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Buddy Morrow: Staccato's Theme (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Staccato (1959-60), starring John Cassavetes, eliminated the middleman between jazz and TV gumshoes. Based in a Green...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CRIME JAZZ

Film scholar David Butler reckons that by the early 1950s movie jazz had become "a convenient way to impart specific ...

Artie Shaw: Sweet Lorraine (Rating: 79/100) posted in Music May 27, 08

This Lorraine is too sweet for my taste. The string arrangement creates a genteel, afternoon-tea type of mood. List...

Eskelin, Ellery (Lane) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Eskelin, Ellery (Lane), tenor saxophone; b. Witchita, Kansas, 16 August 1959. Raised in Baltimore, Maryland since the...

Stamm, Marvin (Louis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stamm, Marvin (Louis), trumpet and Flugelhorn; performer, educator, writer; b. May 23, 1939, Memphis, TN.  His f...

Cully, Dick (Richard) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cully, Dick (Richard), drums; b. Manhattan, NY, 19 April 1949. His parents are Richard, born 1917, and Jeanette, born...

Rudolph, Steve (Steven Ray) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rudolph, Steve (Steven Ray), pianist, arranger, composer; b. Evansville, IN, 10 April 1949. He grew up around Boonvil...

Dorsey, Tommy (Thomas Francis Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia June 16, 09

Tommy Dorsey was one of the first jazz trombonists to convey meaning and intention with every note he played. Best kn...

Kelly, Phil (Philip Gene) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kelly, Phil (Philip Gene), arranger, composer, drummer; b. Canton, OH, 16 December 1937. He was born and raised in Ca...

Mopsick, Don posted in Encyclopedia January 22, 08

San Antonio-based acoustic jazz bassist Don Mopsick is well known to fans of Public Radio International's weekly sho...

Don't Gonna Play That Kling-Kling Jazz: A Prehistory of Jazz-Rock posted in Features and Interviews June 18, 09

By Geoff Wills When rock and roll emerged in the mid 1950s, many jazz musicians were witheringly scornful about ...

Palombi, Phil (Phillip Richard) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Palombi, Phil (Phillip Richard), bass; b. Youngstown, OH, 12 August 1970. He grew up 20 minutes outside of Youngstown...

Ballou, Dave posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ballou, Dave, trumpet, flugelhorn, composer. B. Peace Dale, Rhode Island, 22 April 1963. Received a B.M in 1987 at Be...

Bergstrom, Barry Bruce posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bergstrom, Barry Bruce: saxophone, clarinet and flute. b 21 January 1953 Kennewick WA. Parents: Clifford Erwin Bergst...

Freedman, Bob (Robert Morris) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Freedman, Bob (Robert Morris), arranger, conductor, pianist, saxophonist, educator; b. Mount Vernon, NY, 23 January 2...

LaFaro, Scott (Rocco) posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

Scott LaFaro helped bring the bass out of the rhythm section's mix to make it an independent melodic instrument. In a...

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