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Mary Lou Williams: Clean Pickin' (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

Mary Lou Williams didn't need bass and drums to keep the dancers shaking and shimmying. With her driving, two-fisted...

Nellie Lutcher: Kiss Me Sweet (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 19, 08

My personal favorite Nellie Lutcher track is not one of her originals, nor a blues, but a contemporary pop novelty th...

Andy Kirk: Walkin' & Swingin' (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 12, 07

When orchestrating her compositions, Mary Lou Williams never felt constrained by the sectional mindset that dominate...

Williams, Mary Lou (Mary Alfrieda Scruggs) posted in Encyclopedia July 19, 08

From Kansas City in the twenties to New York in the forties and beyond, pianist, arranger and composer Mary Lou Willi...

Andy Kirk: Walkin' and Swingin' (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 02, 09

"Walkin' and Swingin'" is an excellent example of the work of this great Kansas City-based band and its principal arr...

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, ...

Gillespie, Dizzy (John Birks) posted in Encyclopedia February 11, 08

Dizzy Gillespie always broke new ground. His collaborations with Charlie Parker in the forties set the benchmark by w...

Lettuce: Speak E.Z. (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Blues, rock 'n' roll and jazz have undergone a turbulent evolutionary process over the decades, with their tenuous no...

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