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Al Foster: The Chief (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music July 07, 08

Starting with an almost Middle Eastern feel to the lead-in melody line, Al Foster's composition "The Chief" fully exp...

Denny Zeitlin: They Can't Take That Away From Me (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music June 14, 09

This album marks Denny Zeitlin’s first time playing with Buster Williams (b. 1942) and Al Foster (b. 1944). The resu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DENNY ZEITLIN

2009 has been a banner year for pianist-composer Denny Zeitlin (b. 1938). With the release by Mosaic Select ...

Branford Marsalis: Royal Garden Blues (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 17, 09

For the title track of his album Royal Garden Blues, Branford Marsalis demonstrates how to re-invent a classic song. ...

Miles Davis: Jean-Pierre (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

    Miles Davis, artwork by Michael Symonds The year 1981 marked the return of Miles Davis...

McCoy Tyner: My Romance (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Tyner's style has mellowed with the passing years, and at time he floats over the changes rather than (as he might ha...

Joe Henderson: Boo Boo's Birthday (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

Nearly 30 years after Sonny Rollins’ inventive piano-less tenor recordings from the Vanguard, Joe Henderson released ...

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 ...

Scolohofo: The Winding Way (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music February 07, 08

It is fascinating to hear these great players work out on this quirky tune. Although Holland's own bands are accustom...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL DAVE HOLLAND TRACKS

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Miles Davis: Fat Time (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 08, 08

Miles and company deliver a stellar performance. Al Foster's drumbeat is almost MPC-like as he keeps up a steady, bri...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HIP-HOP MEETS JAZZ

For well over forty years, jazz music and hip-hop music have flirted with each other on numerous occasions. When...

Steve Kuhn: Stella by Starlight (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 21, 09

There was a time when Steve Kuhn was criticized as a pianist for having a weak left hand and a less than compelling r...

Blue Mitchell: Hi-Heel Sneakers (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

After Lee Morgan’s “The Sidewinder” rocked jukeboxes nationwide in 1964, Blue Note started searching for its next big...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC BLUE NOTE GROOVES

Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s 1970 Blue Note recording Everything I Play Is Funky opens with a corny but telling d...

Steve Kuhn: Beautiful Love (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music May 08, 08

Steve Kuhn was briefly John Coltrane's pianist before McCoy Tyner, and later turned down an offer to join Miles Davis...

Joe Henderson: Milestones (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Joe Henderson was never more popular than during his Verve years of the '90s, with his well-received tributes to Bill...

Joe Henderson: Isotope (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 21, 08

"Isotope" first appeared on Joe Henderson's 1964 album Inner Urge, but this version is of special interest because of...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JOE HENDERSON

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Scolohofo: The Dawn of Time (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music July 20, 08

Jazz Supergroup? Well, that's always a difficult branding, and I'd like to think that the music stands apart from suc...

Blue Mitchell: Fungii Mama (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Blue Mitchell was one of a long line of swinging but lyrical Blue Note trumpet players directly descended from Cliffo...

Sonny Rollins: Disco Monk (Rating: 69/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Sonny Rollins has always delighted in the mundane as a means of challenging himself. Lurking behind his penchant for ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING

Jazz.com visitors will notice that most of our reviews are favorable. That's because (a) we love jazz and (b) in bu...

Eddie Daniels: Just Friends (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

Although it was popular in premodern jazz styles, the clarinet has had few top-level performers since the beginning o...

Richard Galliano: To Django (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music February 18, 08

It's always dicey to dedicate a tune to Django Reinhardt: the music of the Gypsy genius has been so much imitated as ...

Joe Henderson: Black Narcissus (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 05, 08

This is clearly one of the most beautiful slow jazz waltzes ever written. Henderson first recorded it with a small en...

Joe Henderson: Ask Me Now (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 24, 08

Joe Henderson came late to the tenor trio (at least on records), and acquired an immediate reputation in this format ...

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