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Chu Berry & Roy Eldridge: Body and Soul (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

This record exerted a tremendous influence during the late 1930s. Coleman Hawkins may well have learned from Berry's...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Chu Berry & Hot Lips Page: Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

This song had been recorded by McKinney’s Cotton Pickers back in 1929, and then faded from view during the Great Depr...

Dizzy Gillespie: Groovin' High (1945) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

Dizzy Gillepsie, photo by Herb Snitzer For his second recording of "Groovin' High" within three weeks and with sim...

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 ...

Smith, Stuff (Hezekiah Leroy Gordon) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Some say Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith was the first to make the violin swing. Others say it was Joe Venuti, an...

Crump, Stephan (Claude) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Crump, Stephan (Claude), acoustic and electric bassist, composer; b. Memphis, TN, 8 February 1972. He grew up in Memp...

Jackson, Mike (Michael E.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Jackson, Mike (Michael E.), guitar; b. Washington D.C., 8 June 1944. Mike Jackson learned to play guitar the hard ...

Putting Queens on the Jazz Map posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 22, 08

The jazz.com bloggers are a cosmopolitan bunch. They have recently given us the lowdown on jazz in Estonia and...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Barbara Carroll posted in Features and Interviews February 15, 09

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. OctoJAZ...

Les Brown: Just a Gigolo (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

One of the great things about the study of an art form is that, in many cases, the cream finally rises to the top. Fo...

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