Search results for "Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis"

Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis: Intermission Riff (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

The gruff-toned tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis combined elements of modern jazz phrasing with mannerisms of ...

Count Basie: Do You Want to Know a Secret? (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Jazz in the 1950s survived Elvis by ignoring him. Miles Davis did not apply his moody Harmon mute to "Heartbreak Hote...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING

Jazz.com visitors will notice that most of our reviews are favorable. That's because (a) we love jazz and (b) in bu...

Count Basie: Li'l Darlin' (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

The “New Testament” Basie band that began during the 1950s retained all the buoyant swing of the early group from the...

Frank Sinatra: Come Fly With Me (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 03, 07

Away with pretenders! The throne belongs to but one Ring-a-Ding King. A quarter century after achieving stardom with ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RING-A-DING-DINGS: TWELVE 1960S MALE VOCAL HIPSTERS

Sinatra named them, Sinatra claimed them. Frank's album Ring-a-Ding Ding! (1960) christened a boatload of actual and ...

Count Basie: Kilimanjaro (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

In the early '70s, big bands were not so fashionable. During the mid-'60s, Count Basie even ventured far from his usu...

Bennie Wallace: The Nearness of You (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Bennie Wallace owns one of the most distinctive styles in jazz. With a full sensuous tone that harks back to ea...

Gerald Wilson: Et-ta (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

This track is a showcase for tenor saxophonist Eddie (not "Lockjaw") Davis, although the composition itself also has ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON

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Lucky Millinder: When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music May 17, 08

Harlem bandleader Lucky Millinder had a big hit with this World War II ballad, which reached #1 on the R&B charts and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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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...

Mance, Junior (Julian Clifford, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Pianist's Junior Mance's soulful sound has guided him through his seven decades at the keyboard, from his teens with ...

Queen, Alvin posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Queen, Alvin, drummer, producer; b. Bronx, NY, 16 August 1950. His family relocated to Mt. Vernon when he was 2 years...

Taylor, Art (Arthur S., Junior) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Arthur Taylor's strong sense of swing, expert control of dynamics and deep melodic sensibility placed him in the elit...

Rice, Charlie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rice, Charlie, drummer; b. Philadelphia, PA, 1 March 1920. Rice was a mainstay of the Philadelphia scene in the 19...

Nelson, Oliver (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia August 21, 08

Many know saxophonist Oliver Nelson for what may be the best-titled jazz album of all time, 1961's Blues and the Abst...

A Conversation With Mike LeDonne posted in Features and Interviews February 27, 09

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Basie, Count (William James) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 08

Swing was the sound of William “Count” Basie for more than fifty years. At the keyboard, his spare yet exuberant styl...

Garland, Red (William) posted in Encyclopedia April 19, 08

Red Garland's signature block chord solos and stacked fifths made him trumpeter Miles Davis's pianist of choice in th...

Rivers, Sam (Samuel Carthorn) posted in Encyclopedia April 07, 08

Multiinstrumentalist and composer Sam Rivers has amassed a distinct and varied body of work linked by a devotion to i...

Person, Houston posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

Saxophonist Houston Person is often portrayed as a “working man’s” tenor, most at home in soul-jazz or the blues. In...

In Conversation with Steven Kroon posted in Features and Interviews July 19, 08

By Tomas Peña Congratulations on a fine recording. Getting (radio pioneer, activist, writer and keen observer of...

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