Search results for "Bill Crow"
Gerry Mulligan: Catch As Catch Can (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 09, 08It takes cheek to show up in New England on the Fourth of July sporting a red blazer. Yet as shown by Jazz on a Summe...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY
During the 1950s, the Newport Jazz Festival was an outdoor jamboree held in the exclusive environs of Rhod...
Al Haig: All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 02, 09Haig was one of the earliest significant bop pianists, playing with Bird and Dizzy in 1945 and even participated in t...
Stan Getz (with Bob Brookmeyer): Rustic Hop (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 04, 09In the mid-1980s, Stan Getz helped raise money for his own salary as artist-in-residence at Stanford University by gi...
Stan Getz: Rustic Hop (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 04, 09This early 1950s track by the Stan Getz Quintet not only features the agile swinging of one of the most popular tenor...
Gerry Mulligan: Festive Minor (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07Received wisdom has long held that Gerry Mulligan's 1958-1959 quartet with Art Farmer was superior to his origin...
Gerry Mulligan: La plus que lente (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07During the mid-1950s, Gerry Mulligan expanded his famous pianoless quartet to a pianoless sextet, allowing a return t...
Bill Bruford: (square root) q.e.d. (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 20, 08The title of the cut refers to the Latin "quod erat demonstrandum," which means basically that the evidence in a ...
Frank Trumbauer & Bix Beiderbecke: Mississippi Mud (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 24, 07"Just as happy as a cow chewin' on her cud," regales Bing Crosby, "when the darkies beat their feet on the Missi...
Crow, Bill posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Crow, Bill, string bass; b. Othelle, WA, 27 December 1927. His father was Harry Barnum Crow, born 17 July 1896 in Bed...
Carrothers, Bill (William Gaylord Carrothers III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Carrothers, Bill [William Gaylord Carrothers III], pianist, composer; b. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 13 July 1964. His f...
Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band: Weep (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 05, 08After Gary McFarland arrived in New York City in the fall of 1960, he met Bob Brookmeyer, who invited him to a rehear...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GARY MCFARLAND
Gary McFarland's life could be the subject of a movie screenplay. Until he was in his mid-20s, McFarland (1933-1971) ...
Gerry Mulligan: Lady Chatterley's Mother (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 09, 08Gerry Mulligan's early '60s Concert Jazz Band was one of the most musically influential big bands of its time. That i...
OctoJAZZarian Profile: Marian McPartland posted in Features and Interviews May 02, 08For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. Oct...
Gerry Mulligan: Blueport (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 28, 07Gerry Mulligan photo by Herb Snitzer Thi...
McPartland, Marian (Margaret Marian Turner) posted in Encyclopedia December 17, 08Pianist Marian McPartland has mastered virtually every style of jazz, including bebop and free jazz, in her more tha...
Miller, Jim (James Donald) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Miller, Jim (James Donald), drummer, educator; b. Indianapolis, IN, 13 June 1954. His mother (born Georgieanna Oyl...
Stan Getz: Stella by Starlight (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 27, 08This is typically the kind of piece that people will classify as "West Coast jazz," although it was recorded in New Y...
Stan Getz: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 12, 08This version of the standard is close to ideal, from its contrapuntal opening by Getz and Raney to the melodic and rh...
The King of Swing at 100 posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 01, 09Don't be fooled by the lower case name. Everything else about arnold jay smith deserves to be in all caps and bo...
Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...
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