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Ella Fitzgerald: St. Louis Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 19, 08While the majority of Ella’s discography was recorded in the studio, live recordings provide the most vivid studies o...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES
Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...
Stan Getz: A Time for Love (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 26, 07Early in his career, Stan Getz was dubbed The Sound, just as Sinatra was The Voice. Small wonder. Getz's tenor tone w...
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...
Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan: That Old Feeling – as heard in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1992) and Celebrity (1998) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 20, 07In the 1950s, owning a mere record player was not enough. Audiophiles grew so obsessed with turntables, cartridges, s...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZ SIDE OF WOODY ALLEN
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Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan: Scrapple From The Apple (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 13, 09Recently reissued in a spanking fresh, restored digital recording, the inevitable summit meeting between the formidab...
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...
Ella Fitzgerald: How Long Has This Been Going On? (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 19, 08When Ella addressed the monumental Songbook series – part jazz lieder, part cocktail music – not only did she re-vali...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES
Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...
Ella Fitzgerald: I Loves You Porgy (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 19, 08Ella’s voice may have been the perfect instrument to express joy, but she was also a consummate ballad singer. Howeve...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES
Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...
Warne Marsh: The Nearness of You (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music June 12, 08Warne Marsh's 1983 session for A Ballad Album seems to promise some lyrical, late-night performances from the celebra...
Shorty Rogers: Martians' Lullaby (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 16, 07On the cusp of the Space Age, many otherwise well-informed people believed in Martians. Orson Welles's Halloween 1938...
Kelly, Bev (Beverly Wolfe Kelly) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Kelly, Bev (Beverly Wolfe Kelly), vocalist, composer, vocal coach; b. Rittman, Ohio, 18 June 1934. She grew up in Tro...
Barash, Jeffrey (Samuel) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Barash, Jeffrey (Samuel), saxophone, clarinet, flute, educator; b. Los Angeles, CA, 5 July 1955. While he was a...
Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward); valve trombone, composer, piano; born in Kansas City, Missouri on December.19, 1929....
Marucci, Mat (Mathew Roger Marucci III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Marucci, Mat [Mathew Roger Marucci III], drums; b. Rome, NY, 2 July 1945. He was born to a family with musical histor...
Fishman, Greg (Gregory Allen) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Fishman, Greg (Gregory Allen), tenor saxophonist, flutist; b. Skokie, IL, 6 January 1967. He grew up in Morton Grove,...
Woody Herman: Tenderly (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 04, 09“Tenderly” is a fascinating song, originally written in three and often played in four. It has remained a standard al...
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, ...
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