Search results for "Duke Pearson"

Duke Pearson: New Girl (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 06, 09

Duke Pearson's Big Band was a vital part of the New York jazz scene from the late 1960s to the mid '70s. This great b...

Grant Green: Idle Moments (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Legend has it (well, actually it's in the liner notes) that due to a misunderstanding of how many bars constituted a ...

Donald Byrd (featuring Pepper Adams): Jeannine (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 23, 08

From 1958-'63, Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams combined to form one of the most appealing hard-bop partnerships. Byrd's ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES

                   Gerry Mulligan, ...

Donald Byrd: Estavanico (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

Electric Byrd is Donald Byrd's most appealing effort from his brief fusion period, which predated his R&B work with t...

Donald Byrd: Weasil (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

An under-recognized classic, Fancy Free highlights Donald Byrd in transition between his acoustic hard-bop period and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC BLUE NOTE GROOVES

Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s 1970 Blue Note recording Everything I Play Is Funky opens with a corny but telling d...

Coles, Johnny posted in Encyclopedia February 19, 09

Trumpeter Johnny Coles knew how to say the essential with very few notes: his sound was fragile, endearing, soft and ...

Stamm, Marvin (Louis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stamm, Marvin (Louis), trumpet and Flugelhorn; performer, educator, writer; b. May 23, 1939, Memphis, TN.  His f...

Spears, Louie (Louie Butler Spears Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Spears, Louie [Louie Butler Spears Jr.], bass, cello; b. Oklahoma City, 9 March 1935. He has been known by a couple o...

Brecker, Randy (Randal Edward) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09

             Randy Brecker (by Jos L. Knaepen) ...

Lewis, Mel (Sokoloff, Melvin) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer Mel Lewis set a new standard for the modern big band as co-leader of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in th...

Moreira, Airto (Guimorva) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Moreira, Airto (Guimorva), percussion, drums, singer; b. Itaiopolis, Brazil, 5 August 1941. Itaiopolis is a small vil...

Berger, Kenny posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Berger, Kenny, baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute,bass clarinet, bassoon, composer; b. Manhattan (N.Y.), 19 December...

Spaulding, James Ralph posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Spaulding, James Ralph, alto saxophonist/flutist, composer; b. Indianapolis, Indiana, 30 July 1937. His musical tr...

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...

V, Frankie (Frank Vardaros) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

V, Frankie [Frank Vardaros], trumpeter, flugelhornist; b. Long Island, NY, 16 December 1964. His parents are Frank an...

Burno, Dwayne posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Burno, Dwayne, bass; b. Philadelphia, PA, 10 June 1970. He was first exposed to jazz at the age of three by his mothe...

Lawrence, Arnie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lawrence, Arnie, alto saxophonist, educator; b. Brownsville Brooklyn, NY; Lawrence began studying clarinet at age 11....

Donald Byrd: Cristo Redentor (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

A New Perspective was unique at the time in that it featured a jazz combo in conjunction with a small gospel choir. O...

Grant Green: Jean de Fleur (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

There was an attractive freshness and simplicity to Grant Green's linear-styled playing, and his bluesy tone was inst...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JAZZ GUITAR

          The Guitarist, artwork by Suzanne Cerny They say t...

Does a Piano Persepctive Now Dominate Jazz? (Part 2) posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 05, 08

This is the second part of critic Thierry Quénum’s thought-provoking essay on the emergence of a new instrumental f...

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