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Wynton Marsalis: Chambers of Tain (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 01, 07

My CD copy of this release does not provide any composer information, or list the musicians, or even tell you the sta...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Arturo Sandoval: I Left This Space for You (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

After bucking bureaucrats in Castro's Cuba his entire adult life to play Yankee imperialist jazz, 40-year-old trumpet...

Wynton Marsalis: Delfeayo’s Dilemma (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

On Black Codes, then 23-year-old Wynton Marsalis shakes the all-too-apparent influences of his earlier years to expan...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL MODERN JAZZ TRUMPET SOLOS

                 Trumpeter by...

Sonny Sharrock: Once Upon a Time (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

This track begins with one of THE greatest drummers of the 20th century laying the foundation for the whole piece. Ba...

Kenny Garrett: Night and Day (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Kenny Garrett's 1986-1987 stint with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (he was concurrently a steady member of Miles...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BEST OF THE ART BLAKEY ALUMS

There are post-Swing Era bandleaders, and then there is Art Blakey. After a brief time spent developing his craft by ...

Stanley Jordan: A Place in Space (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 24, 08

Stanley Jordan has always been difficult to classify. Depending on who you ask, he is a novelty act, a crossover thr...

Wynton Marsalis: Black Codes (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

Say what you want about Wynton Marsalis the person but Wynton Marsalis the trumpeter, especially during the 1980s, p...

Moffett, Mondre posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Moffett, Mondre, trumpeter, composer, conductor, educator; b. Austin, TX, 19 July 1953. Upon completion of high sc...

Sonny Simmons: The Other East (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

Sonny Simmons had wanted this CD to be called Reincarnation, which would have been apt considering that he had spent ...

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...

McCoy Tyner: Manalyuca (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Since the turn of the new millennium, many jazz greats, including McCoy Tyner, have rediscovered the classic sound th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MCCOY TYNER

                McCoy Tyner, by Jos L. K...

Kevin Eubanks: New World Order (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 22, 08

Most people know Kevin Eubanks as the affable bandleader/sidekick on Jay Leno's NBC-TV Tonight Show. Though his talen...

Ornette Coleman: Biosphere (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 20, 08

This piece kicks off with a skittish, funky display of virtuoso playing from Moffett, followed by a similarly playful...

Marsalis, Wynton (Learson) posted in Encyclopedia March 18, 09

The entire history of jazz trumpet is present in Wynton Marsalis's sound. His style is rooted in an impeccable, class...

Sharrock, Sonny (Warren Harding) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09

Guitarist Sonny Sharrock forged a path for the electric guitar in experimental jazz by adapting the improvisational s...

Wallace Roney: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

There is always a risk in taking an originally slow song at top speed without even playing the melody. Why use a good...

Williams, Tony (Anthony Tillmon) posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

"Four-limb independence," the ability to sustain four rhythmic ideas at once, has become an essential skill for moder...

Scott, Stephen posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist Stephen Scott’s polished tone, impressive articulation and elegant phrasing have drawn attention since his ar...

Brown, Donald (Ray) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09

Pianist Donald Brown’s synthesis of post-bop styles has placed him at the forefront of a new school of melodicists. B...

Stern, Mike (Michael Philips) posted in Encyclopedia October 19, 09

Guitarist Mike Stern's experimental technique draws equally from hard bop, fusion and funk. Since his early professio...

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