Search results for "Leroy Vinnegar"

Jessica Williams: The Sheikh (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music April 15, 09

"The Sheikh" was written for veteran bassist Leroy Vinnegar, who joined WIlliams and drummer Mel Brown for the pianis...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JESSICA WILLIAMS

Superlatives abound in the many reviews and articles about the now 61-year-old pianist Jessica Williams, as well as...

Jessica Williams: If I Were A Bell (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 15, 09

"He definitely brought out a lot of my influences, " Williams said about playing with bassist Leroy Vinnegar during t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JESSICA WILLIAMS

Superlatives abound in the many reviews and articles about the now 61-year-old pianist Jessica Williams, as well as...

Cy Touff: Keester Parade (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

In addition to its witty title and hummable melody, Johnny Mandel’s “Keester Parade” offers a full-sounding small-ban...

Shelly Manne: I Could Have Danced All Night (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Five months after My Fair Lady's Broadway premiere, André Previn was tapped to turn the Edwardian-era musical into mo...

Serge Chaloff: A Handful of Stars (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 23, 08

The best baritone saxophonist most listeners have never heard of: Serge Chaloff, whose rather incredible talents comb...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES

                   Gerry Mulligan, ...

Sonny Rollins: I've Told Ev'ry Little Star (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Shortly after this West Coast session, Sonny Rollins returned to New York and withdrew from the jazz scene for close ...

Benny Carter: Blue Lou (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 10, 08

Nat Hentoff's liner notes for the original Jazz Giant described it as "the first all-jazz, hot, small combo blowing a...

Chet Baker & Russ Freeman: Love Nest (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

On radio during the 1940s and TV in the '50s, comedians Burns & Allen closed each show with cigar-toting George telli...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARMON-IZED TRUMPETS

"It has heretofore been a great annoyance for the neighborhood if a person commences to practice on a brass inst...

Chet Baker: Summer Sketch (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Not to be mistaken for The Rippingtons’ guitarist of the same name, pianist Russ Freeman was a mainstay of 1950s Wes...

Shelly Manne: I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

Listening to André Previn's jazz recordings, I sometimes get the impression that he is out slumming . . . Having a go...

Gerry Mulligan-Ben Webster: Tell Me When (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 06, 09

The Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster album is best known for its exquisite version of Billy Strayhorn's "Chelsea Brid...

Dexter Gordon: Autumn in New York (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

During the 1950s, Dexter Gordon spent most of his time behind bars, and not the kind where drinks are served. Busted ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE BLUE & SENTIMENTAL TENOR SAX BALLADS

    Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the m...

Conte Candoli: Mambo Diane (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 04, 07

The West Coast style that easterner Horace Silver vilified in 1956 as "faggot-type jazz" had by 1960 wilted as submis...

Shelly Manne: Bernie's Tune (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

1950s West Coast jazz often got a bum rap for being overly arranged and effete. Tracks like this one put the lie to ...

Serge Chaloff: The Goof and I (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

A study in tragedy, Serge Chaloff’s life was cut short just as a promising career was taking off. A tremendously gift...

Lou Rawls: Willow Weep for Me (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 15, 09

Although he'd made his first recordings in a gospel group during 1954, and was subsequently seasoned as a backup voca...

Lou Rawls: Lost and Lookin' (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 15, 09

A year before Sam Cooke's hit single, Lou Rawls (Cooke's boyhood friend and former backup singer) took "Lost and Look...

Kelly, Bev (Beverly Wolfe Kelly) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kelly, Bev (Beverly Wolfe Kelly), vocalist, composer, vocal coach; b. Rittman, Ohio, 18 June 1934. She grew up in Tro...

Melvoin, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Melvoin, Michael, keyboards, composer; b. Oshkosh, WI, 10 May 1937. Melvoin is one of the most versatile and accom...

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

Holland, Dave (David), bassist, cello/piano/composer; b. Wolverhampton, England, 1 October 1946. He was drawn to musi...

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