Search results for "Big Crawford"

Muddy Waters: I Can't Be Satisfied (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 24, 08

Muddy Waters moved to Chicago in the mid-'40s and quickly cut a few forgettable tracks for Columbia, but it took the ...

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Muddy Waters: Long Distance Call (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 24, 08

At the session that produced "Honey Bee," Muddy Waters also cut this gently rocking ballad, its slightly stately pace...

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Muddy Waters: Burying Ground (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 24, 08

Although Muddy Waters had his own amplified band of four or five (usually including Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica...

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Muddy Waters: Rollin' Stone (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 24, 08

"Rollin' Stone" puts us waist-deep in the Big/Muddy duet that entered the DNA of more rockers and bluesers than any o...

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Muddy Waters: Rollin' and Tumblin' (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 24, 08

This particular duel broke the mold with a fast, chugging-and-churning beat and a chanted, moaning-and-groaning vocal...

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Muddy Waters: Honey Bee (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 24, 08

By late 1950, producer Leonard Chess was finally admitting that the 1940s amplified duets approach had run its course...

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Muddy Waters: Louisiana Blues (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 24, 08

Little Walter's distinctive and soon-to-be prominent harp work was introduced on this October 1950 session, providing...

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Jimmie Lunceford (featuring Trummy Young): Margie (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

Although he is best-known for his work with Louis Armstrong in the 1950s and 1960s, trombonist Trummy Young made his ...

Gil Evans: Stratusphunk (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

I remember when I first heard this album during college. It had a huge effect on me. I loved the angularity, the hu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MARIA SCHNEIDER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GIL EVANS TRACKS

In 2006, during a “listening session” with New York Times music writer Ben Ratliff, Maria Schneider compared Gil Evan...

Crawford, Hank (Bennie Ross) posted in Encyclopedia February 04, 09

Bennie Ross "Hank" Crawford, Jr. was born on December 21, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee. He began piano studies ...

Gil Evans: La Nevada (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 24, 08

“La Nevada” is Spanish for “Snowfall,” bandleader Claude Thornhill’s theme. Yet in contrast to the airtight orchestra...

Louis Armstrong: Some Of These Days (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 02, 09

With his classic big band recording of “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”, the basic formula for Louis Armstrong’s ...

Ray Charles: The Spirit-Feel (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music April 19, 08

In 1958, R&B demigod Ray Charles appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival among such other big-name non-jazz perform...

The Jazz World Loses Two Soulful Sax Masters posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 04, 09

Two much beloved jazz saxophonists passed away in recent days—David “Fathead” Newman and Hank Crawford. There was so...

DeVos, Bob posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

DeVos, Bob (Robert Wayne), guitarist, composer, teacher; b. Paterson, NJ, 2 February 1946. The son of Roger (1912-197...

Purdie, Bernard "Pretty" posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Purdie, Bernard "Pretty", drummer; b. Elkton, MD, 11 June 1939. One of the most in-demand soul, R&B, funk and ...

Ivery, Marchel (Lee) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ivery, Marchel (Lee), saxophonist; b. Ennis, TX, 13 September 1938. His father is Hawkins Ivery and his mother is Mar...

Fielder, William (Butler) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fielder, William (Butler), trumpeter, educator; b. July 2, 1938, Meridian, Mississippi. His father was Dr. Alvin Fiel...

McGriff, Jimmy (James Harrell) posted in Encyclopedia July 14, 09

Organist Jimmy McGriff had an open mind, and would set up his bench in the midst of any conglomeration of musicians. ...

Johnson, Howard (Lewis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Johnson, Howard (Lewis), tuba, baritone saxophonist, trumpet; b. Montgomery, AL, 7 August 1941. Besides his main inst...

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