Search results for "Eddie Daniels"

Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway: Blue Waltz (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

In the liner notes to this offering, Paquito D'Rivera talks of the "Miracle of the Lead Sheet." The lead sheet is a s...

Eddie Daniels: Just Friends (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

Although it was popular in premodern jazz styles, the clarinet has had few top-level performers since the beginning o...

Eddie Daniels: Falling In Love With Love (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 13, 08

Eddie Daniels's welcome return to New York for the first time in 15 years for this live recording brought back memori...

Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

In a flurry of joyful stride-like piano lines, Roger Kellaway sets the tone for this swinging little number. Establis...

Eddie Daniels: Soul Eyes (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 05, 09

Daniels' series of albums for GRP in the '80's and '90's, beginning with the aptly titled Breakthrough, made his repu...

Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band: Little Pixie (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

Sure, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band occasionally entered the electric/fusion world with funk-groove experiments: ...

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Joe Williams: Night Time is the Right Time (to be with the One You Love) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 31, 09

Evaluating the relative merits of Joe Williams' recorded tracks with Count Basie in the '50's, as compared to those h...

Thad Jones & Mel Lewis: Tiptoe (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

Thad Jones was arguably the most consistently interesting big band arranger of the 1960s and 1970s, and “Tiptoe” is o...

Daniel Sadownick: Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

The appealing strong melody and rhythm of "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" has attracted countless jazz artists since...

Peterson, Daniel (Thomas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Peterson, Daniel (Thomas), alto, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet; b. Boston, MA, 16 October 1973. His mother...

Humair, Daniel posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Humair, Daniel, drums; b. Geneva, 23 May 1938. Humair already started to play percussion at the age of seven. In 1955...

Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07

The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...

Pizzarelli, Bucky (John Paul) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli's superior range of harmonic qualities has made him equally effective as a soloist as with...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Buddy DeFranco posted in Features and Interviews October 16, 09

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...

Mintz, Billy posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mintz, Billy, drums, composer; b. Queens, NY, 18 December 1947. By the age of 15 he was firmly entrenched in sever...

Hines, Roger (W.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hines, Roger (W.), bassist, composer, educator; b. Columbus, OH, 6 August 1952. His parents are Thelma Baltzell and V...

Ogilve, Brian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ogilve, Brian, tenor and alto sax, clarinet; b. Ottawa, ON, 20 March 1954. 1956, moved to Vancouver. St Augustine ...

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 19, 08

It’s not your typical Juneteenth around jazz.com. Like beaming parents, we are celebrating the arrival of our 2,5...

The Rise and Fall of the Clarinet (Part 2) posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 14, 09

What happened to the clarinet? It once was the defining instrument of jazz, and in the hands of Benny Goodman, Artie...

The Best Jazz Tracks of the Month posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 31, 09

Five days per week, jazz.com features an outstanding recent track as Song of the Day. Today we look back at the rec...

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