Search results for "Eddie Costa"

Eddie Costa: Stretch in "F" (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

This enjoyable jam-session style tune comes from one of the few albums that pianist/vibraphonist Eddie Costa made bef...

Tony Bennett: Sometimes I'm Happy (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

FLASH: Tony Bennett scats! True, it's scarcely four bars, but that's the least of what makes this track remarkable. H...

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 ...

Gil Evans: Moon Taj (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 05, 08

John Carisi was one of the most highly respected composers in jazz, at least by those insiders who were aware of his ...

Shelly Manne: Lean on Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

This tune is definitely not one of the most often played, and this trio was definitely not Shelly Manne’s usual worki...

Tal Farlow: Taking a Chance on Love (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

This strange drum-less trio produces some of the most bouncing and joyous music of the 1950s. It's no wonder that Far...

Tal Farlow: Meteor (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

Before he became the reclusive sign painter of Sea Bright, NJ, and before his comebacks in the late 1960s and mi...

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

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

Motian, Paul (Stephen Paul) posted in Encyclopedia March 04, 08

Paul Motian is an American jazz drummer who splits his time evenly and effectively between the postwar styles of bebo...

Bob Dorough: Yardbird Suite / Charles Yardbird Parker was his Name (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

After spending six formative months performing in Paris, Bob Dorough returned to New York in 1955 just weeks before t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOB DOROUGH

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McKusick, Hal (Harold Wilfred McKusick, Jr) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McKusick, Hal [Harold Wilfred McKusick, Jr], saxes, clarinets, flutes, composer (also Keyboard knowledge and orchestr...

Thielemans, Toots (Jean-Baptiste Fréderic Isador) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Jean “Toots” Thielemans created a space for the chromatic harmonica in modern jazz with his sweet tone and harmonical...

Brew Moore: I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 03, 09

Milton Aubrey "Brew" Moore believed that "Anyone who doesn't play like Lester Young is wrong," and remained faithful ...

Seidman, Mitch posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Seidman, Mitch (Mitchell F.), guitar, electric bass; b. Long Branch, NJ, 27 November 1953. His parents are Benson W. ...

Thoms, Renato posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Thoms, Renato, percussionist; b. Colon, Panama, 22 June 1967. His parents are Lionel Thoms (b. July13 1938 Colon, Pan...

McKhool, Christopher (George) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McKhool, Christopher (George), violinist, guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer; b. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 18 Nove...

The Mills Brothers: Tiger Rag (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

Besides singing conventionally, the teenage Mills brothers imitated musical instruments with kazoos. But, legend has ...

Stan Getz: Entre Amigos (Sympathy Between Friends) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

A follow-up to Stan Getz's remarkably successful Jazz Samba album, Big Band Bossa Nova is a frequently inspired partn...

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) ...

In Conversation with Danilo Pérez posted in Features and Interviews December 28, 08

By Tomas Peña                &...

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