Search results for "Percy Heath"

Heath Brothers: Nostalgia (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 10, 09

Percy Heath is a musical titan whose work has graced countless albums. Percy replaced Ray Brown in the Modern Jazz Qu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ CELLO

Can the cello swing? Can the cello be as melodically sophisticated as traditional jazz instruments? Is the cell...

J.J. Johnson (with Clifford Brown): Turnpike (alternate take) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

June of 1953 was a very busy and prolific month for Clifford Brown. Having recently left the Blue Flames, he was wor...

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

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Cannonball Adderley: Waltz For Debby (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 18, 09

The transitional Know What I Mean? is too often overlooked when assessing the résumés of Cannonball Adderley and his ...

Horace Silver: Opus de Funk (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

Horace Silver came to New York City in 1950 after being hired by Stan Getz. Soon he became much in demand as a sidema...

The Modern Jazz Quartet: My Man's Gone Now (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 09, 08

Jazz.com recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the the most famous jazz adaptation of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess...

John Lewis: Love Me or Leave Me (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

How would two East Coasters (the MJQ's Lewis & Heath) match up with three West Coast jazzmen? Perfectly, thanks to m...

Modern Jazz Quartet: Lonely Woman (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music July 12, 08

I have mixed feelings about this recording. The Modern Jazz Quartet comprised solid, assured performers who made some...

Clifford Brown: Easy Living (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

This was Brownie’s first date as a leader for Blue Note Records and came about after Brown’s outstanding playing on t...

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

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Miles Davis (featuring Charlie Parker): 'Round Midnight (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 13, 08

This is one of Charlie Parker’s most unusual recordings. The date was led by Miles Davis, who wrote two of the three ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CHARLIE PARKER'S OVERLOOKED GEMS

There are no bad Charlie Parker recordings. Everything Bird recorded had the blues and soul baked right in. So to ass...

Clifford Brown: Brownie Speaks (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Although initially indebted to Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown quickly forged a personal style that has influenced count...

John Coltrane & Don Cherry: Bemsha Swing (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 17, 08

John Coltrane never cared much for what other people thought. He must have had doubts, at least occasionally—he was h...

Coleman Hawkins: Bean Stalkin' (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

A period of renewed interest and recognition for the influential saxophonist Coleman Hawkins began in the late '50's....

Wes Montgomery: Four on Six (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

During an era of album-title hyperbole where every tenorman was a Colossus and each new release marked the Change of ...

J.J. Johnson: Turnpike (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

Apart from single-handedly inventing the modern jazz trombone and becoming its foremost exponent, being a first-rate ...

Wes Montgomery: West Coast Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 28, 08

Probably the greatest jazz solo ever played on the guitar, Wes Montgomery's legendary 9-chorus improvisation on "West...

Miles Davis: Bemsha Swing (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Miles Davis’s Christmas Eve 1954 session was the one where, legend had it, Miles instructed Monk to “lay out” while t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL THELONIOUS MONK PERFORMANCES

The pianist Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was bebop’s mad genius. He and a handful of others created the jazz form, and...

The Modern Jazz Quartet: Django (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Ceremonially attired, affecting deadpan expressions suitable for illustrations in an embalmer’s manual, the MJQ l...

Modern Jazz Quartet: England's Carol (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Ironically, the greatest achievement of Third Stream music, for all its intellectual pretensions, was an update of th...

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...

Bill Evans: I'll Never Smile Again (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Like Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard did not make Harmon a habit, but when he used the mute his affinity was apparent. On...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARMON-IZED TRUMPETS

"It has heretofore been a great annoyance for the neighborhood if a person commences to practice on a brass inst...

Miles Davis: Walkin' (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Following his Birth of the Cool obstetric triumph, Miles Davis ceased to be a factor in jazz's development. The sharp...

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