Search results for "Don Lamond"

Charlie Parker: Lover (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

        Charlie Parker with Strings at Birdland (1951), photo by Marcel Fleiss Though bil...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT LOVERS

Jazz has always relied on popular songs to connect quickly with an audience. In return, jazz has helped keep alive ...

Carmen McRae: Baltimore Oriole (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 08, 09

I think that Carmen McRae was born to sing "Baltimore Oriole". For one thing, she was one of the few singers that cou...

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...

Woody Herman: Ebony Concerto (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Emigrating to the U.S. during World War II, the world's foremost composer found himself financially strapped. Gratefu...

Woody Herman: Woodchopper's Ball (1946) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Woody Herman's "Woodchopper's Ball" (1939) was a natural hit for the native of Wisconsin, which even today is nearly...

Charlie Parker: Carvin' the Bird (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Just weeks after his release from Camarillo State Hospital, Parker was back in Dial’s studios to record with trumpete...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CHARLIE PARKER'S OVERLOOKED GEMS

There are no bad Charlie Parker recordings. Everything Bird recorded had the blues and soul baked right in. So to ass...

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra: These Foolish Things (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music June 17, 08

This is more a tone poem than a big band chart. You will find no battling horn sections here, no kicks in the pants ...

Mopsick, Don posted in Encyclopedia January 22, 08

San Antonio-based acoustic jazz bassist Don Mopsick is well known to fans of Public Radio International's weekly sho...

Woody Herman: Four Brothers (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Long before Three Tenors meant an operatic trio of overweight males belching overblown arias in a stadium while the l...

George Russell: Chromatic Universe (Parts 1, 2 and 3) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Space-themed dual-piano albums were briefly fashionable in the late 1950s. Ferrante & Teicher mixed schmaltzy arrange...

Pizzarelli, Bucky (John Paul) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli's superior range of harmonic qualities has made him equally effective as a soloist as with...

Clarke, Kenny "Klook" (Kenneth Spearman) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

"That man is modern!" exclaimed Louis Armstrong in 1940 when drummer Kenny “Klook” Clarke joined his band. But Clarke...

Decesare, John (Nicholas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Decesare, John (Nicholas), string bass, electric bass, guitar, keyboards, singer, composer; b. New York City, 10 Augu...

DuPre, Bryant (Williams) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

DuPre, Bryant (Williams), drums, saxes (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and flutes, singer and historian; b. New Orleans,...

Johnny Smith (featuring Stan Getz): Moonlight in Vermont (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 02, 08

No jazz instrumental better evokes unsung lyrics than this magical track. As Johnny Smith's icy fingers strum shimmer...

Chubby Jackson: A Ballad For Jai (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 08, 08

When we asked Jaijai Jackson, daughter of the late Chubby Jackson (1918-2003), to help us decipher "A Ballad For...

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra: Horseplay (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 17, 08

Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan were asked to write 6-minute compositions for release on extended-play 45-rpm records t...

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra: Hit the Road to Dreamland (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 18, 08

This version of the Mercer-Arlen gem is a gem itself, issued as the 'B' side of a single and forgotten until Collecto...

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra: Nina Never Knew (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 19, 08

Except for an instrumental midsection with solos by Travis (muted) and Harris, this recording features Joe Mooney bac...

Wiley, Lee (Lee Willey) posted in Encyclopedia December 17, 08

Lee Wiley’s move from girl band singer to nightclub chanteuse brought her into her own sound, which incorporates styl...

Woody Herman: Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 11, 09

It consistently amazes me how arrangers could take a brand new song and create an interesting, original framework for...

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