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Billie Holiday: I Loves You Porgy (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

In the 1940s, Billie Holiday had the misfortune (as if she needed any more) of being contracted to Decca Records, whi...

Billy Eckstine: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 05, 09

Following the breakup of his big band, Billy Eckstine became a major soloist with fans on both sides of the color lin...

Quincy Jones On (and Off) DVD posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 15, 09

Thomas Cunniffe, an editor and regular contributor to these pages, is our resident expert on jazz DVDs. Below he hel...

Gertz, Bruce (David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gertz, Bruce (David), bass; b. Providence, RI, 15 December 1952. He grew up in Cranston, RI. His parents Minnie (b. J...

Horvitz, Wayne (Bartow) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist and keyboardist Wayne Horvitz is best known for his work with 1980s New York avant-garde musicians such as J...

Paul, Howard (Raymond) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Paul, Howard (Raymond), guitarist (7-string); b. Petersburg, Virginia, 15 November 1960. His family moved to the Atla...

Reid, Rufus (L.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Reid, Rufus (L.), bass, educator, author; b. Atlanta, GA, 10 February 1944. His mother, Sylvia Reid, and his father, ...

Stewart, Bob (Robert Alvin) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stewart, Bob (Robert Alvin), tuba; b. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 3 February 1945. He lived in New York, N.Y. 1947-...

Hardman, Bill (William Franklin) posted in Encyclopedia May 17, 09

Bill Hardman was one of hard bop's go-to trumpeters, best known for his three separate stints in Art Blakey’s Jazz Me...

Scott, Craig (Blakefield) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Scott, Craig (Blakefield), bass; b. Sydney, Australia, 20 October 1956. Scott began bass in his teens, studying wi...

Molina, Al (Alfonso) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Molina, Al (Alfonso), trumpet; b. San Francisco, CA, 18 December 1935. He grew up in San Francisco. His mother was Na...

Smith, Louis (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Trumpeter Louis Smith recorded a few high-profile hard bop sessions in the late 1950s, including two Blue Note LPs un...

Dorough, Bob (Robert Lrod) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Bob Dorough's light and amiable vocals, with a slight Arkansas twang, come across as those of a hip and uninhibited ...

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