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Gerald Wilson: Lomelin (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

Gerald Wilson's band had not made an album for 12 years when Albert Marx asked him back to record for his new label, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON

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Joe Sample: The Sidewinder (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

The 1994 Northridge earthquake so unsettled Joe Sample that he temporarily shelved his smooth jazz ministrations in f...

Johnson, J. J. (James Louis) posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09

Trombonist, arranger and composer J.J. Johnson is one of the handful who revolutionized the way his instrument is pla...

Leviev, Micho (Isaacov) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Leviev, Micho (Isaacov), keyboardist, composer, educator; b. Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 19 December 1937. His mother was Nade...

Gerald Wilson: Triple Chase (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 04, 08

Only distortion on the original recording detracts from this up-tempo showcase for the Wilson orchestra's tenor saxop...

Horace Silver: Kissin' Cousins (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

Tom Harrell and Bob Berg were Horace Silver's bright lights in the mid-1970s, and here they were part of an unusual p...

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...

Milt Jackson with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra: Bags' Groove (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

Brothers Jeff and John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton have co-led the premier West Coast big band for the last 20+...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS

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Herbie Hancock: Norwegian Wood (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 18, 09

On this absolutely, stunning and beautiful rendition of the Beatles classic "Norwegian Wood," Herbie Hancock enlisted...

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