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Wynton Marsalis: Sister Cheryl (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 07, 08

Generally when the drummer contributes a composition to the date, it comes dressed in meager threads—a few chords sti...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Branford Marsalis: Sidney in Da Haus (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 14, 09

The Sidney of the title is Sidney Bechet, the Creole clarinet (and soprano sax) master of early New Orleans jazz. Us...

Branford Marsalis: Swingin' At The Haven (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 31, 09

In 1986, when Branford Marsalis recorded Royal Garden Blues, his second album as leader, he had recently left his bro...

Branford Marsalis: The Return of the Jitney Man (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 06, 09

I liked the Jitney Man on Jeff "Tain" Watts's recent CD, and I am happy to see him return "one more once" (as Count B...

Branford Marsalis: Royal Garden Blues (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 17, 09

For the title track of his album Royal Garden Blues, Branford Marsalis demonstrates how to re-invent a classic song. ...

Branford Marsalis: Elysium (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Seven notes from Branford Marsalis’s tenor sax – seven notes – announce “Elysium,” the seventh of which is joined by ...

Branford Marsalis: UMMG (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Boy, does Branford Marsalis's take on Billy Strayhorn's "UMMG" swing! In contrast to the full, lush sounds of Duke E...

Branford Marsalis: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

Delfeayo Marsalis, Branford's brother and the producer of this record, provides such studied liner notes you would th...

Branford Marsalis & Ellis Marsalis: Laura (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 24, 08

I'm not sure what it would be like to record a duet album with Dad. Sometimes the father and son relationship is a w...

Branford Marsalis: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

On this long, slow blues meditation, Branford and his cohorts paint a modern-day abstraction employing the Coltrane p...

Wynton Marsalis: Black Codes (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

Say what you want about Wynton Marsalis the person but Wynton Marsalis the trumpeter, especially during the 1980s, p...

Wynton Marsalis: Chambers of Tain (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 01, 07

My CD copy of this release does not provide any composer information, or list the musicians, or even tell you the sta...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Wynton Marsalis: Delfeayo’s Dilemma (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

On Black Codes, then 23-year-old Wynton Marsalis shakes the all-too-apparent influences of his earlier years to expan...

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

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Ben Wolfe: The Filth (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

First things first. What a great name for a tune. "The Filth!" I love it! Bassist Ben Wolfe has been on the scene ...

Buckshot Lefonque: Breakfast @ Denny's (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 07, 08

With the hip-hop jazz scene in full explosion, Branford Marsalis teams forces with Gangstarr's DJ Premier to create o...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HIP-HOP MEETS JAZZ

For well over forty years, jazz music and hip-hop music have flirted with each other on numerous occasions. When...

Jeff "Tain" Watts: Return of the Jitney Man (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 30, 09

If you didn't know the name of the bandleader, you might think the CD title Watts referred to the high-voltage lumine...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: A La Mode (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 16, 08

This dynamic live version of the Curtis Fuller composition features fine solo work from the Marsalis brothers, Billy ...

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...

Dizzy Gillespie: Tenor Song (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music February 05, 08

This project joined Gillespie with some much younger musicians. Though not his best, the album is a success, even tho...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A DIZZY DOZEN GILLESPIE CLASSICS

From his seminal work with Charlie Parker to his collaborations with Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie continually br...

Ellis Marsalis: The Surrey With the Fringe On Top (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 17, 09

It usually happens the other way around. Think Dave Brubeck and his sons Dan and Chris, or John Coltrane and Ravi. ...

Carole King (featuring Wynton Marsalis): I Wasn't Gonna Fall In Love (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music February 13, 09

Wynton Marsalis's vast legacy isn't about to be diluted by a single appearance on a superstar pop artist's track. Sti...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WHEN JAZZ CATS MEET ROCKERS

Jazz musicians performing sidemen roles on recording dates of non-jazz performances is a practice nearly as old as ja...

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