Search results for "Buster Williams"

Herbie Hancock: Firewater (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Utilizing an array of different brass and reed players, this song has Herbie Hancock written all over it even though ...

Denny Zeitlin: They Can't Take That Away From Me (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music June 14, 09

This album marks Denny Zeitlin’s first time playing with Buster Williams (b. 1942) and Al Foster (b. 1944). The resu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DENNY ZEITLIN

2009 has been a banner year for pianist-composer Denny Zeitlin (b. 1938). With the release by Mosaic Select ...

Ron Carter: Little Waltz (1977) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

Having two bass players in a band is like having two spouses -- friction and fireworks are almost inevitable. Duke E...

Shirley Horn: You Stepped Out of a Dream (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

The late Shirley Horn had a long list of admirers. If you have any doubts, just look at the list of sidemen on her Y...

Denny Zeitlin: All of You (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 22, 09

The thickest piano chords come from the Windy City. You don't hear people talking about a Chicago School of Jazz Pia...

Billy Hart: Diff Customs (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 23, 09

There are so many jazz records (and it seems like the number increases exponentially with each passing year), it's di...

Emily Remler: Blues for Herb (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

Emily Remler's playing was one of a kind. Although she sounded like guitarists of the past, she was lucky enough to b...

Steve Kuhn: Beautiful Love (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music May 08, 08

Steve Kuhn was briefly John Coltrane's pianist before McCoy Tyner, and later turned down an offer to join Miles Davis...

Sonny Fortune: Hornin' In (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

Sonny Fortune considered Four in One to be "my first traditionally oriented jazz album." Outside of several of Monk's...

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...

Denny Zeitlin: Mr. P.C. (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 06, 09

Back on his first leader date in 1964, Denny Zeitlin chose a lengthy minor blues ("Blue Phoenix") as the centerpiece ...

The Jazz Crusaders: Never Had It So Good (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music May 03, 09

Lighthouse ’68 is one of the strongest efforts by the Jazz Crusaders, who often struggled to solidify their identity ...

Emily Remler: Daahoud (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Clifford Brown, said Emily Remler, "was one of my favorite musicians. He was so lyrical." Here she covers Brownie's "...

Denny Zeitlin: Recovery (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

"Recovery" is a rest-stop between two strenuous movements of Denny Zeitlin's suite "Slickrock," which depicts the rig...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KRAZY KATS

"America is a mistake," declared Sigmund Freud after visiting the U.S. in 1909. The contempt was not mutual. With typ...

Nancy Wilson: Midnight Sun (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

Alaska is the only U.S. state where periodically the sun shines around the clock. Thankfully, Nancy Wilson lets us un...

Herbie Hancock: Hidden Shadows (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

Before he got the fusion formula right with Headhunters, Hancock tested the crossover waters with his Mwandishi ensem...

Bennie Maupin: Ensenada (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 27, 07

For some reason, the idea of a “tone poem” has always bothered me. It seemed like one of those pretentious, reviewer ...

Herbie Hancock: Tell Me a Bedtime Story (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

The smart horn writing on "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" looks back to the textures of "Speak Like a Child," but by now H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK PERFORMANCES

When Miles Davis hired Herbie Hancock (along with Ron Carter and Tony Williams) in 1963, few fans believed that this ...

Ron Carter: Tambien Conocido Como (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

I remember seeing this band at San Francisco's Keystone Korner around the time the Piccolo LP was released, and can s...

Woody Shaw: Woody I: On The New Ark (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

I feel that in many ways Woody III is the masterpiece of Woody Shaw’s recorded output in the studio The three pieces ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Woody Shaw: All the Way (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

Even as Woody Shaw‘s profile became a little lower in the 1980s, his art was still deepening and gaining a rich patin...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

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