Search results for "Ed Shaughnessy"
Gerry Mulligan with Marian McPartland: C Jam Blues (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music May 25, 08At this stage of his career, Gerry Mulligan was best known for leading a quartet without a piano. Yet here he is at t...
Jimmy Giuffre: Iowa Stubborn (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 19, 07In the 1950s, Jimmy Giuffre seesawed between commerce and the avant-garde. After early West Coast adventurism, Giuffr...
Charlie Ventura: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 01, 07Charlie Ventura's late-1940s "Bop for the People" campaign featured smooth unisons blending tenor sax and trombone wi...
Jimmy Smith: Walk on the Wild Side (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 08, 07Unrelated to rocker Lou Reed's raunchy 1972 hit of the same name, Jimmy Smith's cover of Elmer Bernstein's movie them...
Quincy Jones: Rack 'Em Up (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music May 08, 09The speedy "Rack 'em Up" energizes its way through a maze of electric jazz guitar, predominant piano overdubs (panned...
Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: June 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages July 03, 09Anat Cohen plays Benny Goodman Josh Jackson reports from A Blog Supreme. 50,000 show ...
Cully, Dick (Richard) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Cully, Dick (Richard), drums; b. Manhattan, NY, 19 April 1949. His parents are Richard, born 1917, and Jeanette, born...
Fischer, Lou posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Fischer, Lou, bass, educator, author; b. San Antonio, TX, 25 July 1952. His parents were Ralph E. Fischer and Jessie ...
OctoJAZZarian Profile: Toots Thielemans posted in Features and Interviews September 21, 08For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. OctoJ...
Grosskopf, Andy posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Grosskopf, Andy, saxophone and flute player; b. Buchen, Germany, 25 December 1972. While he was an infant, his family...
Eames, Rich (Richad Warren Eames, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Eames, Rich (Richad Warren Eames, Jr.), piano, composer; b. Omaha, NE, 15 March 1950. Grew up on parents' farm in sou...
Kafer, Karolyn posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Kafer, Karolyn, woodwind player, alto, tenor, soprano and baritone saxophones, flute, piccolo, oboe, English Horn, ...
Leitham, Jennifer (Jane) (John Leithman) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Leitham, Jennifer (Jane) [John Leithman], bass; b. Scott Air Force Base, IL, 10 August 1953. Parents separated and di...
Levine, Larry (Lawrence Stephen) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Levine, Larry (Lawrence Stephen), drums and percussion; b. Saratoga Springs, NY, 21 September 1950. His parents are J...
Stanoch, David (James) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Stanoch, David (James), drummer/percussionist, composer, educator, author; b. Minneapolis, MN, 7 September 1961. D...
Gary McFarland: Reflections in the Park (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 05, 08There are three Gary McFarland albums that I regard as his masterworks, and this is the first. (The others are The Oc...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GARY MCFARLAND
Gary McFarland's life could be the subject of a movie screenplay. Until he was in his mid-20s, McFarland (1933-1971) ...
Bellson, Louie (Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni) posted in Encyclopedia February 16, 09Duke Ellington lauded him as "the world's greatest drummer” and jazz critic Leonard Feather singled him out as “one...
Jazz Drummer Louie Bellson Dead at Age 84 posted in Features and Interviews February 16, 09by Ted Gioia Louie Bellson, who passed away on Valentine's Day at age 84, made his mark as a leading jazz drummer ...
Miller, Jim (James Donald) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Miller, Jim (James Donald), drummer, educator; b. Indianapolis, IN, 13 June 1954. His mother (born Georgieanna Oyl...
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