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Lee Konitz: Kary's Trance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

Listening to this makes one a little sad that Lee Konitz hasn't written more tunes. He's based much of his career on ...

Lee Konitz: Billie's Bounce (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 16, 08

Lee Konitz had the reputation of being the stylistic alternative to Charlie Parker during the 1940s and '50s. A sligh...

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...

Gerry Mulligan: You Took Advantage of Me (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

In 1960, when Gerry Mulligan and his former longtime sideman Bob Brookmeyer assembled a 13-piece band, economics rend...

Gerry Mulligan: All the Things You Are (1957) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 11, 09

This recording was part of a project that "might have been." Columbia Records producer George Avakian asked Mulligan ...

Cracchiolo, Sal (Salvator William Cracchiolo II) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cracchiolo, Sal [Salvator William Cracchiolo II], trumpet; b. Long Beach, CA, 3 October 1954. He's the son of two tal...

Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band: Weep (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

After Gary McFarland arrived in New York City in the fall of 1960, he met Bob Brookmeyer, who invited him to a rehear...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GARY MCFARLAND

Gary McFarland's life could be the subject of a movie screenplay. Until he was in his mid-20s, McFarland (1933-1971) ...

Gerry Mulligan: Lady Chatterley's Mother (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 09, 08

Gerry Mulligan's early '60s Concert Jazz Band was one of the most musically influential big bands of its time. That i...

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