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Sonny Rollins: Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 09, 08

A Night at the Village Vanguard, Volume 1 marks Sonny Rollins's first "live" recording as a leader. He used several c...

Thelonious Monk: Monk's Mood (1957 recording) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

The final tune on Thelonious Himself is in fact not just Thelonious himself, and it’s akin to a fine dessert after a ...

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...

Toots Thielemans: Don't Blame Me (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

Sometimes Toots Thielemans plays so soulfully that you forget his "instrument" came from Woolworth's toy department. ...

Sonny Rollins: Sonnymoon for Two (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

This was the first live recording ever at the fabled Village Vanguard, and although about 100 have been made there si...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE SONNYS OF JAZZ

Jazz Quiz: What do these names have in common? Saul Berman Herman Blount Conrad Yeatis Clark William Criss C...

Thelonious Monk: Ruby, My Dear (with John Coltrane) (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Choosing just one version of “Ruby, My Dear” as Monk’s finest is no easy task. This one stands out for Monk’s strong ...

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...

Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan: 'Round Midnight (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

Producer Orrin Keepnews always did a brilliant job of putting his star musicians into interesting settings that tende...

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...

Toots Thielemans: East of the Sun (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Toots Thielemans single-handedly made it feasible to use "hip" and "harmonica" in the same sentence. Toots spent the ...

Sonny Rollins: Old Devil Moon (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

No better place to start than at the beginning. This landmark Blue Note session was the first record released from th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Sonny Rollins: I Can't Get Started (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 28, 08

The only ballad – and one of the shortest tunes – that Rollins played on this historic first live-at-the- Vanguard re...

Sonny Rollins (featuring Elvin Jones): A Night in Tunisia (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 02, 08

In the late 1940s and early '50s, a young Elvin Jones performed on a handful of impressive recording sessions, includ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ELVIN JONES

     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

In Conversation with Johnny Griffin posted in Features and Interviews July 28, 08

By Ted Panken Can you recall your impressions when you arrived in New York for the first time in 1945 with Lion...

Gale, Eddie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gale, Eddie, trumpeter, composer, educator; b. Brooklyn, NY, 15 August 1941. Gale's musical career began in Brooklyn,...

Campbell Jr., Roy (Sinclair) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Campbell Jr., Roy (Sinclair), trumpeter, flugelhorn, flutist, composer, actor; b. Los Angeles, CA, 29 September 1952...

Dixon, Ben (Harold) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Dixon, Ben (Harold), drummer, composer, arranger, teacher, clinician; b. Gaffney, SC, 25 December 1934.  As an i...

Fielder, Alvin, Jr. posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fielder, Alvin, Jr., drummer, percussionist; b. Nov. 23, 1935, Meridian, Mississippi.  Father Alvin, Sr., studie...

Howard, Noah posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Howard, Noah, alto saxophone, also tenor saxophone, voice, composer; b. New Orleans, LA, 6 April 1943. He studied mus...

O'Brien, Hod (Walter Howard) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

O'Brien, Hod (Walter Howard), piano; b. Chicago, IL, 19 January 1936. O'Brien's family moved to the Berkshire area...

Threadgill, Henry (Luther) posted in Encyclopedia March 10, 08

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill is an iconoclast and individualist. These qualities are evident ...

Brooks, "Tina" (Harold Floyd) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

Tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks was a rhythm-and-blues trained hard bopper whose career was cut short by narcotics addi...

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