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Louis Armstrong: A Monday Date (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 10, 08"Hey - say, say, say, Earl Hines – Why don't you let us in on some of that good music, Pops?" inquires Louis Armstron...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS
The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...
Louis Armstrong: West End Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 05, 07"I felt," said trumpeter Max Kaminsky after hearing Louis Armstrong's leadoff cadenza, "as if I had stared into the s...
Fate Marable: Frankie and Johnny (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music August 06, 09Fate Marable (1890-1947) is a magical name in the annals of New Orleans music—he was the most famous of the riverboat...
Jelly Roll Morton: High Society (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 15, 09Although Jelly Roll Morton is the leader of this recording, it is a rare instance where the pianist/composer is not t...
Catlett, Big Sid (Sidney) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09Drummer “Big” Sid Catlett's beat was steady and infectious, and made him one of the more complete drummers of the Swi...
Jazz's Most Iconic Photo Is Half a Century Old posted in Features and Interviews August 11, 08by Alan Kurtz "When I found out there was going to be this big meeting for a picture in Esquire," Dizzy Gilles...
Richards, Trevor (Hamilton Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Richards, Trevor (Hamilton Edward), drummer, bandleader, writer; b. Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England, 29 August 1945. ...
Harry "The Hipster" Gibson: Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music April 04, 08In 1946 Time magazine identified Harry the Hipster Gibson as "the bigwig of be-bop." Absurdly conflating bop and hips...
Morton, Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe) posted in Encyclopedia October 09, 08Pianist Jelly Roll Morton invented himself, even if he did not invent jazz, as he once claimed. Born Ferdinand Joseph...
Lacy, Steve (Steven Norman Lackritz) posted in Encyclopedia November 19, 08Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy’s curiosity and ability took him from Dixieland through bebop into the avant-garde and...
Brown, Cleo posted in Encyclopedia December 17, 08Cleo Brown was the first of the black female performers who cast themselves in the mold of Fats Waller in the 1930s. ...
Sidney Bechet (featuring Ernie Caceres): What a Dream (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 22, 08November 1938 was a standout in the career of Sidney Bechet. Mid-month, he recorded "Chant in the Night," "Hold Tight...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES
Gerry Mulligan, ...
Sidney Bechet: Perdido Street Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 20, 09This track is from the notable 1940 recording reunion of Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet. Some critics called the r...
Bigard, Barney (Albany Leon) posted in Encyclopedia March 20, 09Barney Bigard was not only Ellington's clarinetist of choice, he was a master of modern art in pure aesthetic terms. ...
Hinton, Milt (Milton John) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09Bassist Milt Jackson advanced the role of the bassist in a jazz ensemble by performing with a keen rhythmic intellect...
Green, Charlie posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09"Big" Charlie Green was the first trombonist in jazz to combine a large, well-rounded sound with a sense of swing and...
Morton, Benny (Henry Sterling) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09Benny Morton's consistent excellence on the trombone made him one of the few pioneers of jazz on his instrument to en...
A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews August 26, 09Edited by Ted Gioia New Orleans does not rank in the top 50 cities in the US, when measured by population. It...
Papa Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra: It's Jam Up (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 23, 09The band is called the "original" Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra, but there is little original about it. Papa Celestin had a...
Louis Armstrong: Some Of These Days (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 02, 09With his classic big band recording of “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”, the basic formula for Louis Armstrong’s ...
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