Search results for "Ben Tucker"

Jeremy Steig (with Denny Zeitlin): So What (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 14, 09

This was the debut recording of two precocious talents, Jeremy Steig (then 21) and Denny Zeitlin (then 25 and on the ...

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 ...

Marian McPartland: Cool (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Long after she'd recorded them, Marian McPartland was confronted with several of her 10" Savoy albums to be autograph...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Bob Dorough: Baltimore Oriole (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

No one has ever sung "Baltimore Oriole" better than Bob Dorough. He recorded it on his debut session as leader i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOB DOROUGH

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Bob Dorough: Comin' Home Baby (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

"Comin' Home Baby" was first popularized by Herbie Mann's instrumental recording for Atlantic Records, with its compo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOB DOROUGH

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Oliver Nelson: Teenie's Blues (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 01, 08

In this blues-based cooker, which may have been dedicated to saxophonist Tina Brooks, Ben Tucker's walking bassline c...

Oliver Nelson: Three Plus One (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 01, 08

It is interesting that Oliver Nelson did not choose an all-star lineup for this date, although his prestige by t...

Paul, Howard (Raymond) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Paul, Howard (Raymond), guitarist (7-string); b. Petersburg, Virginia, 15 November 1960. His family moved to the Atla...

Herbie Mann: Comin' Home, Baby (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Herbie Mann's 1957 decision to flute exclusively was an unprecedented risk. Hard as it was to earn a living playing o...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JAZZ FLUTE PERFORMANCES

"The flute," flutist Bud Shank informed historian Ted Gioia in 1988, "is a stupid instrument to be playing jazz music...

Eckoff, Burt posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Eckoff, Burt, pianist, composer; b. Providence, RI, 5 August 1942. His older brother played piano and his father play...

Oliver Nelson: A Bientot (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 29, 08

After his seminal The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961), Oliver Nelson was in high demand as arranger of choice for...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Marian McPartland posted in Features and Interviews May 02, 08

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. Oct...

Yusef Lateef: The Centaur and the Phoenix (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

This album is filled to the brim with noteworthy events – the first recorded composition from a 17-year-old Kenny Bar...

Harry Babasin: These Foolish Things (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 09, 09

Throughout the 1940s, Harry Babasin performed with several luminaries of the jazz community including Charlie Barnet,...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ CELLO

Can the cello swing? Can the cello be as melodically sophisticated as traditional jazz instruments? Is the cell...

Hanna, Sir Roland (Pembroke) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Pianist Roland Hanna's playing highlights the relationship between the rhythmic components of swing and the melodic c...

Pepper, Art (Arthur Edward Pepper Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Alto saxophonist Art Pepper’s playing was cerebral in its melodic concepts, sophisticated in execution and mordant in...

Dorough, Bob (Robert Lrod) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Bob Dorough's light and amiable vocals, with a slight Arkansas twang, come across as those of a hip and uninhibited ...

Mulligan, Gerry (Gerald Joseph) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08

Baritone saxophonist, composer and arranger Gerry Mulligan made key contributions to the emergence of the "cool jazz...

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward); valve trombone, composer, piano; born in Kansas City, Missouri on December.19, 1929....

Reid, Rufus (L.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Reid, Rufus (L.), bass, educator, author; b. Atlanta, GA, 10 February 1944. His mother, Sylvia Reid, and his father, ...

Queen, Alvin posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Queen, Alvin, drummer, producer; b. Bronx, NY, 16 August 1950. His family relocated to Mt. Vernon when he was 2 years...

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