Search results for "Curtis Fuller"

Curtis Fuller: What Is This Thing Called Love (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Curtis Fuller was the first and longest standing trombonist featured in the Jazz Messengers, and was a member of...

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 ...

Art Farmer & Benny Golson: Park Avenue Petite (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Their debut album was called Meet the Jazztet, and you'd best shake hands fast because all but two founding members s...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Bu's Delight (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

In 1961, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller and Cedar Walton joined the Jazz Messengers, with Shorter and Merritt remaini...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

John Coltrane: Blue Train (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

John Coltrane (and I think it was he, rather than his various producers) seemed to know which performances would mark...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Pensativa (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 16, 08

The addition of trombonist Curtis Fuller as a third member of the Jazz Messengers' front line allowed for some unique...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

John Coltrane: Locomotion (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Opening with a nice drum fill from Philly Joe Jones, this high-powered blues number should whet the appetite of any j...

Sonny Clark: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

“Come Rain Or Come Shine” is usually played in ballad tempo, but it is not an ordinary ballad. Because of the intensi...

Wayne Shorter: Kryptonite (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

I'm generally amazed at the amount of work Wayne Shorter has released in his fifty year career. His album output duri...

Art Blakey: Crisis (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

This standout edition of the Jazz Messengers was stocked with not only fantastic improvisers but fine composers as we...

Art Blakey (featuring Wayne Shorter): Children of the Night (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Wayne Shorter’s first big career break came when he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1959. He quickly became th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Joe Henderson: Caribbean Fire Dance (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

Joe Henderson recorded this Cedar Walton original as a testament to his growing interest in Latin jazz, an affinity t...

Art Blakey: Mosaic (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

For a band known for its straight-ahead hard bop charts and solos, the album Mosaic, with its relatively complex comp...

Benny Golson: Killer Joe (1960) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

At the beginning of the 1960s, The Jazztet was one of the leading hard bop ensembles, due not only to its outstanding...

Benny Golson: Killer Joe (1960) -- alternate review (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

“Killer Joe” closes “Meet the Jazztet,” an album co-led by trumpeter Art Farmer and saxophonist Benny Golson. A pop-s...

John Coltrane: Moment's Notice (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

John Coltrane, artwork by Michael Symonds John Coltrane had already made folks sit up and take notice as a mem...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE PERFORMANCES

John Coltrane (1926-1967) started out as a promising straight-ahead bop player who served under Thelonious Monk, Mile...

Joe Henderson: Mode for Joe (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

At a time when far too many Coltrane clones roamed the Earth, Joe Henderson shined as a personal, distinctive stylist...

John Coltrane: Blue Train (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

John Coltrane, artwork by Michael Symonds John Coltrane was the most influential saxophonist to follow Charlie Par...

Wayne Shorter: Tom Thumb (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Blue Note albums from the '60s abound in long-form variations on the blues, and Wayne Shorter’s loping, riff-based “T...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Hank Mobley: Venus De Mildew (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 31, 08

Welcome, children, to today's tour of the Louvre. Here you see a world-famous sculpture, the Venus Di Mildew, depicti...

Art Blakey: Pensativa (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

This is one of my favorite records of all time, and every tune is a classic. I chose this track because it is the mos...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RANDY BRECKER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACKS

Note: During the course of a career that spanned more than a half century, Freddie Hubbard made his mark as one of th...

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