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Nat King Cole: Jumpin' at Capitol (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 09, 08"Jumpin' at Capitol," along with "I Just Can't See for Lookin'" and "Easy Listening Blues," is one of only three song...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS
Nat King...
King Cole Trio: One O'Clock Jump (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 05, 09Nat King Cole must have been quite a Basie fan. The King Cole Trio had quite a few Basie tunes in its repertoire, an...
Nat King Cole: The Frim Fram Sauce (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 29, 07The King Cole Trio offered a mid-1940s alternative to the shrillness of bop and the bombast of big bands; their subdu...
Nat King Cole: Straighten Up and Fly Right (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 09, 07"That's the filthiest song I ever heard in my life," declared comedienne Lucille Ball, rejecting this track for one o...
Nat King Cole: Route 66 (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 20, 07In olden times (pre-Interstates), U.S. Route 66 was the main highway from Chicago to L.A. It was lawful to travel in ...
Nat King Cole: The Christmas Song (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 30, 07Partridges, as ground-nesting seedeaters, have no business in pear trees, unless they're waiting for said fruit ...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RUDY REINDEER'S FAVORITE JAZZ
First, about the name. The whole "Rudolph" thing started as a joke. To friends and family, I've always been Rudy. The...
Aleman, Oscar (Marcelo) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09At the height of his Parisian fame in the 1930s, Argentine guitarist Oscar Alemán enjoyed success known to few black ...
Cole, Nat 'King' (Nathaniel Adam Coles) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08Nat King...
Anthony, Ron posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Anthony, Ron, guitar; b. Pittsburgh, PA, 16 Decmeber 1933. At around 12 years of age, he started doing singing impres...
Guitarist and Inventor Les Paul Passes Away at 94 posted in Features and Interviews August 13, 09New York, NY…August 13, 2009…Les Paul, acclaimed guitar player, entertainer and inventor, passed away today from ...
In Conversation With Bill Charlap posted in Features and Interviews July 30, 09By Ted Panken "I’ve really been running the last two days," said Bill Charlap in the lobby of the Algonqui...
Baldwin, Bob (Robert Garfield Baldwin, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Baldwin, Bob [Robert Garfield Baldwin, Jr.], piano, keyboards, producer; b. Mt. Vernon, NY, 9 December 1960. He was b...
Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: September 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages October 05, 09Tony Bennett's $10 million deal Who says there's no money in singing standards? "Why I love j...
Johnson, J. J. (James Louis) posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09Trombonist, arranger and composer J.J. Johnson is one of the handful who revolutionized the way his instrument is pla...
Orsted Pedersen, Niels-Henning posted in Encyclopedia September 22, 08Bass player Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen's stunning technique never overwhelmed: he had the ability to make any cont...
Rosnes, Renee posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Rosnes, Renee, piano; b. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 24 March 1962. She was the youngest of three adopted girls and...
Morgan, Lee (Edward Lee) posted in Encyclopedia March 04, 08Trumpeter Lee Morgan burst onto the Philadelphia jazz scene at age eighteen, bristling with street talent and electri...
Webster, Ben (Benjamin Francis) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster was known as "The Beautiful” and ”The Brute." Both names fit him well. The beauty of hi...
OctoJAZZarian Profile: Carline Ray posted in Features and Interviews March 17, 09For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...
In Conversation with Fred Hersch posted in Features and Interviews May 19, 09By Ted Panken ...
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