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Claude Williams: Cherokee (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 03, 09

Claude Williams was the 85-year old senior member of the orchestra for the Black and Blue revue on Broadway when he w...

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillepsie: Groovin' High (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

Parker was on fire during this concert, in top form. The rhythm section was not the greatest, but Bird was soaring. T...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: Confirmation (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

The melody itself is a theory lesson. So much subtle detail is involved that it is rarely played this way by modern m...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Dizzy Gillespie: You Stole My Wife, You Horsethief (Rating: 70/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

"Every generation of blacks since slavery," asserted Dizzy Gillespie, "has had to develop its own way of Tomming, of ...

Anita O'Day: Yesterdays (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

Decades before recycling became fashionable, Russ Garcia was doing his part, reworking an arrangement of "Con Alma," ...

Thelonious Monk: Criss Cross (1951 recording) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

        Thelonious Monk at Salle Pleyel (1954)            &...

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1951 version) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

One of Monk’s earliest recordings, made at a time when there were fewer expectations of the eccentric pianist. (The t...

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...

Dizzy Gillespie: Manteca (1947 version) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Dizzy Gillepsie, photo by Herb Snitzer The “Latin tinge” in jazz dates back at least to Jelly Roll Morton, w...

Herbie Nichols: Applejackin' (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Herbie Nichols remains one of the most under-recognized figures in jazz history, but luckily his entire output for Bl...

George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

In 1952, inspiration struck George Shearing just as he was biting into his char-broiled steak. "What's wrong?" asked ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

Lorez Alexandria: Show Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

Who knew? Turns out the Cockney Cinderella who morphs into a duchess for a musical set in Mayfair actually hailed fro...

Herbie Nichols: The Gig (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 26, 09

Two of Herbie Nichols' most evocative recorded tracks (each cut on the same day), are "House Party Starting" and "The...

James Brown: It’s A Man’s, Man's, Man’s World (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

Not many people know that Ray Brown was actually a very good electric bass player. He adapted to the smaller instrume...

Jackson, Milt (Milton) posted in Encyclopedia February 19, 09

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Spears, Louie (Louie Butler Spears Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Spears, Louie [Louie Butler Spears Jr.], bass, cello; b. Oklahoma City, 9 March 1935. He has been known by a couple o...

Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzier and Dizzier (Katy) (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music July 12, 08

Under the name "Katy" (probably in honor of Mrs. William Basie), this composition was initially recorded in April&nbs...

Lateef, Yusef Abdul (William Evans) posted in Encyclopedia March 31, 08

Saxophonist and flutist Yusef Lateef is a prolific iconoclast who doubles on a number of instruments from around the ...

Schaechter, Daniela posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Schaechter, Daniela [born  Daniela Schachter, but she now uses the American spelling Schaechter), pianist and co...

Devereaux, Yvette (M.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Devereaux, Yvette (M.), conductor, violinist, composer, educator; b. Los Angeles, CA. Devereaux earned a Masters degr...

Franklin, Henry (C.) "Skipper" posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Franklin, Henry (C.) "Skipper"; bass; b. 1 Oct. 1940, Los Angeles. His father was Sammy Franklin, a well known trumpe...

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