Search results for "Miroslav Vitous"

Bireli Lagrene: Wave (1983) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

By-rote versions of well-worn jazz classics are generally defined as "filler." However, this fitting tribute to the G...

Miroslav Vitous: Bamboo Forest (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 29, 08

The accomplished and imaginative bassist and Czech expatriate Miroslav Vitous was a moving force in the early annals ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TUNES THAT TAKE YOU PLACES

Artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's Note: Walter Kolosky recently contributed memorable Dozens columns o...

Miroslav Vitous: Variations on W. Shorter (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 13, 09

The forward-thinking bassist from Prague recreates the spirit of the original incarnation of Weather Report, if not t...

Miroslav Vitous: U Dunaje U Prespurka (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 03, 08

The singing quality of Vitous's bass is beautifully exemplified in his long solo introduction to this tune, based on ...

Weather Report: American Tango (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 03, 08

Despite some popular belief, there was a Weather Report before Jaco Pastorius. It was quite a successful band, thank ...

Steve Kuhn: The Island (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 08, 08

Steve Kuhn has had the fortune of working intimately with some of the greatest bass players of his time. Over his car...

Larry Coryell: Spaces (Infinite) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

According to the book Milestones 2: the Music and Times of Miles Davis Since 1960 by Jack Chambers, up-and-coming gui...

Steve Kuhn: Oceans in the Sky (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 09, 08

In this ostinato-based tune, Steve Kuhn demonstrates his ability to build rhythmic tension with his mastery of the fu...

Larry Coryell: Wrong Is Right (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Nothing here backs the song title, but, consistent with the disc's intended concept, each soloist is given the space ...

Chick Corea: My One and Only Love (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 07, 09

This track comes from my favorite Chick Corea session, which incredibly was awarded NO stars in a Downbeat review soo...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

Weather Report: Unknown Soldiers (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 19, 08

Joe Zawinul composed this song in memory of an experience as a child when he and his brother found a dead soldier dur...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEATHER REPORT

Josef Zawinul and Wayne Shorter first played together in Maynard Ferguson's big band in 1959. They later crossed path...

Chick Corea: Matrix (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

(Editor's note: Awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs was the first, and most cel...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE

In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...

Chick Corea: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

As of 2008, the most recently recorded (as opposed to most recently enshrined) jazz inductees to the Grammy Hall of F...

Chick Corea: The Loop (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 31, 08

Chick Corea begins this pretty waltz in a very classical manner, and it acquires more bounce when the bass and drums ...

Chick Corea: Steps - What Was (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

After early recordings with trumpeter Blue Mitchell and a tour with Stan Getz, Corea recorded his first trio session ...

Chick Corea: Matrix (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

Before Chick Corea became a big shot in the world of fusion (which ensured him enough popularity to keep his houses p...

Chick Corea: Windows (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 01, 09

Now He Sings, Now He Sobs is one of the most essential jazz drumming recordings of the modern era. It marked the begi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ROY HAYNES

The century mark is a uniquely exciting time in the development of a major musical style. History is unearthed, co...

Wayne Shorter: Super Nova (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music May 06, 09

It's hard to remember a time when Wayne Shorter didn't play at least as much soprano sax as he did tenor, but he ca...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SOPRANO SAX

           Soprano Sax and Piano      Fab...

Vitous, Miroslav posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 08

Bassist Miroslav Vitous joined the upper tier of jazz musicians in his teens, almost as soon as he arrived in the Uni...

Kirkland, Kenny (Kenneth David) posted in Encyclopedia November 21, 08

Pianist Kenny Kirkland's skillful, accurate comping and blistering melodic explorations provided a solid foundation f...

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