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Jack Teagarden: I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 12, 07

Swing Era and Big Band Era are not necessarily synonymous. Medium-sized groups produced much of the Swing Era's fines...

Paul Whiteman: Blue Belles of Harlem (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music January 10, 09

Paul Whiteman's final "Experiment in Modern Music" featured Artie Shaw, Whiteman's large orchestra, and a lot of...

Benny Goodman (featuring Billie Holiday): Riffin' the Scotch (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

This is Holiday’s recording debut at the age of 18. Record producer John Hammond had taken Benny Goodman, Red Norvo a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Pete Fountain: Muskrat Ramble (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music August 25, 09

What sort of people were spending their evenings out, back in the middle of the turbulent '60s, listening to Pete Fou...

Ben Pollack: Cryin' for the Carolines (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

By 1930, Ben Pollack had long stepped away from his drum kit to become the leader-in-front and vocalist. He and his a...

Teagarden, Jack (Weldon Leo) posted in Encyclopedia May 21, 09

Trombonist and singer Jack Teagarden may have been at ease in the tailgate style of his generation, but he was the fi...

Ben Pollack: I'm Following You (Rating: 50/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

Ben Pollack's hot dance band was a mainstay at the Park Central Hotel in New York in the late '20s. By 1930, tim...

A Batch of Track Reviews posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 06, 09

As regular visitors to the site know, jazz.com reviews individual tracks not entire CDs. A team of more than 50 writ...

Catlett, Big Sid (Sidney) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer “Big” Sid Catlett's beat was steady and infectious, and made him one of the more complete drummers of the Swi...

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'...

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, ...

101—Count 'Em!—Classic Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 09

I give you some credit. Every day you take your vitamins, go to the gym for a workout, take the dog for a walk, ...

Getz, Stan (Stanley) posted in Encyclopedia March 04, 08

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz’s distinctive sound and precise phrasing stand out in some of the best jazz recordings of...

Young, Trummy (James Oliver) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Trombonist Trummy Young developed a bright, energetic sound with unprecedented facility in the upper register which...

Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David) posted in Encyclopedia June 20, 08

Clarinetist Benny Goodman's clear, ripe tone inspired a generation of dancers, and earned him the title of “The King ...

Harrison, Jimmy (James Henry) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Trombonist Jimmy Harrison was the rare instrumentalist who developed a personal vocabulary for jazz which was distinc...

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...

Mole, Miff (Irving Milfred) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Miff Mole was one of the first to bring the tailgate style of Kid Ory and other New Orleans trombonists to his hometo...

Jazz Classics That Aren't Kind of Blue posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 23, 09

Did you hear that there was an anniversary for Miles Davis's Kind of Blue? Of course you did. The jazz world ...

Norvo, Red (Kenneth Norville) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08

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