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Nat King Cole: Jumpin' at Capitol (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 09, 08

"Jumpin' at Capitol," along with "I Just Can't See for Lookin'" and "Easy Listening Blues," is one of only three song...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS

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King Cole Trio: One O'Clock Jump (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 05, 09

Nat King Cole must have been quite a Basie fan. The King Cole Trio had quite a few Basie tunes in its repertoire, an...

Nat King Cole: The Frim Fram Sauce (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

The King Cole Trio offered a mid-1940s alternative to the shrillness of bop and the bombast of big bands; their subdu...

Nat King Cole: Straighten Up and Fly Right (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

"That's the filthiest song I ever heard in my life," declared comedienne Lucille Ball, rejecting this track for one o...

Nat King Cole: Route 66 (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

In olden times (pre-Interstates), U.S. Route 66 was the main highway from Chicago to L.A. It was lawful to travel in ...

Nat King Cole: The Christmas Song (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

Partridges, as ground-nesting seedeaters, have no business in pear trees, unless they're waiting for said fruit ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RUDY REINDEER'S FAVORITE JAZZ

First, about the name. The whole "Rudolph" thing started as a joke. To friends and family, I've always been Rudy. The...

Jazz at the Philharmonic: Blues (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

"Blues," composed by legendary linotypist Etaoin Shrdlu for the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert, exposes every...

Nat King Cole: If I Had You (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

During their 1940s heyday, the King Cole Trio swept up material with the tenacity of a Hoover (the vacuum cleaner, no...

Artie Shaw: Stardust (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

In Ken Burns's documentary Jazz (2001), Artie Shaw puts down erstwhile rival bandleader Glenn Miller as a mere "...

Cassandra Wilson: Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

Wilson & Co. undertake a major renovation on this old standard. They shift most of the tune into a tiptoeing waltz te...

Miller, Mulgrew posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Pianist Mulgrew Miller performs with truthful invention, harmonic intellectualism and a keen sense of sophistication ...

Miller, Jim (James Donald) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Miller, Jim (James Donald), drummer, educator; b. Indianapolis, IN, 13 June 1954. His mother (born Georgieanna Oyl...

In Conversation With Mulgrew Miller posted in Features and Interviews April 07, 09

By Tomas Peña When I caught up with Mulgrew Miller, he was on his way to a rehearsal for a concert celebrating...

Bobby Watson: Isfahan (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 10, 08

Since 1987 was the Chinese Year of the Rabbit, Bobby Watson decided to assemble a 9-piece band for a tribute to ...

Tommy Dorsey: Lonesome Road (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 25, 09

Early in his career, while writing arrangements for local bands near his home in Rumson, New Jersey, Bill Finega...

Cole, Nat 'King' (Nathaniel Adam Coles) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

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Sauter-Finegan Orchestra: Hit the Road to Dreamland (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 18, 08

This version of the Mercer-Arlen gem is a gem itself, issued as the 'B' side of a single and forgotten until Collecto...

Dexter Gordon: I've Found A New Baby (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

“I’ve Found a New Baby” is the first track listed on the first Dexter Gordon-led recording session in late 1943. Sit...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

The United States of Jazz posted in Features and Interviews April 06, 08

by Alan Kurtz When, in the course of musical events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bands...

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