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Jelly Roll Morton: Original Jelly Roll Blues (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Comparing Morton’s piano solo recording of the “Jelly Roll Blues” with this version by his Red Hot Peppers affords an...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JELLY ROLL MORTON

   Jelly Roll Morton, artwork by Suzanne Cerny It’s evening in Washington, D.C., and the ...

Jelly Roll Morton: Doctor Jazz (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Morton sometimes worked as an entertainer during his nomadic years, and fancied himself a great comic. But the sketch...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JELLY ROLL MORTON

   Jelly Roll Morton, artwork by Suzanne Cerny It’s evening in Washington, D.C., and the ...

Jelly Roll Morton: Black Bottom Stomp (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

This recording was added to the Library of Congress National Sound Registry in 2006, and it sums up in three minutes ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JELLY ROLL MORTON

   Jelly Roll Morton, artwork by Suzanne Cerny It’s evening in Washington, D.C., and the ...

Jelly Roll Morton: Steamboat Stomp (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

Morton succeeded with his early Victor recordings in having his compositions played with his original conception by a...

Georgia White: I'll Keep Sittin' On It (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

"When you want something good," Georgia White advises, "you've got to spend your jack." This track illustrates how, b...

Zorn, John posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 08

Saxophonist and composer John Zorn has created a body of work that consistently challenges categories. Equally inspir...

White, Rodric (John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

White, Rodric (John), pianist, composer/arranger, vocalist; b. Sydney, NSW, Australia, 26 April 26, 1965. From 1972 t...

Louis Armstrong: All of Me (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

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Louis Armstrong: Chinatown, My Chinatown (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 30, 08

Louis Armstrong's path-breaking recordings from the 1920s get most of the attention from jazz experts. But the trump...

Louis Armstrong: Stardust (aka Star Dust) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 05, 08

In his book Early Jazz, Gunther Schuller writes that the second and third measures of "Stardust" contain exactly the ...

Sidney Bechet: Ain't Misbehavin' (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 20, 09

With the one and only Sidney Bechet joined by the great pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines, virtuoso cornetist Rex Stewart (a...

Sidney Bechet: Save It, Pretty Mama (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 20, 09

The tune begins with a slow-tempo, beautifully balanced ensemble thematic statement, delivered almost delicately, lik...

Jelly Roll Morton: Sidewalk Blues (Take 3) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

According to Rex Stewart's fine book, Jazz Masters of the '30s, Omer Simeon was elsewhere for this track, and the you...

Jelly Roll Morton: Dead Man Blues (Take 1) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

According to Rex Stewart's fine book, Jazz Masters of the '30s, Omer Simeon was elsewhere for this track, and the you...

Louis Armstrong: Lazy River (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 08, 09

I don't know how "Up A Lazy River" ever made it past a music publishing editor. The melody line is dominated by awkw...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana on November 22, 1899. His given name, Hoagland, derived fr...

Ribot, Marc posted in Encyclopedia October 19, 08

Guitarist Marc Ribot's talent and curiosities take him far afield from "downtown" New York music scene where he cut h...

Whitty, Mark (Graeme) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Whitty, Mark (Graeme), singer, piano, orgran, trumpet, mellophone; b. Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 4 January 1938. ...

Berg, Shelly (Shelton Glen) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Berg, Shelly (Shelton Glen), pianist, composer, arranger and educator; b. Cleveland, OH, 18 August 1955. His father i...

Baker, Newman (Taylor) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Baker, Newman (Taylor), drummer, singer; b. Petersburg, VA, 4 February 1943. His paternal grandfather, T. Nelson Bake...

Campbell, Michael (Rector) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Campbell, Michael (Rector), singer; b. Hollywood, CA, 21 February 1944. His mother was Blanche Campbell (b. Louisvil...

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