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Charles Mingus: Track A - Solo Dancer (Stop! Look! and Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music June 10, 09

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of Charles Mingus’ true masterpieces, highlighting his incredible control ...

Rod Levitt: Holler (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 20, 08

Rod Levitt was a trombonist and composer-arranger whose playing and writing struck a near-perfect balance between ver...

Jan Allan: Polska With Trumpet (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 30, 07

Jan Allan is one of Sweden's finest trumpet players, collaborating in live performance and recordings with such music...

Gullin, Lars (Gunnar Victor) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

Saxophonist and pianist Lars Gullin's richly romantic compositions may be the first jazz with an authentically Nordic...

Brisker, Gordon (Ira) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brisker, Gordon (Ira), tenor saxophonist, composer/arranger; b. Cincinnati, OH, 6 November 1937. His mother, Flora, w...

Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Summertime (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

Chris Connor and Maynard Ferguson worked together while in Stan Kenton's band, and when they both became jazz stars a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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Johnny Hodges: Medley – I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Any More (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

This medley of two Ellington classics is a real delight of superb jazz playing. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart...

A Fitting Epitaph to Mingus's Big Score posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 18, 09

When jazz fans discuss the really big compositions of the past, a small number of controversial classics dominate the...

Counce, Curtis posted in Encyclopedia October 22, 09

Counce, Curtis, bass (b. Kansas City, Missouri, January 23, 1926, d. July 31, 1963, Los Angeles). One of the first A...

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