Search results for "Buddy Rich"

Buddy Rich: Cardin Blue (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 24, 09

Buddy Rich presided over two jazz clubs in New York City in the early '70's, Buddy's Place and then Buddy's Place II....

Buddy Rich: Norwegian Wood (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

Though the power and audacity of Bill Holman's arrangement contrasts with the light folksiness of John Lennon's origi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES

During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...

Charlie Parker: Celebrity (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

Unlike "Ko-Ko," I included this cut because of the lack of dialog between Parker and Buddy Rich (drums), who plays mo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Charlie Parker: Star Eyes (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Charlie Parker may have owed his fame to his dazzling, finger-cramping saxophone solos on his own bebop tunes, but on...

Woody Herman (featuring Sonny Berman): Your Father's Moustache (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

"Your Father's Moustache" captures Herman's First Herd in full charge, and noticeably emerging out of the band's glor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE SONNYS OF JAZZ

Jazz Quiz: What do these names have in common? Saul Berman Herman Blount Conrad Yeatis Clark William Criss C...

Lionel Hampton: Flying Home (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

"Flying Home" was Lionel Hampton's signature tune, composed on his first-ever plane trip in 1939, as he, Benny Goodma...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: GREAT VIBES

Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, in the notes to his 1989 Overview release, made the following observations about his in...

Lester Young: I've Found a New Baby (1946) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 27, 07

Lester Young, by Herb Snitzer During World War II, Lester Young felt a draft. Facing induction or imprisonment...

Benny Carter: I Got it Bad (And That Ain’t Good) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 13, 08

You could admire Benny Carter for many things -- his composing or arranging, or his work on a half dozen or so instru...

Lester Young: I Want To Be Happy (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 16, 09

Many critics and writers still insist that Lester Young’s artistry was in decline when he was dishonorably discharged...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LESTER YOUNG AT 100

It’s hard to imagine what it was like. Today, New York City is so entrenched as the jazz scene of record that the...

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald: A Foggy Day (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 05, 07

The 1950s boasted many illustrious pairs: Barbie & Ken, Boris & Natasha, Fred & Ethel, Huntley & Brinkley, Ike & Mami...

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...

Lester Young: I Cover the Waterfront (1946, take two) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Musically, Lester Young was Coleman Hawkins in a funhouse mirror. The stolid muscleman, taking a break from harmonic ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE BLUE & SENTIMENTAL TENOR SAX BALLADS

    Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the m...

Charlie Parker: Everything Happens to Me (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 12, 08

Following Bird’s triumphant solo in 1947 on Neal Hefti’s masterpiece "Repetition," Clef Records producer Norman Granz...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CHARLIE PARKER'S OVERLOOKED GEMS

There are no bad Charlie Parker recordings. Everything Bird recorded had the blues and soul baked right in. So to ass...

Charlie Parker: Just Friends (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music May 08, 08

Parker was delighted with this track, and cited it as one of his favorite performances. Certainly he enjoyed the app...

Charlie Parker: Summertime (Rating: 70/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

Although Charlie Parker was proud of playing with a string section, this version of "Summertime" shows why the ventur...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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Charlie Parker: Lester Leaps In (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 15, 09

Charlie Parker's live version of "Lester Leaps In" is marred only by noises that sound like the track was lifted eith...

Benny Carter: Angel Eyes (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 17, 09

Back in 1954, Benny Carter was on the same label as another altoist you might have heard of: Charlie Parker. If Car...

Count Basie: Queer Street (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 27, 07

Count Basie, photo by Herb Snitzer Since the successful release of the Monk/Coltrane Carnegie Hall Concert in ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT MOMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

Transitions and developments at the drumset have been an essential driving force throughout the history of jazz. Fro...

John McLaughlin: Purpose of When (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 22, 09

As mad as guitarist John McLaughlin was that his album Devotion was botched in the editing process while he was away,...

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