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Egberto Gismonti: Baião Malandro (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 20, 07

Egberto Gismonti concludes his Sol Do Meio Dia recording with a suite of four compositions, finishing with his amazin...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ECM - THE FIRST DECADE

The ECM record label, founded by Manfred Eicher in 1969, continues to expand our musical horizons after almost four d...

Pat Metheny: Are You Going With Me? (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

A guy I used to know complained once that Pat Metheny records were funny because you very often couldn't tell when th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: Farmer's Trust (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

I'll get right to the point: "Farmer's Trust" contains some of the prettiest and most romantic melodies that Pat Met...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: Ozark (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

This album opens with the long (20+ minutes) title track suite that explores an emotional scale ranging from sweet a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Milton Nascimento: San Vicente (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 03, 09

This song, from the outstanding Miltons album, opens with Nascimento singing plaintively over a rubato guitar accompa...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILTON NASCIMENTO

Milton Nascimento rose to fame a few months after “The Girl from Ipanema” earned its Grammy as “record of the year....

Giger, Peter posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Giger, Peter, drummer; b. Zurich, Switzerland, 12 April 1939. He grew up in or near Berne. In 1958, he toured Europe ...

Richmond, Mike (Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Richmond, Mike (Michael), bassist, educator, author; b. Philadelphia, PA, 26 February 1948. His mother was Anna (born...

Berger, Rudi (Khalid) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Berger, Rudi (Khalid), jazz violinist-songwriter; b. Vienna, Austria, Europe, 19 November 1954. He grew up in Vienna ...

Khan, Steve (Steve Cahn) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Khan, Steve [Steve Cahn], guitar; b. Los Angeles, CA, 28 April 1947. His father was the lyricist Sammy Cahn and his m...

Kuhn, Rolf posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kuhn, Rolf, clarinet; b. Cologne, Germany, 29 September 1929. His brother is pianist Joachim Kuhn. Rolf demonstrat...

Carroll, Baikida (E. J. Carroll) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Carroll, Baikida [E. J. Carroll], trumpet, flugelhorn, composer; b. St. Louis, Missouri, 15 January 1947. the son of&...

Sertso, Ingrid posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Sertso, Ingrid, vocals, poetry; Sertso spent over 20 years honing her art. During the late '60s, she lived in Euro...

Miller, Harry (Frederick) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Miller, Harry (Frederick), pianist, synthesist, composer, producer; b. St. Louis, MO, 8 February 1962. His mother is ...

Ferber, Mordy posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ferber, Mordy, guitar; b. 26 August 1958. His father, Leon Ferber (Born:  December 28, 1919 in Poland) lives in ...

Ron Carter: A Selected Discography posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 03, 07

Ron Carter is the consummate sideman, and one of the most active accompanists in the history of jazz. But Carter has...

Pepper, Jim (James Gilbert II) posted in Encyclopedia February 11, 08

Saxophonist and composer Jim Pepper’s soaring solos and unprecedented use of Native American traditions in jazz earne...

Cherry, Don (Donald Eugene) posted in Encyclopedia April 20, 08

Trumpeter Don Cherry defied the ruling dogmas of jazz in the fifties with his anti-virtuosic approach to music. Cherr...

Trilok Gurtu: Baba (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 14, 08

Indo-jazz percussionist Trilok Gurtu never disappoints. He can mesmerize you with meditative Indian drumming, knock y...

Latin in Manhattan: The Sounds of Brazil posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 28, 08

Jazz.com regular Eugene Marlow, who recently covered Dave Douglas and Bobby Sanabria in these virtual pages, r...

In Conversation with Anat Cohen and Duduka Da Fonseca posted in Features and Interviews April 25, 09

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