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Duke Ellington (featuring Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton): It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

This rendition of "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" from the band's 1944 Carnegie Hall concert, is ...

Stan Getz: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 12, 08

This version of the standard is close to ideal, from its contrapuntal opening by Getz and Raney to the melodic and rh...

Charlie Parker: 52nd Street Theme #275, #238, #218, #214 (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

These various performances of Parker, recorded by saxophonist Dean Benedetti, demonstrate the combination of loosenes...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Charlie Parker: Crazeology (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

In 1946, after strolling naked through his L.A. hotel lobby, then igniting a fire while smoking in bed, Charlie Parke...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KRAZY KATS

"America is a mistake," declared Sigmund Freud after visiting the U.S. in 1909. The contempt was not mutual. With typ...

Charlie Parker: Bird Gets the Worm (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

This track has no pretense of melody. The red light comes on, Parker sets a furious tempo, and the musicians take off...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

Charlie Parker: Embraceable You (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 09, 07

We tend to remember 1940s bebop as fast and furious music, full of intricate melodies and hard-edged solos. But here...

Charlie Parker: Don't Blame Me (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music April 29, 08

This track may not be as well known as Bird's version of "Embraceable You," recorded a few days earlier, but it still...

Tina Brooks: Good Ole Soul (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

A week after Tina Brooks played on Freddie Hubbard's debut recording as a leader, Open Sesame, Hubbard returned the f...

Charlie Parker: Bird of Paradise (Take C) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

[Note: Also discussed below is "All the Things Your #220" from The Complete Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker o...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Louis Jordan: Take The A Train (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music August 05, 09

Louis Jordan, one of the original creators of R & B and a key influence on the development of rock 'n roll, is best r...

Duke Ellington: Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Duke Ellington’s “Happy-Go-Lucky Local” was originally the final movement of his Deep South Suite premiered at his 19...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

In Conversation With Sheila Jordan posted in Features and Interviews March 14, 09

By Roanna Forman Sheila Jordan is one of jazz's great individualists—a vocalist influenced less by other singe...

Reece, Dizzy (Alfonso Son) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

An immensely gifted trumpeter and composer, Dizzy Reece's career in jazz is a puzzle. Also a writer, painter and phil...

Taylor, Mark (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Taylor, Mark (Anthony), drums; b. Hampstead, London, England, 7 November 1962. He's the son of of Edward Eugene Taylo...

Smith, Louis (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Trumpeter Louis Smith recorded a few high-profile hard bop sessions in the late 1950s, including two Blue Note LPs un...

Vinding, Mads posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Vinding, Mads, bassist; b. Coopenhagen, Denmark, 7 December 1948. An itinerant example of Danish jazz in world cla...

Haynes, Roy (Owen) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 08

Drummer Roy Haynes has sat at the helm of jazz for more than sixty years. Like his early idol Jo Jones, Haynes's expr...

Thigpen, Ed (Edward Leonard) posted in Encyclopedia October 21, 08

The title of drummer Ed Thigpen's 1991 solo album, Mr. Taste, aptly sums up his career. His calm and elegant confiden...

Friesen, David (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Friesen, David (Douglas), bass; b. Tacoma, WA, 6 May 1942. He grew up in Spokane, WA and Seattle, WA. His parents are...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Randy Weston posted in Features and Interviews April 15, 08

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. Oct...

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