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Duke Ellington: Jingle Bells (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Ten lords a leaping plus a Duke, Cat and Rabbit shake up "Jingle Bells" (1857) by James Lord Pierpont, who wasn't rea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RUDY REINDEER'S FAVORITE JAZZ

First, about the name. The whole "Rudolph" thing started as a joke. To friends and family, I've always been Rudy. The...

Duke Ellington: Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Duke Ellington’s “Happy-Go-Lucky Local” was originally the final movement of his Deep South Suite premiered at his 19...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

Duke Ellington: The Tattooed Bride (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

Ellington was ahead of his time, and not just for preferring his brides with tattoos. This extended piece, premiered...

Johnny Hodges: Everybody Knows (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

The main theme of this tune is one of those catchy ones that keep doing instant replays in your head; it is played wi...

Johnny Hodges: 310 Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

This tune was specially written for this recording session by Duke Ellington's composing partner and musical soul mat...

Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald: Imagine My Frustration (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

The appearances together in 1966-67 of Ella with the Duke Ellington Orchestra quickly assumed almost legendary propor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES

Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...

Duke Ellington (featuring Louie Bellson): Skin Deep (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

A few years after this recording, rock bands would discover the allure of long, intense drum solos. This was more th...

Duke Ellington: Blood Count (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Billy Strayhorn wrote or co-composed with Duke Ellington some of the best-loved pieces in the Ellington band’s repert...

Duke Ellington: Mood Indigo (1950) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

The advent of the long-playing record finally released Duke Ellington from the time constraints that had previously f...

Ella Fitzgerald (with Duke Ellington): Take the 'A' Train (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 06, 08

Matching Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on its signature tune is a surefire winner. But when you ...

Duke Ellington (featuring Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton): It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

This rendition of "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" from the band's 1944 Carnegie Hall concert, is ...

Duke Ellington: Solitude (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

Ellington Indigos is one of my favorite Ellington albums. Recorded right after Such Sweet Thunder, it was designed to...

Duke Ellington: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 03, 07

As Gunther Schuller points out in The Swing Era, the composer of this song that named its era was hardly dogmatic abo...

Duke Ellington: Madness in Great Ones (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

COURTIER: My liege, our esteem'd Duke of Ellington is by madness possessed. He doth protest to all who would hear, "I...

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...

Herbie Hancock, Chris Anderson & the Chicago School of Modern Jazz Piano posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 12, 08

The last time a jazz recording earned the Grammy for album of the year was 43 years ago. Can you guess the album? ...

Duke Ellington: Diminuendo in Blue (and Crescendo in Blue) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

The Duke Ellington Orchestra’s appearance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival made for one of the most legendary perfor...

Duke Ellington (featuring Paul Gonsalves): Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

(Editor's note: Duke Ellington introduced this tune at Newport ’56 by stating the following: “And now we would like ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE

In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...

Green, Freddy (Frederick William) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Guitarist Freddy Green's rock-solid, four-to-the-bar chords can be heard through the cracks of the Count Basie Orche...

Barash, Jeffrey (Samuel) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Barash, Jeffrey (Samuel), saxophone, clarinet, flute, educator; b. Los Angeles, CA, 5 July  1955. While he was a...

Lujan, Tony posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lujan, Tony, trumpet and flugelhorn; b. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1956 His spirit is rooted in the red rock beauty ...

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