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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...

Steve Lacy: Introspection (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 17, 09

The history of the soprano saxophone's role in jazz has followed a path unlike that of any other instrument. Though h...

Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis: Intermission Riff (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

The gruff-toned tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis combined elements of modern jazz phrasing with mannerisms of ...

John Coltrane: Equinox (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

“Equinox” is a simple enough composition – after an intro that nods to “Star Eyes” as performed by Charlie Parker, it...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE PERFORMANCES

John Coltrane (1926-1967) started out as a promising straight-ahead bop player who served under Thelonious Monk, Mile...

Lynne Arriale: America (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Ever since winning the International Great American Jazz Piano Competition in 1993 Lynne Arriale has mesmerized criti...

John Coltrane: Central Park West (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

One of Coltrane’s early explorations on soprano sax, cut a few days after the “My Favorite Things” session. This love...

John Coltrane: Blues to Elvin (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

The first of six blues on Coltrane's album-length exploration of the form, "Blues to Elvin" begins with McCoy Tyner d...

John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

    John Coltrane, photo by Herb Snitzer In 1960, adding the soprano saxophone to his bag of tri...

John Coltrane: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 26, 08

Lifting this song from a 1948 Edward G. Robinson film noir outing, Coltrane makes it his own with no small help from ...

McCoy Tyner: Satin Doll (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

If you only know McCoy Tyner from his Coltrane and post-Coltrane recordings, this early trio track may surprise you. ...

John Coltrane: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

“The Night Has a Thousand Eyes” feels like a totally integrated quartet—the form of it, the feelings, the way the r...

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

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John Coltrane: Body and Soul (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

       Coltrane for Kenyon      (by Michael Symonds) ...

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

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John Coltrane: Body and Soul (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music June 26, 08

Coltrane recorded only a few standards when he was with Atlantic Records, and "Body and Soul"—a warhorse for tenor pl...

John Coltrane: Summertime (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

From the first note of this recording, you can tell that Coltrane's version of "Summertime" will be unique. Without a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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John Coltrane: Blues To Bechet (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 20, 08

"Blues To Bechet" is another of John Coltrane's many superb pianoless blues performances. Apparently there was someth...

Terry Gibbs & Buddy DeFranco: South Dakota (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music April 05, 08

In the United States of Jazz, we'd revamp South Dakota's Mount Rushmore. Armstrong & Ellington are shoo-ins to re...

Miles Davis: Little Church (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

The wonders of this piece are many. You can listen two different ways with contrasting results. The focused vantage y...

Miles Davis: Right Off (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 08, 08

I once read a review of The Tribute to Jack Johnson by a New York jazz writer who claimed the album title referred to...

Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb: Stickadiboom (Rating: 81/100) posted in Music March 09, 09

As the only surviving musician who played on both Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and John Coltrane's Giant Steps sessions...

Miles Davis: One Phone Call/Street Scenes (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music July 01, 08

Ken Burns's PBS documentary Jazz (2000) implied that Miles Davis sold his soul to commercialism when he began to play...

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