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Dexter Gordon: Fried Bananas (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 06, 08

After being cast against everyone's advice, Dexter Gordon was nominated for a "Best Actor" Oscar for his perform...

Dexter Gordon: Gingerbread Boy (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

This recording contains all the feeling of New York in the ’70s. It was a big event in jazz when Dexter Gordon return...

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...

Horace Silver: Señor Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

One of the pioneers of the hard-bop movement, pianist Horace Silver composed a number of tunes with infectious rhythm...

Woody Shaw: Hello to the Wind (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

Woody Shaw’s series of Muse records from 1974 to 1979 really heralded his arrival as the “next cat” on the trumpet to...

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...

Dexter Gordon: It’s You or No One (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

After thirty-plus years in the business with a respected yet somehow undervalued reputation, Dexter Gordon received a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Horace Silver: Cool Eyes (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Six Pieces of Silver marks the hard-bop pianist’s arrival as a legitimate bandleader and bop composer. Assembled fro...

Cannonball Adderley: Fiddler on the Roof (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

An album of Broadway hits could easily become a lackluster commercial concession, but Adderley’s Fiddler on the Roof ...

Horace Silver: Peace (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 28, 08

Horace Silver has never struck me as a convincing ballad performer, yet here he contributes one of the great ballad c...

Rick Germanson: Any Thoughts? (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music May 14, 09

Germanson got the inspiration to write this crisp little tune from his time as a sideman for Pat Martino; he heard “l...

Horace Silver: Señor Blues (Live at Newport) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 31, 08

I read in the paper the other day that the value of Silver is on the rise. The folks at Blue Note must have taken no...

Cannonball Adderley: This Here (Dis Here) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

At the beginning of this live performance at San Francisco’s Jazz Workshop, Cannonball Adderley introduces pianist Bo...

Cannonball Adderley: Azule Serape (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

This crystal-clear live recording from the long-running West Coast Lighthouse club puts the listener up close to the ...

Dexter Gordon: 'Round Midnight (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

Due in large part to the concluding chapter of Ken Burns’s engaging yet contentious documentary Jazz, the return of D...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Horace Silver: Enchantment (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 24, 08

New Mexico invited trouble in 1941 by emblazoning "Land of Enchantment" on their license plates. Enchanted visitors s...

Freddie Hubbard: Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

This CD probably is less well known than it should be. I recollect that someone handed it to me on an airplane. It do...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RANDY BRECKER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACKS

Note: During the course of a career that spanned more than a half century, Freddie Hubbard made his mark as one of th...

Horace Silver: Señor Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

After the demise of the cooperative group known as The Jazz Messengers (Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Dou...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HORACE SILVER

Perceptive commentators such as Martin Williams and Bob Blumenthal have written about the creative craftsmanship of...

Horace Silver: Cool Eyes (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

From the same Horace Silver album as his hit "Señor Blues," "Cool Eyes," with its 32-bar AABA theme, is a delightful ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HORACE SILVER

Perceptive commentators such as Martin Williams and Bob Blumenthal have written about the creative craftsmanship of...

Horace Silver: Cookin' at the Continental (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

The album Finger Poppin' introduced Horace Silver's longest-lasting front line, Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook, who wo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HORACE SILVER

Perceptive commentators such as Martin Williams and Bob Blumenthal have written about the creative craftsmanship of...

Horace Silver: Sister Sadie (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

This irresistible gospel-inflected piece is one of Horace Silver's most popular and enduring compositions. It's also ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HORACE SILVER

Perceptive commentators such as Martin Williams and Bob Blumenthal have written about the creative craftsmanship of...

Joe Henderson: Tetragon (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 17, 08

"Tetragon" is a modernized bebop tune, with the head demonstrating Joe Henderson's flair for imaginative chord progre...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JOE HENDERSON

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