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Bill Connors: Subtracks (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 29, 08

Bill Connors was poised for a legendary fusion career. As guitarist for Chick Corea's Return to Forever, he inst...

Bill Connors: Floor to Floor (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 29, 08

Guitarist Bill Connors was a very different player on Double-Up than during his preceding short stay with Chick Corea...

Bill Connors: Long Distance (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 29, 08

Once or twice every decade guitarist Bill Connors makes a recording. For his fans these are long-awaited projects. Th...

Bill Connors: Crunchy (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music November 03, 08

Directions for appreciating this review: Be familiar with the music of Allan Holdsworth, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck, Retu...

Bill Connors: Out by Twelve (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 29, 08

The final cut on Bill Connors's Double-Up is the blatant "Out by Twelve." It is a rollicking fusion number dominated ...

Bill Connors: Sea Coy (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 03, 08

"Sea Coy" is an interesting title. I like the way it looks and sounds. When I Googled it, Google wanted to know if I ...

Lee Konitz & Bill Connors: Tavia (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 18, 09

Although Lee Konitz plays the soprano sax on this track, his sound and his phrasing are nonetheless immediately recog...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE LEE KONITZ DUETS

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Bill Connors: It Be FM (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 03, 08

"It Be FM" is an even fusion number with a flowing theme. Connors's tone is a bit rougher than on the other cuts on t...

Duke Ellington: Blood Count (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Billy Strayhorn wrote or co-composed with Duke Ellington some of the best-loved pieces in the Ellington band’s repert...

Stanley Clarke: Power (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 10, 08

Any tune that begins with a Tony Williams drum solo is an important one to listen to. The aptly named "Power," which ...

Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea: The Game Maker (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 29, 09

Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy marked the beginning of Return to Forever's rise in the jazz-rock fusion pecking order. Th...

Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio: Cherokee (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 27, 09

American enthusiasts of the Hot Club Swing Revival all face the same challenge: where do you find a truly hot Gypsy j...

Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Summertime (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

Chris Connor and Maynard Ferguson worked together while in Stan Kenton's band, and when they both became jazz stars a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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Stan Kenton: All About Ronnie (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Chris Connor was recommended to Kenton by June Christy. Connor did not stay very long, but her stint with the band ma...

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...

Duke Ellington: Jingle Bells (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Ten lords a leaping plus a Duke, Cat and Rabbit shake up "Jingle Bells" (1857) by James Lord Pierpont, who wasn't rea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RUDY REINDEER'S FAVORITE JAZZ

First, about the name. The whole "Rudolph" thing started as a joke. To friends and family, I've always been Rudy. The...

Easley, Bill posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Easley, Bill, Tenor, Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, and Bass Clarinet, Flute, Alto Flute and piccolo; b. Olea...

Kirchner, Bill (William Joseph Kirchner, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kirchner, Bill [William Joseph Kirchner, Jr.], soprano saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader, historian, recor...

Stanley Clarke: Lopsy Lu (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 06, 08

The musicians on Stanley Clarke were a who's who of the early fusion movement. If basketball could be played with fou...

Clarke, Stanley posted in Encyclopedia June 20, 08

Stanley Clarke's signature slap on the electric bass is one of the most recognizable and copied techniques in jazz, a...

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 13, 08

A few days ago, jazz.com published its 3,500th track review. It's hard to believe that we only started publishing th...

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