Search results for "Dave Bailey"

Mildred Bailey: Rockin' Chair (1937) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 08, 09

Mildred Bailey was one of the first white female vocalists to incorporate the sound and feeling of black singers into...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana on November 22, 1899. His given name, Hoagland, derived fr...

Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond: Battle Hymn of the Republican (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 08, 08

Who else but frustrated Democrat Paul Desmond could come up with a title as witty as this? Besides being Dave Brubeck...

Gerry Mulligan: Catch As Catch Can (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 09, 08

It takes cheek to show up in New England on the Fourth of July sporting a red blazer. Yet as shown by Jazz on a Summe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY

During the 1950s, the Newport Jazz Festival was an outdoor jamboree held in the exclusive environs of Rhod...

Stan Getz: Menina Moca (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 13, 09

“Menina Moca” (Young Lady) is a warm, semi-sweet samba confection recorded during the crest of the Brazilian jazz wav...

Art Farmer: Jubilation (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

By 1958, Farmer and Golson had been musical soul mates for half a decade. Farmer and Evans, who met in George Russell...

Gerry Mulligan: Festive Minor (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Received wisdom has long held that Gerry Mulligan's 1958-1959 quartet with Art Farmer was superior to his origin...

Gerry Mulligan: La plus que lente (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

During the mid-1950s, Gerry Mulligan expanded his famous pianoless quartet to a pianoless sextet, allowing a return t...

Art Farmer: I Love You (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 03, 09

Art Farmer was perhaps the tastiest player in modern jazz. His exquisite note choices were accentuated by his use of ...

Herbie Hancock (with Corinne Bailey Rae): River (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 28, 07

I love jazz and I love Joni . . . but I get nervous when they are mixed together. Joni Mitchell's idiosyncratic deli...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK PERFORMANCES

When Miles Davis hired Herbie Hancock (along with Ron Carter and Tony Williams) in 1963, few fans believed that this ...

The Dave Fox Group: Of All The Tapas Bars In The World … (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

I've never before heard a Hohner Clavinet teamed with a guitar that has Derek Bailey mannerisms, but given the frenet...

Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyobin, Part 1 (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Collective improvisation takes many forms, from the brazen “energy music” of a Peter Brotzmann to Ornette Coleman's F...

Lou Donaldson: Blues Walk (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Recorded when Lou Donaldson was still under the sway of Charlie Parker and before he embraced soul-jazz, the stark mi...

Bailey, Judy (Judith Mary) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bailey, Judy (Judith Mary), pianist, educator, composer, author; b. Auckland, New Zealand, 3 October 1935. Active as ...

Putson, Dave posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Putson, Dave, electric bass, lyricist; b. Whiston Lancashire UK, 26 December 1955. His parents were Arthur Joseph Put...

In Conversation With Dave Holland posted in Features and Interviews December 16, 08

By Ted Panken                   ...

Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron), violin, cornet, baritone horn, double bass, composer; b. Glens Falls, NY, 13 January 1...

Hardman, Bill (William Franklin) posted in Encyclopedia May 17, 09

Bill Hardman was one of hard bop's go-to trumpeters, best known for his three separate stints in Art Blakey’s Jazz Me...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Chico Hamilton posted in Features and Interviews March 03, 08

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

Red Norvo: Congo Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 08

In the 1950s, best-selling author Jack Kerouac godfathered the Beat Generation, an unwashed gaggle of ofay deadb...

Sonny Sharrock: Venus / Upper Egypt (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

Sonny Sharrock was one of the early avant-garde guitarists, along with the likes of Derek Bailey, Eugene Chadbourne a...

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...

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