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September 04, 2008 · 0 comments

Weekend Track Review Roundup

Last week, jazz.com published its 3,000th review. Since jazz.com’s launch last December, our team of more than forty reviewers has made admirable progress toward our quixotic yet noble goal of covering all of the great (and less than great) jazz music recorded since blue notes first appeared in red states.

Where will it all end? Who can tell? Meanwhile, the Intel® Quad-core XEON® Processor 7300 Series unit (conveniently located right next to my bed) keeps humming round the clock, transmitting jazz reviews around the globe. (Right now, it’s humming “A Night in Tunisia.”)

As regular visitors to this space know, jazz.com (unlike the rest of the music media) does not review entire CDs, only individual tracks. This allows for greater specificity in our critical assessments, and allows us to guide fans who are looking to download individual songs. All reviews come with frank appraisals and a ranking based on our proprietary 100 point scale. We also include, whenever possible, links for fast (and legal) downloading. And site visitors can testify themselves at the bottom of each review.

Below are links to a few of the reviews published during the last several weeks.

Adams, Pepper: “Reflectory”
Reviewed by Kenny Berger

Armstrong, Louis: “Sweethearts on Parade”
Reviewed by Frank Murphy

Basie, Count: “Half Moon Street”
Reviewed by Kenny Berger

Blanchard, Terence: “Taxi Driver”
Reviewed by Scott Albin

Brecker, Michael: “Syzygy”
Reviewed by S. Victor Aaron

Cobb, Arnett: “The Way You Look Tonight”
Reviewed by Scott Albin

Corea, Chick: “Tempus Fugit”
Reviewed by Frank Murphy

Crothers, Connie & Bill Payne: “The Desert and the City”
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey

Curnow, Bob: “Minuano (Six Eight)”
Reviewed by Ted Gioia

Dave Douglas: “Soul on Soul”
Reviewed by Scott Albin

Ellington, Duke: “St. James Infirmary”
Reviewed by Jeff Sultanof

Garner, Erroll: “Yesterdays”
Reviewed by Mark Lomanno

Green, Bunky: “Another Place”
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey

Hawkins, Coleman: “Quintessence”
Reviewed by Scott Albin

Hefte, Hilde: “Peri’s Scope”
Reviewed by Bill Barnes

Hemphill, Julius: “Shorty”
Reviewed by Thierry Quénum

Johnson, J.J.: "Poem for Brass"
Reviewed by Jeff Sultanof

Kirk, Rahsaan Roland: “No Tonic Prez”
Reviewed by S. Victor Aaron

Larsen, Jon: “Shoegazing”
Reviewed by Bill Barnes

Malaby, Tony: “Dos Caminos”
Reviewed by Thierry Quénum

McCaslin, Donny: “Late Night Gospel”
Reviewed by Mark Saleski

McNeely, Jim: “Ernie Banks”
Reviewed by Scott Albin

Monk, Thelonious: “Jackie-ing”
Reviewed by Kenny Berger

Perez, Danilo: “Across the Crystal Sea”
Reviewed by Ted Gioia

Rollins, Sonny: "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top"
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey

Rollins, Sonny: "Tenor Madness"
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey

Russell, George: “All About Rosie”
Reviewed by Jeff Sultanof

Scofield, John: “Big Fan”
Reviewed by S. Victor Aaron

Silver, Horace: "Opus de Funk"
Reviewed by Bill Kirchner

Smith, Jabbo: “More Rain, More Rest”
Reviewed by Matt Leskovic

Sun Ra: “Easy Street”
Reviewed by Frank Murphy

Thielemans, Toots (with Milton Nascimento): “Travessia”
Reviewed by Ted Gioia

Torn, David: “AK”
Reviewed by S. Victor Aaron

Tyner, McCoy: “In a Sentimental Mood”
Reviewed by Ted Gioia

Tyner, McCoy: “Prelude to a Kiss”
Reviewed by Ted Gioia

Walton, Cedar: “Bolivia”
Reviewed by Thierry Quénum

Williams, Mary Lou: “The Scarlet Creeper”
Reviewed by Scott Albin

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