Search results for "Buddy Clark"

Stan Kenton: An Esthete on Clark Street (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Bill Russo recorded this composition with his own orchestra for the Dee Gee label, and later created this setting for...

Herbie Mann & Buddy Collette: Give a Little Whistle (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

Disney's animated morality play Pinocchio (1940) depicts a puppet's quest to become human by resisting corruption. "A...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JAZZ FLUTE PERFORMANCES

"The flute," flutist Bud Shank informed historian Ted Gioia in 1988, "is a stupid instrument to be playing jazz music...

Louie Bellson & Clark Terry: Chicago Suite 1 – State Street Swing (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 27, 08

When I was a kid, Merv Griffin and his aging buddies were always telling audiences that the Big Band era was coming b...

Supersax: Ko-Ko (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

In 1947, an awestruck fanatic named Dean Benedetti followed Charlie Parker from gig to gig, setting up amateur record...

Jeri Southern (with Marty Paich's Dek-tette): Lazy Bones (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 08, 09

I suppose it was inevitable that the two most "homespun" of song composers, Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, would...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana on November 22, 1899. His given name, Hoagland, derived fr...

Dizzy Gillespie: Leap Frog (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 29, 08

Bebop pioneers Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were first recorded together playing "Sweet Georgia Brown," accompa...

Chico O’Farrill: Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Chico O’Farrill, an important Latin jazz pioneer, achieved success as a bandleader, composer and arranger. O’Farrill...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE LATIN JAZZ CLASSICS

         Percussionist,  artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's n...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Buddy DeFranco posted in Features and Interviews October 16, 09

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

Gayton, Clark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gayton, Clark, trombone and tuba player, composer; b. Seattle, WA, 18 January 1963. He's the son of Carver Gayton and...

Bregman, Buddy (Louis I Bregman II) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bregman, Buddy [Louis I Bregman II], film composer, arranger, conductor, TV/Film producer, director, writer; b. Chica...

Giuffre, Jimmy (James Peter) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09

Reedist, composer and musical visionary Jimmy Giuffre's career spanned six decades and many styles. Best known as the...

Terry Gibbs: Main Stem (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

DC's Duke Ellington and Brooklyn's Terry Gibbs deserve to be honorary Mainers. After all, Maine's motto Dirigo ("I le...

Gerry Mulligan: You Took Advantage of Me (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

In 1960, when Gerry Mulligan and his former longtime sideman Bob Brookmeyer assembled a 13-piece band, economics rend...

Lee Konitz & Jimmy Giuffre: Palo Alto (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

A flowing though rather abstract melody penned by Lee Konitz, wrapped in the smooth yet swinging arrangement of his p...

Bill Holman: You Go to My Head (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 30, 08

By 1958, Bill Holman was a composing/arranging heavyweight, and the second album of big band music under his own name...

If Charlie Christian Had Lived Until the Age of Fusion . . . posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 10, 09

Most critics look at CDs that are, and ask why. But only a few critics wonder about CDs that never were, and ask why...

Moreira, Airto (Guimorva) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Moreira, Airto (Guimorva), percussion, drums, singer; b. Itaiopolis, Brazil, 5 August 1941. Itaiopolis is a small vil...

OctoJAZZarians posted in Miscellaneous Pages July 05, 08

In OctoJAZZarians, a regular jazz.com feature, arnold jay smtih profiles jazz legends who are creative and active be...

Friedman, Don (Donald Ernest) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Friedman, Don (Donald Ernest), pianist, composer; b. San Francisco, CA, 4 May 1935. With the exception of a few years...

Thompson, Lucky (Eli) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Lucky Thompson had a rare ability to combine swing sensibilities with the melodic conce...

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