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Thelonious Monk: Well, You Needn't (1957) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Anytime you can get tenor sax giants Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane in a room together, the result is bound to be ...

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...

Johnny Griffin: A Monk's Dream (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 02, 08

Johnny Griffin celebrated his 80th birthday on April 24, 2008. Thirty years prior, in 1978, he returned to the U.S. f...

Denio, Amy (Eliott) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Denio, Amy (Eliott), composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer; b. Cambridge, MA, 9 June 1961. He parents are John Pren...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Randy Weston posted in Features and Interviews April 15, 08

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. Oct...

Bernstein, Steven (Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bernstein, Steven (Michael), trumpet, slide trumpet, mellophone, band leader, arranger, composer, conductor; b. Washi...

Chako, Greg (Gregory Thomas Chapopoulo) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Chako, Greg [Gregory Thomas Chapopoulo], guitar; b. Hamilton, Ohio, 12 June 1958. Hamilton, Ohio. His grandfather wa...

Henderson, Chuck (Charles) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Henderson, Chuck (Charles), soprano saxophonist; b. Princeton, NJ, 12 December 1955. He started taking alto saxophone...

Frankie Laine / Buck Clayton: Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music May 26, 08

If you remember Frankie Laine, you're definitely on AARP's mailing list. During the 1950s, Old Leather Lungs, as the ...

Sunshine, Ron (Ronald Scott) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Sunshine, Ron (Ronald Scott), vocalist, harmonica player, songwriter, producer; b. Denver, CO, 24 August 1963.  ...

Martin, Mel (Melvyn Kenneth) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Martin, Mel (Melvyn Kenneth), soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, flute, piccolo and alto flute, clari...

Rockwell, Bob posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rockwell, Bob,( Robert Neal Rockwell III)  saxophonist, composer; b. Miami, OK, 2 May 1945. His siblings are Dav...

Breakstone, Joshua (Scott) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Breakstone, Joshua (Scott), guitar; b. Elizabeth, NJ, 22 July 1955. He was raised in Linden, NJ by Arthur and Priscil...

Brown, Anthony posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brown, Anthony, drummer, composer, ethnomusicologist, bandleader; b. San Francisco, CA, 17 March 1953. He was raised ...

Cavaseno, Joseph "G-Clef" (Harry) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cavaseno, Joseph "G-Clef" (Harry), saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, singer, composer; b. Mineola, NY, 2 June 1967....

Crump, Stephan (Claude) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Crump, Stephan (Claude), acoustic and electric bassist, composer; b. Memphis, TN, 8 February 1972. He grew up in Memp...

Smith, Louis (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Trumpeter Louis Smith recorded a few high-profile hard bop sessions in the late 1950s, including two Blue Note LPs un...

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