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March 19, 2009 · 0 comments
Track Review Roundup
We continue in our noble if quixotic quest to review all of the great and almost great tracks in the history of jazz. Our indefatigable critics have covered more than 500 recordings during the last two months and jazz.com recently published its 4,500th review. But we didn't even stop to open a bottle of champagne . . since we have Miles (and other jazz stars) to go before we sleep.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Alan Kurtz, who is putting down his red pencil in the next few days after editing several thousand reviews for us. We would prefer to give him a gold watch and a golden parachute, but hey we aren't AIG, so we can only offer our heartfelt thanks. Alan began helping out on jazz.com almost from the inception of the concept. If the advantages of reviewing individual tracks instead of entire CDs ever become widely recognized (and we have a hunch that others will soon start emulating this approach) then Alan will deserve a big share of the credit.
Below are links to 20 reviews published during the last two weeks. To search through all of the 4,500 track reviews on our site, use the search box in the left sidebar on our Music page.
Happy listening!
Duke Ellington: “Isfahan”
Reviewed by Dean Alger
Ben Webster & Joe Zawinul: “Frog Legs”
Reviewed by Kenny Berger
Jelly Roll Morton: “Dead Man Blues”
Reviewed by Dean Alger
Eva Cassidy: “Wayfaring Stranger”
Reviewed by Ted Gioia
Johnny Hodges: “310 Blues”
Reviewed by Dean Alger
Don Byas: “Laura”
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Herbie Hancock: “The Sorcerer”
Reviewed by Jared Pauley
Lars Gullin: “Fedja”
Reviewed by David Tenenholtz
Ornette Coleman: “Klactoveesedstene”
Reviewed by Kenny Berger
John Coltrane: “Locomotion”
Reviewed by Jared Pauley
Susannah McCorkle: “Tonk”
Reviewed by Thomas Cunniffe
Louis Armstrong: “When the Saints Go Marching In”
Reviewed by Dean Alger
Greg Osby: “The Single Petal of a Rose”
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Duke Ellington: “Warm Valley”
Reviewed by Dean Alger
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron: “A Case of Plus s"
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey
Joe Farrell: “Song of the Wind”
Reviewed by Walter Kolosky
Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis & Roscoe Mitchell: “Scrape”
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey
Professor Longhair: “Go the Mardi Gras”
Reviewed by Ed Leimbacher
Reid Anderson: “Prehensile Dream”
Reviewed by Eric Novod
Eddie Palmieri: “In Flight”
Reviewed by Scott Albin
This blog article posted by Ted Gioia.
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