Search results for "Paul Quinichette"

Paul Quinichette: Paul's Bunion (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music August 27, 09

His style was so strongly reminiscent of Lester "Prez" Young's, that Paul Quinichette was inevitably dubbed the "Vice...

Clifford Brown-Sarah Vaughan: September Song (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

Sarah Vaughan met and heard Brownie while he was a member of Chris Powell and His Five Blue Flames, and claimed to ha...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AL HOOD SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL CLIFFORD BROWN TRACKS

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Sarah Vaughan: Lullaby of Birdland (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Vaughan always makes the hard stuff look easy. When bebop was shaking up the older musicians and rewriting the rules...

Dinah Washington: You Don't Know What Love Is (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 22, 07

Though she tends to take a backseat to Lady Day and Sassy in most jazz criticism, it’s difficult to find anything to ...

Chambers, Paul (Laurence Dunbar, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia February 19, 09

"Mr. P.C.," Paul Chambers, had a distinctively accurate style which made him the bassist of choice for both Miles Dav...

The Disciples of Lester Young: A Recommended Playlist posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 27, 09

I was in my 20s, and giving a lecture on Lester Young to a large assembly of Stanford students, when Stan Getz stro...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

Green, Bennie (Bernard) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Trombonist Bennie Green kept pace with the innovations of bebop while maintaining a deep closeness to the blues and p...

Kemp, Emme posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kemp, Emme, pianist, composer, singer, actress; Emme Kemp has filled the shoes of such diverse musical artists as Jay...

Kerr, Brooks (Chester Monson Brooks Joseph Kerr III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kerr, Brooks (Chester Monson Brooks Joseph Kerr III), piano; b. 26 Dec. 1951, New Haven, CT. His parents are Chest...

John Coltrane: Impressions (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

While I was on tour with McCoy Tyner in April 2008, I found this in a record shop in Basel, Switzerland. I’d never se...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOE LOVANO SELECTS ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE

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