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Chris Anderson: Where or When (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 12, 08

Anderson is perhaps better known by reputation - as a mentor and teacher to Herbie Hancock - rather than for his own ...

Fred Anderson: Hamid's On Fire (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

Tell us something we don't know, Mr. Anderson. Drummer Hamid Drake's a regular Johnny Storm, The Human Torch. He can'...

Reid Anderson: Prehensile Dream (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

It's easy to overlook Reid Anderson in The Bad Plus. Ethan Iverson is most often the lead voice, both with his piano ...

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? ...

Anderson, Jay posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Anderson, Jay, bassist, composer; b. Ontario, California, 24 October 1955. He grew up in Long Beach, CA. His parents ...

White, Chris (Christopher Wesley) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

White, Chris (Christopher Wesley), bass, educator; b. Harlem, NY, 6 July 1936. He grew up in Brooklyn. Attended P.S. ...

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 21, 08

Jazz.com continues its quixotic but noble pursuit of reviewing all the great - and even not-so-great – jazz tracks re...

Doug Johns: Scrumpt (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 18, 09

If you're in the mood for some jazz/funk/fusion straight out of the interrelated realms of the Brecker Brothers, Towe...

Random Jazz Notes . . . and a Badly Burned High D posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 23, 09

Jared Pauley’s article on the history of the Fender Rhodes electric piano brings back fond memories of my first...

Denny Zeitlin: All of You (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 22, 09

The thickest piano chords come from the Windy City. You don't hear people talking about a Chicago School of Jazz Pia...

Bass, Mickey (Lee Oddis Bass III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bass, Mickey [Lee Oddis Bass III]; bassist, composer, arranger; b. Pittsburgh, PA, 2 May 1943. He studied under the g...

Ben-Hur (Roni Bohobza) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ben-Hur [Roni Bohobza], Roni guitarist; b. Dimona, Israel, 9 July 1962. He was the youngest of seven children (his na...

Eckoff, Burt posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Eckoff, Burt, pianist, composer; b. Providence, RI, 5 August 1942. His older brother played piano and his father play...

London, Amy (Amy Jane Liebschutz) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

London, Amy (Amy Jane Liebschutz), singer; b. Cincinnati, OH, 15 October 1957. Her parents are David, born 1914, (dec...

Steve Elson: Remember This (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music March 10, 09

The veteran multi-instrumentalist Steve Elson has worked as a sideman with such pop-oriented musicians as Laurie Ande...

In Conversation With Jack DeJohnette posted in Features and Interviews June 15, 09

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Clifford Brown-Sarah Vaughan: September Song (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

Sarah Vaughan met and heard Brownie while he was a member of Chris Powell and His Five Blue Flames, and claimed to ha...

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The Best Jazz Web Links: June 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages July 01, 08

Ronnie Matthews dead at age 72 The pianist succumbs to pancreatic cancer. Dave Carpenter dead...

Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 19, 09

We continue in our noble if quixotic quest to review all of the great and almost great tracks in the history of jazz....

Helias, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Helias, Mark, double bass, bass guitar, piano, composer; b. New Brunswick, NJ, 1 October 1950. He received a Bachelor...

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