Search results for "Doc Severinsen"
Gene Krupa: Disc Jockey Jump (1958) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 24, 08The first thing one notices in comparing this remake with Krupa's 1947 original is the much-improved sound. Stereo! W...
Jimmy Smith: Walk on the Wild Side (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 08, 07Unrelated to rocker Lou Reed's raunchy 1972 hit of the same name, Jimmy Smith's cover of Elmer Bernstein's movie them...
Kafer, Karolyn posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Kafer, Karolyn, woodwind player, alto, tenor, soprano and baritone saxophones, flute, piccolo, oboe, English Horn, ...
Leitham, Jennifer (Jane) (John Leithman) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Leitham, Jennifer (Jane) [John Leithman], bass; b. Scott Air Force Base, IL, 10 August 1953. Parents separated and di...
Kelly, Phil (Philip Gene) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Kelly, Phil (Philip Gene), arranger, composer, drummer; b. Canton, OH, 16 December 1937. He was born and raised in Ca...
OctoJAZZarian Profile: Dick Hyman posted in Features and Interviews July 20, 09For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...
Eames, Rich (Richad Warren Eames, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Eames, Rich (Richad Warren Eames, Jr.), piano, composer; b. Omaha, NE, 15 March 1950. Grew up on parents' farm in sou...
Jazz Dialogue: Gary Giddins in Conversation with Loren Schoenberg (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews May 20, 08Noted jazz critic Gary Giddins recently engaged in a free-wheeling public discussion of jazz matters, current and h...
Querfurth, Carl (Augustus) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Querfurth, Carl (Augustus), trombonist, producer; b. Camden, NJ, 3 February 1956. While an infant parents moved to Pe...
Cullum, Jim (James Allen Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia January 28, 08Cornetist and bandleader Jim Cullum was born in 1941 in San Antonio, Texas,where he taught himself to play a cornet h...
Griffith, Frank posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Griffith, Frank, saxophonist, composer/arranger, educator; b. Eugene, OR, 21 January 1959. In 1984, he graduated from...
Nurock, Kirk posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Nurock, Kirk, composer, pianist; b. Camden, NJ, 28 February 1948. Nurock was raised in Trenton, NJ. He has led a d...
Boudreaux, Jeff (Jeffrey Lynn) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Boudreaux, Jeff (Jeffrey Lynn), jazz drummer; b. Baton Rouge, LA, 26 January 1959. His parents are Ruth and Buddy Bou...
Lawrence, Arnie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Lawrence, Arnie, alto saxophonist, educator; b. Brownsville Brooklyn, NY; Lawrence began studying clarinet at age 11....
Colangelo, Christopher posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Colangelo, Christopher, bassist, acoustic and electric; b. Camden, New Jersey, 30 August 1964. He and his family gre...
Serry, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Serry, John, piano, composer; b. New York City, 19 January 1954. His father, John Serry Sr. (born c. 1915) was a musi...
Smoker, Paul (Alva) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Smoker, Paul (Alva), trumpet, composer, educator; b. Muncie, IN, 8 May 1941. His father, Arlus Smoker (1908-1985), an...
Morrison, Barbara posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Morrison, Barbara, singer, educator, songwriter; b. Ypsilanti, MI, 10 September 1949. Grew up in Detroit and Romulus ...
Kevin Eubanks: New World Order (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 22, 08Most people know Kevin Eubanks as the affable bandleader/sidekick on Jay Leno's NBC-TV Tonight Show. Though his talen...
George Russell: Manhattan (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 30, 08George Russell's album-length tribute to New York City remains a major work of the period and one of his most importa...
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