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Benny Goodman (featuring Billie Holiday): Riffin' the Scotch (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

This is Holiday’s recording debut at the age of 18. Record producer John Hammond had taken Benny Goodman, Red Norvo a...

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

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 17, 07

To Stan Kenton, bigger was better. More instruments, expanded ranges, wider voicings, grand gestures, GREATER VOLUME....

Stan Kenton: Eager Beaver (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Kenton formed his band in 1940 and played a successful 1941 summer season at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, Calif...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Vienna Art Orchestra: Jelly Roll, But Mingus Rolls Better (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

Despite two obscure recordings that preceded it, Concerto Piccolo is widely considered the Vienna Art Orchestra's (VA...

Berger, Karl posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Berger, Karl, vibraphone, piano, composer, percussion, educator; b. Heidelberg, Germany, 30 March 1935. He's written ...

Johnson, Art (N. Arthur) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Johnson, Art (N. Arthur), guitarist, composer, violinist; b. San Diego, CA, 18 October 1945. He started taking acc...

Jack Teagarden: I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 12, 07

Swing Era and Big Band Era are not necessarily synonymous. Medium-sized groups produced much of the Swing Era's fines...

Sertso, Ingrid posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Sertso, Ingrid, vocals, poetry; Sertso spent over 20 years honing her art. During the late '60s, she lived in Euro...

Three Jazz Piano Masters on DVD posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 22, 08

Thomas Cunniffe, who recently looked at Sonny Rollins’s work on DVD in this column, now turns his attention to some r...

Ulmer, James "Blood" posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09

Guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer's visceral performance style combines influences from blues, funk, jazz and rock in a t...

Rek, Vitold (Witold Eugeniusz Szczurek) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rek, Vitold [Witold Eugeniusz Szczurek], double bassist, composer, producer, educator; b. RzeszUw, Poland, 18 October...

Friedman, Jeff (Jeffrey Allen) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Friedman, Jeff (Jeffrey Allen), composer, guitarist, educator; b. Miami Beach, FL, 6 May 1957. He grew up in North Mi...

Rapson, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rapson, John, trombonist, composer; b. Gary, IN, 4 February 1953. He's the son of Ira Rapson (deceased June 1993) and...

Zerang, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Zerang, Michael, percussionist/composer; b. Chicago, IL, 16 November 1958. He is a first generation American of Assyr...

Grice, Janet (Amelia) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Grice, Janet (Amelia), bassoonist; b. Marlboro, MA, 2 October 1955. Her parents are Frank Grice (1927, Massachusetts)...

Collier, Graham (James Graham Collier) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Collier, Graham [James Graham Collier], composer, educator, b. Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, 21 February 1937. ...

Miklin, Karlheinz posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Miklin, Karlheinz, saxophone, bassclarinet, flute, composition; b. Klagenfurt, Austria, 3 November 1946. His parents...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Carline Ray posted in Features and Interviews March 17, 09

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

Geerken, Hartmut posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Geerken, Hartmut, pianist, percussionist, author; b. Stuttgart, Germany, 15 January 1939. His father was Heinrich Aug...

Emery, James (Patrick) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Emery, James (Patrick), guitarist/composer; b. Youngstown, Ohio, 21 December 1951, 9:20 p.m. His father, Alva Emery, ...

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