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Larry Young (with Lee Morgan): Trip Merchant (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

Though Lee Morgan didn’t incorporate elements of the avant-garde in his own groups until late in his career, his reso...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Larry Young (featuring Elvin Jones): Monk's Dream (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 03, 08

The complexities of Elvin Jones's drumming style are superbly communicated throughout "Monk's Dream." He is playing m...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ELVIN JONES

     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Larry Young: The Moontrane (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

An absolutely essential recording, Unity is also the template for the “progressive” jazz organ date. While it’s organ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Larry Young: The Moontrane (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Like Jimmy Smith, Larry Young chose the Hammond B-3 organ as his instrument, but his playing owed less to the blues t...

Larry Young: Testifying (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 17, 08

Organist Larry Young used to go over to John Coltrane's house and jam with him. But he was best known for his groundb...

Larry Young: Street Scene (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 18, 08

Larry Young's celebrated 1965 Blue Note album Unity found him reaching beyond the organ trio format and coming into h...

Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin: Meditation (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

It is not every day you get to hear guitarist John McLaughlin on piano. On "Meditation" he plays simple but dramatic ...

John McLaughlin: Marbles (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 23, 08

The behind-the-scenes story is now infamous. McLaughlin recorded the sessions for Jimi Hendrix producer Alan Douglas....

Tony Williams Lifetime: Emergency (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 22, 08

I always have felt a bit sorry for Tony Williams. Here was a truly gifted artist who as a 17-year-old kid was playing...

Tony Williams Lifetime: Vuelta Abajo (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 06, 08

Even today, The Tony Williams Lifetime is an acquired taste. Heard live back in 1969 and '70, its music could be dang...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TUNES THAT TAKE YOU PLACES

Artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's Note: Walter Kolosky recently contributed memorable Dozens columns o...

Tony Williams Lifetime: Beyond Games (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music December 06, 08

Someday I will very carefully ask John McLaughlin what he thought about Tony Williams's singing. There was a more dem...

John McLaughlin: Siren (Rating: 81/100) posted in Music February 22, 09

"Siren" is a spacey shuffle that was probably the midsection of a longer tune. (For anyone unfamiliar with the infamo...

John McLaughlin: Purpose of When (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 22, 09

As mad as guitarist John McLaughlin was that his album Devotion was botched in the editing process while he was away,...

Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin: Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 20, 08

Carlos Santana was a bit apprehensive about recording Love Devotion Surrender. He had become so enamored with John Mc...

Tony Williams Lifetime: Spectrum (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 22, 08

"Spectrum" first appeared on John McLaughlin's Extrapolation, recorded in England in 1968. On that recording he credi...

Tony Williams Lifetime: Vashkar (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 06, 08

Tony Williams Lifetime sounds like it was recorded in a cardboard box. The poor sound quality of this band's recordin...

The Tony Williams Lifetime: This Night This Song (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

This is the kind of weirdness I love. It's a great statement by polished, highly skilled musicians, including Cream's...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: BEN ALLISON

Ben Allison, recently featured in an interview and concert review on jazz.com, now participates in our "Desert Islan...

John McLaughlin: Devotion (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 01, 08

If there were one trait that best describes John McLaughlin, it would be that he is a man of great devotion. He has a...

John McLaughlin: Dragon Song (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 01, 08

Since its debut in 1970, Devotion has been released and re-released so many times on so many different labels with so...

Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin: A Love Supreme (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music January 26, 08

Carlos Santana, a fellow Coltrane admirer, joined John McLaughlin on Love, Devotion, Surrender for "A Love Supreme." ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN ON STANDARDS

Editor's note: Guitarist extraordinaire John McLaughlin recently participated in a candid dialogue with jazz.com's W...

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