Search results for "Don Thompson"

Emily Remler: Waltz for My Grandfather (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

On this moving piece, which Remler wrote for her grandfather, she is joined by a great rhythm section that is anchore...

Paul Desmond: My Funny Valentine (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

Sometimes I'm amazed at the good music I found in my high school days when I was just starting to learn about jazz. I...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MY FUNNY VALENTINE

            My Funny Valentine, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Paul Desmond: Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 12, 08

Desmond's live recordings at Toronto's Basin Street club, made less than two years before his death, rank among my fa...

Paul Desmond: Wendy (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 12, 08

If cool jazz got any cooler than this, you would need to wear parkas to the gig. This is the perfect realization of ...

Lucky Thompson: Deep Passion (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 27, 08

This magnificent ballad performance could be considered Thompson's "Body and Soul." Hank Jones's rhapsodic piano intr...

Charlie Parker: Moose the Mooche (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

The Dial Sessions mark Parker’s greatest legacy, and on his debut date for the label, the altoist is at top form. Th...

Frank Zappa: Be-Bop Tango (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 03, 08

"Not too fast, because I want to get the right notes on the tape," Zappa advises his band before closing their set at...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZY SIDE OF FRANK ZAPPA

"Jazz is the music of unemployment," Frank Zappa once quipped. But don't let these cynical words mis-lead you. Zapp...

Thompson, Lucky (Eli) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Lucky Thompson had a rare ability to combine swing sensibilities with the melodic conce...

John Handy: Spanish Lady (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 01, 08

Mingus at Monterey 1964. John Handy at Monterey 1965. Charles Lloyd at Monterey 1966. In those years, the Monterey Ja...

Braden, Don posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Braden, Don, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, composer/arranger; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 20 November 1963. Raised in Louis...

Fourth IAJE Update from Toronto posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 13, 08

The last day of IAJE in Toronto was a time for unexpected pleasures, and for the talents of the event’s Canadian ho...

Lambert, Michael (Joseph Jules) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lambert, Michael (Joseph Jules), drummer, composer; b. Quebec City, Canada, 24 October 1959. His grandfather, Omer L?...

Kalmanovitch, Tanya posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kalmanovitch, Tanya, viola, violin; b. Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 5 July 1970. Her parents are Phyllis Sandals (...

Stan Kenton: Fuego Cubano (Cuban Fire) (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

This is the title track from the Cuban Fire Suite, an album that is perhaps Kenton’s masterpiece. Stan was determined...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Abercrombie, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Abercrombie, John , guitar; b. Port Chester, NY, 16 December, 1944. His mother Elizabeth (1911-2002) was born in Scot...

Frank Zappa: Son of Orange County (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 12, 08

I was 16 years old or so and hanging out in my room listening to the radio. I think I was tuned to Boston's WBCN, a g...

Lillos, Brian (Martin) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lillos, Brian (Martin), alto saxophone and clarinet; b. Toronto, Canada, 20 March 1949. Moved, while an infant, with ...

Aymes, Roberto (Arturo) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Aymes, Roberto (Arturo) , composer, bass, piano, guitar, radio host, author; b. Mexico City, 18 September 1951. His p...

Patterson, Roy (Wayne) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Patterson, Roy (Wayne), guitarist, composer and educator; b South Alton, Nova Scotia, Canada, 20 March 1954. He grew ...

Gagnon, Sylvain posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gagnon, Sylvain, bassist, composer; b. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 9 May 1961. In 1975, Sylvain started playing elect...

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