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Sager, David posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Sager, David, trombonist, historian; b. Takoma Park, Maryland, 22 March 1958. His parents are Beverly Stevens (b. 192...

Edited by Ted Gioia New Orleans does not rank in the top 50 cities in the US, when measured by population. It...

Jazz.com is One Year Old Today posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 09, 08

Today jazz.com celebrates its first birthday. And what a whirlwind year it has been! A team of more than 50 writer...

Coleman Hawkins: Honeysuckle Rose (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

This arrangement of Thomas “Fats” Waller's classic opus is the unmistakable work of Benny Carter; the opening saxopho...

Henry 'Red' Allen: It Should Be You (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

After a brief cadenza, Allen launches into the first chorus of this 32-bar original (no bridge) accompanied by a righ...

Tommy Dorsey: Jammin' (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

“Jammin’,” an undeservedly obscure offering from Dorsey’s pre-Sy Oliver band, opens compellingly with Dorsey’s gruff,...

Kid Ory: Ory's Creole Trombone (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

This pioneering recording of the first African-American New Orleans jazz band on record both stands on its own merit ...

Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines: Weather Bird (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

This remake of the 1923 “Weather Bird Rag” startles by its freewheeling looseness and subtle restraint; the thrilling...

Chicago Rhythm Kings: There’ll Be Some Changes Made (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

There is a good bit of sophistication here, albeit carved somewhat rudely . . . as was intended. The rhythmic drive ...

Louis Armstrong: Heebie Jeebies (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 10, 07

Louis Armstrong Photo by Herb Snitzer “Heebie Jeebies” is a typically rambling Hot Five performanc...

Bennie Moten: Moten Swing (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 10, 07

It is difficult to believe that this recording was made on the cusp of 1933. Basie’s later spare style (complete wit...

Jelly Roll Morton: Steamboat Stomp (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

Morton succeeded with his early Victor recordings in having his compositions played with his original conception by a...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Tiger Rag (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

The second version of this Dixieland standard as recorded by the first orchestra of recorded jazz has much to listen ...

Fats Waller: The Minor Drag (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

This original, from Waller’s first self-led session, foreshadows the wonderfully spontaneous recordings he made ...

Knife Fight Breaks Out Over Sun Ra Review posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 17, 08

Well maybe not a real knife fight. This is the Internet, after all, and the bloodshed is only virtual. But if th...

Fletcher Henderson (with Louis Armstrong): Sugarfoot Stomp (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

Fletcher Henderson’s “Sugarfoot Stomp” is very much an early recorded jazz repertory performance. It is a retitled v...

Charlie Johnson: You Ain't the One (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music March 31, 08

This recording offers one of the very few aural glimpses we have of this fabled and pioneering Harlem big band. The ...

King Oliver: Canal Street Blues (alternate review) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 24, 09

The first strain of this original blues by Joe Oliver has often been misinterpreted due to poor reissues of the origi...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Tiger Rag (1917 version) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 10, 09

This band has received plenty of attention from jazz writers, but only occasionally for its music. White musicians m...

Edited by Ted Gioia Below is the second and final part of jazz.com's history of New Orleans music in 100 tracks. ...

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