Search results for "Bennie Maupin"

Bennie Maupin: Ensenada (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 27, 07

For some reason, the idea of a “tone poem” has always bothered me. It seemed like one of those pretentious, reviewer ...

The Headhunters: God Made Me Funky (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 13, 09

Okay, let's do this. Even without Herbie Hancock on this track, the Headhunters lay down the sickest funk groove. Wit...

The Headhunters: If You Got It, You'll Get It (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 14, 09

When you talk a band bringing the funk, you've got to talk about the Headhunters. Fresh off of several albums with He...

Lee Morgan: Absolutions (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

In early 1970 Morgan was on the wrong end of an altercation with a pipe-wielding assailant, taking a blow directly to...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Herbie Hancock: Bubbles (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 18, 09

I always like how musicians are able to come up with fitting titles for their songs. Herbie Hancock's "Bubbles" is a ...

Andrew Hill: Illusion (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

This is Andrew with a funky rhythm section and string quartet, and Bennie Maupin enters pretty far into the song. At ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

Eddie Henderson: The Kumquat Kids (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Eddie Henderson established himself in Herbie Hancock’s futuristic fusion outfit Mwandishi from 1969 to 1972. On this...

Dr. Lonnie Smith: Eleanor Rigby (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

When dipping into the Beatles bag, "Eleanor Rigby" might be the tune that jazzers grab onto most, and for good reason...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES

During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...

Herbie Hancock: Chameleon (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Get down tonight! Set your K-tel Time-Travel Device to the 1970s and prepare to boogie! Naturally you'll need platfor...

Herbie Hancock: Watermelon Man (from Head Hunters, 1973) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 28, 07

Always dangerous to try to remake a classic. You can't just turn Citizen Kane into an story about an Internet media ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK PERFORMANCES

When Miles Davis hired Herbie Hancock (along with Ron Carter and Tony Williams) in 1963, few fans believed that this ...

Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 05, 08

We are all familiar with revolutions in music. But the most controversial moves come when an artist seems in rebelli...

Woody Shaw: The Goat and the Archer (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

I’ve never understood why it took so long (almost five years from the date of his first breakthrough sideman dates) f...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Miles Davis: Willie Nelson (take 2) (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music December 31, 08

There are no less than six alternate takes of "Willie Nelson" to be heard on The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions. One ...

Paul Jackson: T-Bolt (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 14, 09

Opening up with a dirty, dark funk beat and bass line, Paul Jackson sets the mood perfectly for this 1978 album that ...

In which your intrepid blogger covers Bennie Maupin, Brahms, some ugly pipes, and the role of the Internet. . . posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 01, 09

Mark Saleski is an intrepid seeker after hidden musical riches and an editor at jazz.com. Below he ponders how the I...

Maupin, Bennie posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

As a participant in both Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew sessions and in Herbie Hancock’s early fusion bands, reedist Be...

Herbie Hancock: Butterfly (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music December 19, 08

Herbie Hancock, the musical chameleon of jazz, struck gold with Thrust. This song is no exception as it cements the s...

Herbie Hancock: Ostinato (Suite for Angela) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 13, 08

The early space fusion piece "Ostinato (Suite For Angela)" was Herbie Hancock's unveiling of a new approach, using a ...

Herbie Hancock: Sly (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music December 19, 08

Like Miles Davis and so many other jazz musicians, Herbie Hancock was influenced by funk, soul and R&B when those dom...

Stephans, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stephans, Michael, drummer, educator, author; b, Miami, FL, 9 June 1945. Studied classical percussion via a 4-year...

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