Search results for "Bobby Timmons"

Bobby Timmons: Dat Dere (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

This underrated 1961 session presents Blakey/Adderley alumnus Bobby Timmons in a trio format with Albert “Tootie” Hea...

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 ...

Lee Morgan (with Bobby Timmons): Lover Man (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Prior to his official membership in the Jazz Messengers with 1958's Moanin', Lee Morgan released some of his mos...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BEST OF THE ART BLAKEY ALUMS

There are post-Swing Era bandleaders, and then there is Art Blakey. After a brief time spent developing his craft by ...

Cannonball Adderley: This Here (Dis Here) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

At the beginning of this live performance at San Francisco’s Jazz Workshop, Cannonball Adderley introduces pianist Bo...

Art Blakey: Moanin' (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Although pianist Bobby Timmons composed several well-known and often-played tunes in the funky/soul jazz mode, none b...

Pepper Adams: The Long Two/Four (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

10 to 4 at the 5 Spot delivers a single set of music from the famed NYC jazz club in 1958, a combination of Blak...

Dexter Gordon: Boston Bernie (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

In the spring of 1969, seven years before he would make his dramatic permanent return to the United States, Gordon to...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Art Blakey: Blues March (1958) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

    Art Blakey at Birdland, photo by Marcel Fleiss Benny Golson wrote four compositions for the al...

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

I’m not sure who wrote this groovy little arrangement of “Come Rain Or Come Shine” (and while musical director Benny ...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: So Tired (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

This grooving AABA composition features a Latin/Boogaloo "A" section and a swinging "B" section – effortlessly execut...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Art Blakey: Along Came Betty (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

    Art Blakey at Birdland, photo by Marcel Fleiss Golson’s composition with its simple yet haunting...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: The Drum Thunder Suite (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

While Art Blakey's earlier sessions with, respectively, Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk were essential in developin...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Art Blakey: A Night In Tunisia (featuring Lee Morgan) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 09, 09

In his review of this track as part of his Essential Art Blakey Dozens, my fellow Jazz.com compatriot Eric Novod asks...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Art Blakey: Moanin' (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

For decades, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers was a breeding ground for hard-bop talent. Countless numbers of future supe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL MODERN JAZZ TRUMPET SOLOS

                 Trumpeter by...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Chet Baker (with Phil Urso): To Mickey's Memory (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 08, 08

Chet Baker's collaborations with Gerry Mulligan made jazz history. Baker's work with pianist Russ Freeman also are w...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

Is there a more intense, energetic single track anywhere out there? The Messengers absolutely tear through the head o...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Timmons, Bobby (Robert Henry) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

Pianist Bobby Timmons combined his gospel background with hard bop and the blues to create a sound which dominated mu...

Heath, "Tootie" (Albert) posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

Albert “Tootie” Heath's clean, self-assured interactions and impeccable swing feel made him a first-call drummer amon...

Octajazzarians Profile: Jon Hendricks posted in Features and Interviews August 15, 09

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

Bass, Mickey (Lee Oddis Bass III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bass, Mickey [Lee Oddis Bass III]; bassist, composer, arranger; b. Pittsburgh, PA, 2 May 1943. He studied under the g...

Blakey, Art (Arthur) posted in Encyclopedia March 20, 09

Art Blakey's unbridled drumming brought freshness and vitality to the influential recordings he made with Thelonious...

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