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Art Tatum & Roy Eldridge: Night and Day (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 10, 09

Art Tatum had performed with Roy Eldridge back in 1944 at a famous concert by the Esquire All-Stars, but their paths ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ART TATUM AT 100

Art Tatum would be celebrating his 100th birthday this week. His death at age 47 back in 1956 is now a distant eve...

The Hi-Lo's: The Lady in Red (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 03, 07

The Hi-Lo's were a peppy 1950s male vocal quartet whose name was self-descriptive: one guy sang high, another sang lo...

Frank Sinatra: How About You? (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 17, 07

"I like New York in June," sings Frank Sinatra. "How about you?" Obviously a trick question. Who, after all, is ...

Billie Holiday: Comes Love (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

By the mid-1950s, Billie Holiday had been rescued by a record label (Verve) with the wisdom to scrap her former ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: FIFTIES FEMMES FATALES

In 1958, as evidence that love's fever is a long-running malady, singer/lyricist Peggy Lee alluded to Romeo & Julie...

Erroll Garner: Stormy Weather (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Erroll Garner didn't invent octave tremolos in jazz—fellow Pittsburgher Earl Hines gets credit for that. But Garner c...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STORMY WEATHER

Ethel Waters induced "Stormy Weather" in 1933 at the Cotton Club, an oasis of prosperity in Depression- era Harlem wh...

Billie Holiday: Blue Moon (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

Lady Day evidently brought a head cold to this session, which for other singers might be a handicap. Holiday, however...

Billie Holiday: These Foolish Things (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

Sixteen years after recording it with Teddy Wilson, Billie revisits this song for a slower, deeper interpre- tation. ...

Ben Webster: Tenderly (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 05, 07

Hey, I'm only writing about jazz till there's an opening in Romance Novels. You may not realize it, but RNs generate ...

Harry 'Sweets' Edison: How Deep Is the Ocean? (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 05, 07

Browsing rival websites recently for good stuff to steal—or, make that transmute into high art—we found Sweets Edison...

Billie Holiday: All or Nothing at All (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

Norman Granz told me that although he once had to wind up a recording session with Billie because she was too drunk t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Ella Fitzgerald: Every Time We Say Goodbye (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

Perhaps the most enduring song from the whole Songbook series, “Every Time We Say Goodbye” from The Cole Porter Songb...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES

Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...

Ella Fitzgerald: How Long Has This Been Going On? (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

When Ella addressed the monumental Songbook series – part jazz lieder, part cocktail music – not only did she re-vali...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES

Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...

Ella Fitzgerald: Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 04, 08

Jazz players often perform this song in a glib, jaunty manner. But this Ellington standard needs to be handled with ...

Billie Holiday: Love is Here to Stay (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 11, 09

Because of the prominent inclusion of this song in the Oscar-winning biopic on Holiday, it has become closely associa...

Mel Tormé: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

For a certain kind of jazz at a certain point in history, this may be a pinnacle. "West Coast Jazz" with its occasion...

Mel Tormé: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 03, 08

Tempo? Faaast! Vocal phrasing? Impressive—and each word sounds crystal clear! Arrangement? Both refined and punchy! S...

Erroll Garner: She's Funny That Way (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 19, 08

Early in his New York City performance career, Erroll Garner substituted for Art Tatum in Tatum's trio with Slam Stew...

Erroll Garner: Theme from A New Kind of Love (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 20, 08

Released in 1963, the comedic film A New Kind of Love, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, featured original co...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Buddy DeFranco posted in Features and Interviews October 16, 09

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...

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