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Bunny Berigan: I Can't Get Started (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

When Hollywood needed a hyperlink to the nostalgically seedy 1930s for Save the Tiger (1973) and Chinatown (1974), th...

Billie Holiday: Summertime (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 29, 08

Billie Holiday was not the first jazz artist to record "Summertime" (Bob Crosby recorded a transcription version five...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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Benny Goodman: King Porter Stomp (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 12, 07

Five years after Jelly Roll Morton recorded his tribute to pianist Porter King, bandleader Fletcher Henderson adopted...

Tommy Dorsey: Song of India (Rating: 73/100) posted in Music November 12, 07

Rimsky-Korsakov's 1898 opera Sadko depicts a Russian harpist who deserts wife and home for foreign adventure. During ...

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

Exotica is armchair tourism. We experience foreign strangeness without the hassles of leaving home. No passports, imm...

Billie Holiday: Did I Remember – as heard in Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

At 23, Billie Holiday was an untrained vocalist with no technique but oodles of charisma. She was fun to hear because...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZ SIDE OF WOODY ALLEN

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Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

No other Jazz Age singer rivaled her versatility. Combining the tony diction of London's posh Mayfair salons (althoug...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STORMY WEATHER

Ethel Waters induced "Stormy Weather" in 1933 at the Cotton Club, an oasis of prosperity in Depression- era Harlem wh...

Red Norvo: Honeysuckle Rose (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

In his day, Red Norvo recorded and gigged with everyone -- Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Frank Sinatra, Charles Min...

Mildred Bailey: Shoutin' In That Amen Corner (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

After her stint with Paul Whiteman, Mildred Bailey moved on to sing with the other great bands of her day, including ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILDRED BAILEY

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Billie Holiday & Lester Young: I Can't Get Started (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 09, 07

The collaborations between Billie Holiday and Lester Young still speak to us today -- and not just as historical docu...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

Jazz Honored by GRAMMY® Hall of Fame posted in Features and Interviews January 21, 08

by Alan Kurtz In the wake of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, which CBS telecast nationally in mid-February 2008...

Revisiting Classic Jazz Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 30, 08

Regular visitors to jazz.com know that we highlight a great track from the past every day as part of a regular featur...

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...

Tough, Dave (David Jarvis) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

As a teen, drummer Dave "Davey" Tough literally sat at the feet of Baby Dodds in Joe "King" Oliver's band at Chicago'...

Sudhalter, Richard M. (Merrill) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Sudhalter, Richard M. (Merrill), trumpeter, historian, broadcaster. b. Boston, MA, 28 December 1938. d. New York, NY,...

Happy-Rose Orchestra: Get Happy (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music July 12, 08

Hit of the Week was a flexible one-sided record sold at newsstands for 15¢ beginning in early 1930. By summer, sales ...

The Best Jazz Web Links: September 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages October 01, 08

Howard Mandel visits Berklee Jazz critic meets jazz students . . . The baroness took polar...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Russell Garcia posted in Features and Interviews November 23, 08

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. OctoJAZ...

On Discography posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 27, 09

If the jazz world is a subculture, then the most cultish members of all are the discographers. I would rather cro...

Boswell Sisters posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 09

Boswell Sisters, vocal group. Connie (later Connee) Boswell (b. Kansas City, December 3, 1907, d. October 11, 1976, N...

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