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Stan Kenton: Young Blood (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

Mulligan and Stan Kenton was an odd mix that didn't work out. Mulligan's music was light years away from Kenton's dyn...

Clifford Brown: Donna Lee (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music May 19, 09

When Clifford Brown revisited Ellis Tollin's Philadelphia instrument shop, Music City, for another Monday night jam s...

Lee Morgan: I Remember Clifford (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

The heartbreaking death of Clifford Brown devastated the jazz community in 1956. Admired not only for his extraordina...

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...

Lee Konitz & Richie Kamuca: Tickle Toe (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Lee Konitz and Richie Kamuca both sat in the sax section of the Stan Kenton Orchestra from 1953 to '54, but in the en...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE LEE KONITZ DUETS

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Lester Young: Lester Leaps In (1939) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Lester Young was the major influence on a generation of tenor saxophonists who preferred his relatively light, pure t...

Nat King Cole: I Know That You Know (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 27, 09

Although Cole was an influential jazz pianist, it was his vocals that ensured his popularity, and around 1950 he beca...

Lionel Hampton: Flying Home (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

Jazz's most indefatigable showman, legendary vibist Lionel Hampton, routinely whipped "Flying Home" to such a fr...

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: Ballerina (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music December 03, 07

The first 30 seconds are given over to fanfares (including kettledrums) introducing "Mister Nat King Cole!" Kettledru...

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 ...

Billy Eckstine: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 05, 09

Following the breakup of his big band, Billy Eckstine became a major soloist with fans on both sides of the color lin...

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: 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...

Lee Konitz: Tenorlee / Lady Be Good (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 21, 08

It can't have been an accident that altoist Lee Konitz chose the quintessential Lester Young vehicle "Lady be Good" t...

Lee Morgan: You Go to My Head (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 09, 07

On the heels of his previous year's hit "The Sidewinder," Lee Morgan applies 3/5ths of the same quintet and an equall...

Lennie Tristano (with Lee Konitz): All the Things You Are (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

In the annals of jazz history, the Sing Song Room of the Confucius Restaurant will never be confused with Birdland or...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LENNIE TRISTANO

Few jazz pianists have demonstrated a more expansive and awe-inspiring vision of the improvisational arts than Lenn...

Lee Konitz & The Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Too Marvelous For Words (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 08, 08

The highly original alto saxophonist Lee Konitz came to prominence with small groups led by cool jazz pioneer Lennie ...

Lee Konitz & Red Mitchell: Just One of Those Things (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 12, 09

Is it because Red Mitchell tuned his bass like a cello that it has this huge, elastic bouncing feel while he plays a ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE LEE KONITZ DUETS

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Lee Konitz & Clark Terry: Flyin' - Mumbles and Jumbles (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

At first listen, few would think that these two instrumentalists were venerable, seasoned musicians (Terry, 73 at the...

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John Coltrane: Blue Train (featuring Lee Morgan) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 09, 09

Lee Morgan’s career is chock-full of essential, “Dozens”-worthy improvisations; it took weeks of eating, breathing, a...

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...

Lee Konitz & Grace Kelly: Alone Together (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music July 27, 08

Few saxophonists are more adept at horn counterpoint than Lee Konitz. I cherish the classic recordings of Konitz cro...

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