw) posted in Encyclopedia May 23, 08

Pianist Teddy Wilson's astonishing technique and uncompromising sense of swing made him the perfect foil to Billie ...

Pell, Dave (David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Pell, Dave (David), tenor and baritone saxophonist, leader; b. NY, 26 February 1925. He played with the big bands ...

Hart, Billy (William W.; Jabali) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hart, Billy (William W.; Jabali), drummer; b. Washington, DC, 29 November 1940. His grandmother was a concert pianis...

Letter from Europe posted in Features and Interviews December 24, 07

by Stuart Nicholson The close proximity of jazz to classical music in European jazz conservatories is now lead...

Mildred Bailey: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

Eddie Sauter's arrangement of this lightweight tune from an earlier era is full of surprises. The bubbles float and p...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILDRED BAILEY

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Nichols, Herbie (Herbert Horatio) posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

Composer and pianist Herbie Nichols’ inquisitive spirit lives on amongst a growing group of young followers, and in t...

Jones, Hank (Henry) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Pianist Hank Jones’s use of space and sophisticated lyricism has been documented on the hundreds of albums he has rec...

Sullivan, Maxine (Marietta Williams) posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

Known for her swing versions of Scottish folk tunes, singer Maxine Sullivan's hits did not always do justice to her i...

Mildred Bailey: St. Louis Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

Mildred Bailey and Red Norvo are the key players in this light take on the old standard with an element of seduction....

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILDRED BAILEY

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Carlisle, Una Mae posted in Encyclopedia December 17, 08

Una Mae Carlisle was a talented singer and pianist whose career was defined largely by her associations to Fats Walle...

Newton, Frankie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 09

Newton, Frankie, trumpet (b. Emory, Virginia, January 4, 1906, d. March 11, 1954, New York). A fine, soulful trumpet ...

Catlett, Big Sid (Sidney) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer “Big” Sid Catlett's beat was steady and infectious, and made him one of the more complete drummers of the Swi...

Bendian, Gregg posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bendian, Gregg, drummer, percussionist, composer; b. Englewood, New Jersey, 13 July 1963. His parents, Martin (b. Nov...

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