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Stan Getz & Bill Evans: Funkallero (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 31, 08

In this rare studio encounter between two of the era's most lyrical and romantic improvisers, we find an uncharacteri...

Marc Johnson: Faith In You (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 16, 08

This tune really sounds like summer with its joyous melody and light pulsation, punctuated by Baron's splashes on his...

Gerry Mulligan: Catch As Catch Can (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 09, 08

It 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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Sonny Rollins: Disco Monk (Rating: 69/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Sonny Rollins has always delighted in the mundane as a means of challenging himself. Lurking behind his penchant for ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING

Jazz.com visitors will notice that most of our reviews are favorable. That's because (a) we love jazz and (b) in bu...

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: 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...

Andy Summers: Charis (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music April 09, 08

As a fusion fan, I always get excited when a rocker or a straight-ahead jazzer puts out a fusion recording. Every fib...

Bill Evans: Some Other Time (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

The summer and fall of 1961 at the Village Vanguard marked one of the greatest musical runs in jazz history. In just ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Bill Evans: Very Early (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 26, 08

This recording was not released until 11 years after Evans's death. Featuring one of his last trio lineups, it was re...

Resonance Big Band: Hymn to Freedom/John Brown's Body (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 14, 09

On May 12, Resonance Records released its long-awaited tribute to Oscar Peterson. In his ongoing fight to preserve m...

Miles Davis: Fran-Dance (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 20, 08

Miles Davis's celebrated appearance at 1955's Newport Jazz Festival had marked his official comeback (meaning the jaz...

Cole, Bill (William Shadrack) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cole, Bill (William Shadrack), musicians, composer, educator, writer; b. 3243 Parkview Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 11 Octobe...

Dixon, Bill (William Robert) posted in Encyclopedia December 18, 08

In his work as a trumpeter and composer over the past sixty years, Bill Dixon has endeavored to create a singular bod...

Summer Jazz in Paris posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 12, 09

Anyone who keeps tabs on the thriving jazz scene in Europe can't help comparing the diversity and excitement of their...

In Conversation With Bill Charlap posted in Features and Interviews July 30, 09

By Ted Panken "I’ve really been running the last two days," said Bill Charlap in the lobby of the Algonqui...

Washer, Bill (William Knight) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Washer, Bill (William Knight), guitarist, educator; b. Philadelphia, PA, 27 September 1949.  At the age of 4, hi...

Remembering Bill Evans posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 29, 08

                     Bill Evans, artwork by Suzanne Ce...

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