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Benny Carter: Blue Lou (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 10, 08Nat Hentoff's liner notes for the original Jazz Giant described it as "the first all-jazz, hot, small combo blowing a...
The Soft Winds: Early Autumn (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 10, 08Upon their release in 1949, Woody Herman's "Summer Sequence (Part 4)" on Columbia and "Early Autumn" on Capitol serve...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS
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Quincy Jones: King Road Blues (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 31, 07The original Go West, Man! featured Quincy Jones-managed recording sessions by four trumpets and rhythm, four alto sa...
Grassi, Lou (Louis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Grassi, Lou (Louis), drums; b. Summit, NJ, 21 January 1947. He has a middle name Thomas which he took at the age of 1...
Deborah Henson-Conant: On The Rise (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music June 24, 08I am a huge fan of Elements, the experimental jazz group formed over 20 years ago by bassist Mark Egan and drummer Da...
Ellis, Herb (Mitchel Herbert) posted in Encyclopedia March 19, 09Herb Ellis's quick-picking right hand, fleet fingers and metronomic hard swing established him as a master of the mod...
Dave McKenna: Detour Ahead (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 18, 07Dave McKenna scuffled for decades as a sideman, equally adept with moldy figs and modernists but never making a name ...
Herb Ellis: Detour Ahead (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 05, 08This excellent session reunited guitarist Herb Ellis with Johnny Frigo, the latter on violin as opposed to bass, whic...
A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...
Tracks 'r Us: A Sampler of 25 Recent Reviews posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 19, 09What a crazy idea! But somehow we got started on this project of reviewing all the great (and many not-so-great) t...
101—Count 'Em!—Classic Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 09I give you some credit. Every day you take your vitamins, go to the gym for a workout, take the dog for a walk, ...
Jazz Classics That Aren't Kind of Blue posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 23, 09Did you hear that there was an anniversary for Miles Davis's Kind of Blue? Of course you did. The jazz world ...
Melvoin, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Melvoin, Michael, keyboards, composer; b. Oshkosh, WI, 10 May 1937. Melvoin is one of the most versatile and accom...
Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...
Harris, Gene (Haire, Eugene) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09Pianist Gene Harris combined the blues with bebop, gospel and soul in a tasteful mix which contained a wealth of melo...
Bowen, Ralph (Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bowen, Ralph (Michael), saxophones: tenor, alto, soprano, flute; b. Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 23 December 1961. He was...
In Conversation with Paul Motian posted in Features and Interviews November 01, 08By Ted Panken “I think rehearsing takes away from the beauty of the music,” says Paul Motian. “I’ve been playi...
Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey), guitarist, composer, educator; b. Chicago, IL, 21 August 1968. A year after he was born, ...
Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 16, 08Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay When you hear that sound, you know it’s time again for the jazz.com weekend track review round...
Dorham, Kenny (McKinley Howard) posted in Encyclopedia February 18, 09Kenny Dorham has been scandalously undervalued in the jazz trumpet lineage. His breathy tone was not the immediate wa...
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