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Art Tatum & Ben Webster: My Ideal (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 07, 09

Ben Webster, who idolized Art Tatum, thought that the album he made with the virtuoso pianist in 1956 was his best ev...

Nat King Cole & Lester Young: Tea For Two (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 16, 09

Prez’s Aladdin sessions often sound like they were made in somebody’s garage, but they’re invaluable, documenting his...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LESTER YOUNG AT 100

It’s hard to imagine what it was like. Today, New York City is so entrenched as the jazz scene of record that the...

Art Tatum & Ben Webster: My Ideal (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 10, 09

Many superlatives have been lavished on the so-called "Tatum Group Masterpieces"—Norman Granz's mid-1950s recordings ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ART TATUM AT 100

Art Tatum would be celebrating his 100th birthday this week. His death at age 47 back in 1956 is now a distant eve...

Cal Tjader: America (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 08, 09

Immigrants have been coming to America's shores for a millennium, and some witty reflections on that fact can be foun...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

John Carter: Dauwhe (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

John Carter’s masterwork, the five-volume Roots and Folklore: Episodes in the Development of American Folk Music, tra...

Mel Tormé: All I Need is the Girl (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Ring-a-Ding singing doesn't get any better than Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette. Blending the lightness of G...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RING-A-DING-DINGS: TWELVE 1960S MALE VOCAL HIPSTERS

Sinatra named them, Sinatra claimed them. Frank's album Ring-a-Ding Ding! (1960) christened a boatload of actual and ...

Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray: The Chase (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Bebop was an East Coast innovation, but much of the early bop tenor sax idiom was developed on the West Coast – shape...

Charlie Parker: Carvin' the Bird (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Just weeks after his release from Camarillo State Hospital, Parker was back in Dial’s studios to record with trumpete...

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...

Erroll Garner: Frantonality (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

Garner’s style was mostly based on a chomping 4/4 in the left hand more related to rhythm guitar than James P. Johnso...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ETHAN IVERSON ON STRIDE PIANO

Editor's Note: Music fans, jazz-oriented or otherwise, may know Ethan Iverson solely as the pianist in The Bad Plus—t...

Billy Eckstine: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 05, 09

Following the breakup of his big band, Billy Eckstine became a major soloist with fans on both sides of the color lin...

Callender, Red (George Sylvester) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Red Callender could lay down a huge walking bass line as easily as he made his upright sing like a violin. An incredi...

Art Tatum: Deep Night (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music May 03, 09

The final two Tatum Group Masterpieces sessions occurred in 1956, the year of Tatum's death, and were polar opposites...

Gerald Wilson: Dissonance in Blues (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

Gerald Wilson's band was beginning to reach the highest rungs of popularity and stardom when the leader decided to di...

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

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Mingus, Charles (Charles Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia March 04, 08

Bassist, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus juggled an array of influences that ran from gospel and blues, throug...

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...

Mel Tormé & Marty Paich's Dek-tette posted in Features and Interviews August 21, 08

By Thomas Cunniffe From the early fifties until his death in 1995, Marty Paich was one of the top arrang...

Cal Tjader: Prologue / The Jet Song (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 08, 09

Prologues of musicals serve two main purposes: to introduce the major tunes and themes of the score, and to allow for...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Simon, Richard posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Simon, Richard, acoustic (upright) bass; b. Kansas City, MO, 5 July 1949. His siblings are Ruth Luban, Judy Kamm, Eve...

Johnson, Howard (Lewis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Johnson, Howard (Lewis), tuba, baritone saxophonist, trumpet; b. Montgomery, AL, 7 August 1941. Besides his main inst...

Garner, Erroll (Louis) posted in Encyclopedia June 20, 08

Pianist Erroll Garner established himself out of the rag tradition and created a sound all his own. In an era of pia...

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