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Cedar Walton: Bolivia (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 26, 08

Though it has some South American undertones in its melody and rhythm, "Bolivia" is basically a well-crafted post har...

Joe Henderson: Mode For Joe (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 15, 08

Cedar Walton is no minor composer, but he may have reached the pinnacle with "Mode for Joe." Chords gracefully ascend...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JOE HENDERSON

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Art Blakey: Anthenagin (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

I have always really liked the little-noticed Messengers records on Fantasy/Prestige from the early '70s: Anthenagin,...

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...

Art Blakey: Mosaic (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

For a band known for its straight-ahead hard bop charts and solos, the album Mosaic, with its relatively complex comp...

Art Blakey (featuring Freddie Hubbard): Blue Moon (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

Freddie Hubbard is a great balladeer. He grabs you from the very first phrase. Dynamics are in evidence, as is his us...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RANDY BRECKER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACKS

Note: During the course of a career that spanned more than a half century, Freddie Hubbard made his mark as one of th...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Pensativa (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 16, 08

The addition of trombonist Curtis Fuller as a third member of the Jazz Messengers' front line allowed for some unique...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

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...

Donald Byrd: Book's Bossa (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

It's kind of astonishing the amount of jazz musicians that recorded and performed Bossa nova in the late 1960s. I gue...

Joe Henderson: Mode for Joe (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

At a time when far too many Coltrane clones roamed the Earth, Joe Henderson shined as a personal, distinctive stylist...

Sonny Criss: Sunny (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

It was a shock to the many loyal fans of Sonny Criss when he took his own life at age 50 in 1977, just as he was abou...

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...

Art Blakey: Crisis (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

This standout edition of the Jazz Messengers was stocked with not only fantastic improvisers but fine composers as we...

Jackie McLean: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music June 11, 08

Here is a very romantic performance by the often acerbic altoist from his late vintage ballad album Nature Boy. McLea...

Art Blakey (featuring Wayne Shorter): Children of the Night (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Wayne Shorter’s first big career break came when he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1959. He quickly became th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Art Blakey: Pensativa (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

This is one of my favorite records of all time, and every tune is a classic. I chose this track because it is the mos...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RANDY BRECKER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACKS

Note: During the course of a career that spanned more than a half century, Freddie Hubbard made his mark as one of th...

Donald Byrd: Slow Drag (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

Here we have yet another Bossa nova song disguised by a heavy piano bass and some bluesy changes. The opening to this...

Walton, Cedar (Anthony, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Pianist Cedar Walton has displayed throughout his fifty-year career a deep melodic sensibility within the hard bop la...

Joe Henderson: Caribbean Fire Dance (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

Joe Henderson recorded this Cedar Walton original as a testament to his growing interest in Latin jazz, an affinity t...

Etta James: (I Don't Stand A) Ghost of a Chance (With You) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 17, 08

The film Cadillac Records, which opened in December 2008 to mixed reviews, chooses to portray only one of the two Che...

Joe Henderson (with Lee Morgan): Caribbean Fire Dance (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

Joe Henderson added his hard-nosed tenor stylings to The Sidewinder (1963) and The Rumproller (1965) so Morgan gracio...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Bu's Delight (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

In 1961, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller and Cedar Walton joined the Jazz Messengers, with Shorter and Merritt remaini...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

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