Search results for "Dr. John"
Dr. John: Iko Iko (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 11, 09Sugar Boy and the Cane Cutters recorded this song in the early 1950s, with Professor Longhair holding down the piano ...
Miles Davis: Dr. Jackle (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 18, 08The late 1950s ushered in a new phase in the career of Miles Davis, who expanded his quintet to a sextet that include...
Tim Kuhl: Dr. Doom (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music August 27, 08With "Dr. Doom," drummer Tim Kuhl takes a page out of the latter-years John Coltrane playbook, where a theme is poked...
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (with Dr. John): It's All Over Now (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 15, 09We all know that the Rolling Stones can "borrow" music from New Orleans. So why can't New Orleans musicians do the...
Dr. John: 'Fess Up (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music June 05, 09Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, is a walking, talking compendium of New Orleans music. As session cat, genia...
Dr. John: Right Place Wrong Time (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 25, 09For once, it was a case of the right place at the right time. Most of the New Orleans piano legends never had a to...
Harry Connick, Jr.: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music April 15, 09When New Orleans' native son Harry Connick, Jr. recorded his second album 20 two decades ago, the world and Southern ...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA
Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...
B.B. King: Get These Blues Off Me (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 05, 08B.B. King's One Kind Favor CD, released a few days before the guitarist's 83rd birthday, shows that the world's most...
B.B. King: See That My Grave is Kept Clean (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 05, 08B.B. King may have been born in 1925, but his blues rarely reminds listeners of the really old 1920s blues. He is a ...
Jelly Roll Morton: Doctor Jazz (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 29, 07Morton sometimes worked as an entertainer during his nomadic years, and fancied himself a great comic. But the sketch...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JELLY ROLL MORTON
Jelly Roll Morton, artwork by Suzanne Cerny It’s evening in Washington, D.C., and the ...
Bradley, John (Dorise) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bradley, John (Dorise), trumpet and flugelhorn; b. Beaumont, TX, 18 April 1936. His relatives are Willie Mae Clark, M...
Kunkel, Dr. Burkard posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Kunkel, Dr. Burkard, bassethorn, zither, bass clarinet, voice, composition; b. W'rzburg, Germany, 17 July 1967. His p...
Rapson, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Rapson, John, trombonist, composer; b. Gary, IN, 4 February 1953. He's the son of Ira Rapson (deceased June 1993) and...
Stuart, Rory (John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Stuart, Rory (John), jazz guitarist and composer; b. New York, NY, 9 January 1956. Within a year of his birt...
Harris, Allan (John Allan Harris, III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Harris, Allan [John Allan Harris, III], singer, guitarist; b. Brooklyn, NY, 4 April 1956. His mother is Yohanna...
Stone, Rick (Richard John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Stone, Rick (Richard John), guitarist, educator; b. Fairview Park, Ohio, 13 August 1955. It was during the mid-sev...
Maegraith, Richard (William John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Maegraith, Richard (William John), saxohones, clarinet, flute, piccolo; b. Sydney, Australia, 8 August 1973. After...
Professor Longhair: Go to the Mardi Gras (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 11, 09At the end of Lent, in the stretch up to Fat Tuesday, New Orleans busts loose – even now after Katrina's destruction ...
James Booker: Junco Partner #2 (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 12, 09They call them the "lost Paramount tapes." The 16 track master tapes disappeared a long time ago, and they are still...
A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part Two) posted in Features and Interviews September 02, 09Edited 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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