Search results for "Vince Guaraldi"

Vince Guaraldi: Fenwyck's Farfel (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 15, 08

Even before he sprouted the mustache that made him a star (well, his 1963 hit "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" may also h...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS

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Vince Guaraldi: O Tannenbaum (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

"I think that I shall never see," wrote Leonard Feather (1914-1994), dean of Anglo-American jazz critics, "a rev...

Vince Guaraldi: Linus and Lucy (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

"Twelve drummers drumming?" suggested Linus. "Don't be ridiculous," snapped Lucy, his older sister. They were choosin...

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...

Vince Guaraldi: Cast Your Fate to the Wind (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Pop Quiz: when issued as a 45-rpm single in late 1962, "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" was side B. What was side A? Pr...

Conte Candoli: Mambo Diane (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 04, 07

The West Coast style that easterner Horace Silver vilified in 1956 as "faggot-type jazz" had by 1960 wilted as submis...

Jazz Arts Trio: Freeway (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

This track is an interesting "re-construction." That is, the Jazz Arts Trio decided to pay tribute not by performing ...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks (Part 2) posted in Features and Interviews May 16, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia We continue with our history of cool jazz in 100 tracks. Below we present the final fifty r...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

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...

In Conversation With Bill Charlap posted in Features and Interviews July 30, 09

By Ted Panken "I’ve really been running the last two days," said Bill Charlap in the lobby of the Algonqui...

Jazz and Cartoons: The Secret History posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 07, 08

Jazz plays a peculiar role in the broader culture. Almost no one buys jazz records these days (roughly 2% of CD sa...

Revisiting Jazz Classics posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 19, 08

Jazz.com features A Classic Revisited five day per week. This is a significant jazz track from the past, one wid...

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 21, 08

Jazz.com continues its quixotic but noble pursuit of reviewing all the great - and even not-so-great – jazz tracks re...

The United States of Jazz posted in Features and Interviews April 06, 08

by Alan Kurtz When, in the course of musical events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bands...

Ray Bryant: Little Susie (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 13, 08

Ray Bryant's "Little Susie" spent 6 weeks among the Cash Box Top 100 singles in 1960. No kin to "Wake Up Little Susie...

Celebrating Classic Jazz Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 25, 08

Five days per week, jazz.com highlights a memorable track from the past as part of a regular feature called A Cla...

Don't Gonna Play That Kling-Kling Jazz: A Prehistory of Jazz-Rock posted in Features and Interviews June 18, 09

By Geoff Wills When rock and roll emerged in the mid 1950s, many jazz musicians were witheringly scornful about ...

Burgess, Greg posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Burgess, Greg, pianist, vocalist, songwriter; b. Sunbury, PA, 22 September 1955. Burgess was raised in Selinsgrove, P...

Ahmad Jamal's "Poinciana" Turns 50 Today posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 16, 08

Fifty years ago today, Ahmad Jamal mesmerized an audience at the Pershing Lounge in Chicago with his remarkable versi...

Chestnut, Cyrus posted in Encyclopedia April 20, 08

Pianist Cyrus Chestnut’s approach to the piano is at once stirring and contemplative, a cross between the expansivene...

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