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Charlie Parker: Funky Blues (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 09, 08

The live jam sessions that Norman Granz produced were usually hit-or-miss affairs. Raucous audiences could encourage ...

Maxine Sullivan: Massachusetts (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 08

In contrast to Anita O'Day's 1942 Paul Revere-style charge through "Massachusetts" rousing Gene Krupa's Swing Era min...

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

This performance highlights the difference between Parker's form of expression on the blues in contrast to the approa...

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...

Billie Holiday: Blue Moon (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

Lady Day evidently brought a head cold to this session, which for other singers might be a handicap. Holiday, however...

Don Byas: Riffin' and Jivin' (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

Given Charlie Parker's dominance, "bebop saxophone" instantly conjures alto, not tenor sax. Even the great Coleman Ha...

Cozy Cole: Take It On Back (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

The universality and collective adaptability of this rhythm section allowed its various members to entertain with Cab...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Joe Wilder posted in Features and Interviews June 03, 09

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

Davis, Wild Bill (William Strethen) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

Wild Bill Davis gradually made his way from boogie-woogie piano to the jazz organ, and pioneered the use of this inst...

Navarro, Fats (Theodore) posted in Encyclopedia January 18, 09

Theodore “Fats” Navarro played the trumpet with a clear, resonating tone at dizzying speeds. His command of scales, r...

Morton, Benny (Henry Sterling) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

Benny Morton's consistent excellence on the trombone made him one of the few pioneers of jazz on his instrument to en...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Buddy DeFranco posted in Features and Interviews October 16, 09

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

Hodges, Johnny (John Cornelius) posted in Encyclopedia March 19, 09

Alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges may have been stonefaced on stage, but only because he let his horn do the talking. Du...

Webster, Ben (Benjamin Francis) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08

Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster was known as "The Beautiful” and ”The Brute." Both names fit him well. The beauty of hi...

Lacy, Steve (Steven Norman Lackritz) posted in Encyclopedia November 19, 08

Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy’s curiosity and ability took him from Dixieland through bebop into the avant-garde and...

Pettiford, Oscar posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09

Oscar Pettiford set the standard for bassists in bebop by drawing out the melodic and solo potential of his instrumen...

Why the Cornet? posted in Features and Interviews January 18, 08

by Jim Cullum There's a question I hear over and over: "Is that a cornet?" Almost always, it's followed with: "W...

Dameron, Tadd (Tadley Ewing Peake) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 08

Called the "romanticist" of bebop by Dexter Gordon, pianist Tadd Dameron was known for the substance and depth of hi...

Mildred Bailey: St. Louis Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

Mildred Bailey and Red Norvo are the key players in this light take on the old standard with an element of seduction....

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

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Mildred Bailey: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

Eddie Sauter's arrangement of this lightweight tune from an earlier era is full of surprises. The bubbles float and p...

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

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Armstrong, Lil Hardin posted in Encyclopedia December 17, 08

“if it wasn’t for Lil, Louis Armstrong would not be where he is today,” Chicago trombonist Preston Jackson said in th...

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