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Roy Eldridge: Melange (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music July 21, 09

Shades of Jazz at the Philharmonic, Roy Eldridge's old stomping grounds. At 64 years-of-age at the time of this reco...

Frankie Laine / Buck Clayton: Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music May 26, 08

If you remember Frankie Laine, you're definitely on AARP's mailing list. During the 1950s, Old Leather Lungs, as the ...

Sarah Vaughan: Come Rain or Come Shine (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

By 1950, the finest singer of the bebop era had done her best to put bop behind her. Since bop was primarily instrume...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: FIFTIES FEMMES FATALES

In 1958, as evidence that love's fever is a long-running malady, singer/lyricist Peggy Lee alluded to Romeo & Julie...

J.J. Johnson: El Camino Real (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 13, 08

J.J. Johnson will forever be remembered as the most influential trombonist in jazz from the late 1940s onward. His pi...

J.J. Johnson: Winter's Waif (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

One of two Gary McFarland contributions to this album, "Winter's Waif" shows a tougher side of bossa nova. And a dark...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GARY MCFARLAND

Gary McFarland's life could be the subject of a movie screenplay. Until he was in his mid-20s, McFarland (1933-1971) ...

Louis Armstrong: High Society (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

Louis Armstrong's 1933 big band recording of "High Society" is not only vastly different from his recording with King...

Gil Evans: La Nevada (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 24, 08

“La Nevada” is Spanish for “Snowfall,” bandleader Claude Thornhill’s theme. Yet in contrast to the airtight orchestra...

Green, Bennie (Bernard) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Trombonist Bennie Green kept pace with the innovations of bebop while maintaining a deep closeness to the blues and p...

Pettiford, Oscar posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09

Oscar Pettiford set the standard for bassists in bebop by drawing out the melodic and solo potential of his instrumen...

Berger, David (Jerrold) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Berger, David (Jerrold), composer, trumpeter; b. New York City, 30 March 1949. He was born at the Manhattan Woman's H...

Webster, Ben (Benjamin Francis) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08

Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster was known as "The Beautiful” and ”The Brute." Both names fit him well. The beauty of hi...

Gil Evans: Stratusphunk (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

I remember when I first heard this album during college. It had a huge effect on me. I loved the angularity, the hu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MARIA SCHNEIDER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GIL EVANS TRACKS

In 2006, during a “listening session” with New York Times music writer Ben Ratliff, Maria Schneider compared Gil Evan...

Gil Evans: Stratusphunk (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

Gil Evans and George Russell first paced together in Birth of the Cool's modernity ward—the late-1940s salon in Gil's...

Dizzy Gillespie: Lover Come Back to Me (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 05, 08

This 1948 session for Victor showcases the Gillespie Orchestra as one of the most innovative ensembles of its era. Th...

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...

Hines, Earl "Fatha" (Kenneth) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

Over a career that spanned sixty years, pianist Earl Hines embodied the changing fortunes of jazz. His ability to bri...

Dizzy Gillespie: Guarachi Guaro (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 10, 08

Out of the studios for over a year due to a recording ban, Gillespie's band came back with a roar, starting with this...

Adrian Rollini: Beatin' The Dog (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 13, 08

This track is one of a series of classic recordings of what can best be described as chamber jazz led by Joe Venuti f...

Clarke, Kenny "Klook" (Kenneth Spearman) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

"That man is modern!" exclaimed Louis Armstrong in 1940 when drummer Kenny “Klook” Clarke joined his band. But Clarke...

White, Chris (Christopher Wesley) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

White, Chris (Christopher Wesley), bass, educator; b. Harlem, NY, 6 July 1936. He grew up in Brooklyn. Attended P.S. ...

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