Search results for "Dave Grusin"

Dave Grusin: I Feel Pretty (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 15, 09

Forty years after West Side Story hit big, pianist Dave Grusin decided to revisit and maybe revitalize Bernstein's mu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour: Early A.M. Attitude (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Bright and sparkling with a catchy, immediately likable melody, “Early A.M. Attitude” is a contemporary jazz classic ...

Earl Klugh: Living Inside Your Love (Rating: 68/100) posted in Music January 24, 09

This is one of the world's most mainstream jazz tracks. Earl Klugh's "Living Inside Your Love" lurches on unidentifia...

Earl Klugh: Captain Caribe (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 24, 09

"Captain Caribe" is the initial track from Earl Klugh's Living Inside Your Love, and its hyperactivity still sounds f...

John Klemmer: Touch (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

According to the science of haptics, interpersonal touching varies from culture to culture. Latin countries, Italy an...

Broom, Bobby (Robert Broom, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Broom, Bobby [Robert Broom, Jr.], guitarist; b. New York City, 18 January 1961. His parents are Robert Broom, bn. 191...

Johnson, Dean (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Johnson, Dean (Douglas), bassist; b. Renton, WA, 12 September 1956. Grew up in Renton and Bellevue, WA, and also 5 ea...

Simpson, Ernesto posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Simpson, Ernesto, drums and percussion; b. Camaguey, Cuba, 10 March 1964. Simpson graduated from National School o...

In Conversation with Andrea Brachfeld posted in Features and Interviews July 24, 08

By Tomas Peña I don’t think I have ever seen you in public without your flute. Wasn’t it pianist Barry Harris who ...

Rosenberg, Roger posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rosenberg, Roger, saxophone; b. New York City, 26 May 1951. As a child, his family moved first to New Rochelle, and t...

Goodwin, Gordon posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Pianist/Saxophonist/Composer Gordon Goodwin is best known as being the leader of the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band. G...

Barone, Gary (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Barone, Gary (Anthony), trumpeter; b. Detroit, MI, 12 December 1941. He began playing trumpet at age 6. Both Gary and...

Latin in Manhattan: The Sounds of Brazil posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 28, 08

Jazz.com regular Eugene Marlow, who recently covered Dave Douglas and Bobby Sanabria in these virtual pages, r...

Dowling, Ben posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Dowling, Ben (Rogers Benjamin), keyboardist, composer, producer; b.  Fayetteville, Arkansas, 14 February 1956. W...

Mouzon, Alphonse posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mouzon, Alphonse, drummer, composer, producer, actor, also wind instruments; b. Charleston, SC, 21 November 1948. Mou...

Minucci, Chieli posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Minucci, Chieli, composer, guitarist, arranger; b. New York, NY, 17 April 1958. His parents are Catherine Minucci (b....

The Saga of David Benoit: How Smoooooth Can You Get? posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 17, 08

Over the years, I have encountered two different philosophies on sequencing tracks on a CD. One view is that an ar...

Diane Schuur (with Stan Getz): A Time for Love (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 06, 09

Stan Getz prided himself on his skill as a talent scout—a role spurred both by his genuine interest in new sounds and...

Spendel, Christoph posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Spendel, Christoph, piano; b. Poland, 1955. At the age of 5 Spedel received his first piano lessons, given by his ...

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