Search results for "Billy Butterfield"

Billie Holiday: For All We Know (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

Billie told arranger/conductor Ray Ellis she wanted to “sound like Sinatra” after hearing Gordon Jenkins’s scoring fo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Artie Shaw: Stardust (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

In Ken Burns's documentary Jazz (2001), Artie Shaw puts down erstwhile rival bandleader Glenn Miller as a mere "...

Frank Sinatra: Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 15, 08

Most of Sinatra’s sides for Columbia are notable for their dramatic string arrangements and double-thick romantic moo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: FRANK SINATRA FOR JAZZ LOVERS

           Frank Sinatra, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Ed...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Joe Wilder posted in Features and Interviews June 03, 09

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...

Sonny Rollins: Grand Street (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 06, 08

Sonny Rollins had been recording steadily for 9½ years, but this was his first big band date. Of course, Sonny always...

In Conversation with Paul Motian posted in Features and Interviews November 01, 08

By Ted Panken “I think rehearsing takes away from the beauty of the music,” says Paul Motian. “I’ve been playi...

Why the Cornet? posted in Features and Interviews January 18, 08

by Jim Cullum There's a question I hear over and over: "Is that a cornet?" Almost always, it's followed with: "W...

Vaché, Warren posted in Encyclopedia January 24, 08

Warren Vaché is a jazz trumpeter, cornetist and flugelhornist born on February 21, 1951 in Rahway, New Jersey. He ...

Cullum, Jim (James Allen Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia January 28, 08

Cornetist and bandleader Jim Cullum was born in 1941 in San Antonio, Texas,where he taught himself to play a cornet h...

Gil Evans: Jambangle (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

Gil Evans kept a low profile in the music world from 1949-1955, even though he arranged for Billy Butterfield and var...

Evans, Gil (Ian Ernest Gilmore Green) posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09

Arranger and composer Gil Evans made his mark on modern jazz by taking the sometimes-rough edges of bebop and smoothi...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

Lloyd, Charles posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08

Multi-reedman Charles Lloyd combined John Coltrane’s sweeping approach to improvisation with his own light and supple...

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