Search results for "Ed Bickert"

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 ...

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 ...

Moe Koffman: The Swingin' Shepherd Blues (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

As Canadian flutist Moe Koffman's 2-minute "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" swung for three months on the U.S. pop charts, h...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JAZZ FLUTE PERFORMANCES

"The flute," flutist Bud Shank informed historian Ted Gioia in 1988, "is a stupid instrument to be playing jazz music...

Gannon, Oliver posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gannon, Oliver, guitarist; b. Dublin, Ireland, 23 March 1943. He lived in Dublin until age 15, then in Winnipeg, Cana...

Mays, Bill(William Allen) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mays, Bill (William Allen), pianist; b. Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 5, 1944. He was born into a musical family and bega...

Rob McConnell: Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Despite its name -- the Boss Brass -- Rob McConnell’s Canadian big band does indeed include full saxophone and rhythm...

Murley, Mike (Michael David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Murley, Mike (Michael David), tenor and soprano saxophonist; b. Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, 12 December 1961.  ...

Desmond, Paul (Paul Emil Breitenfeld) posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 08

       Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, photo by Marcel Fleiss Alto saxophonist and...

Hall, Glenn (Scott) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hall, Glenn (Scott), tenor/soprano saxophones, flutes, bass, clarinet, composer; b. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 7 Aug...

Nimmons, Phil (Philip Rista) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Nimmons, Phil (Philip Rista), composer, clarinetist; b. Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, 3 June 1923. Nimmons's...

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