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Edmund Hall: Jammin' in Four (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 24, 07Hall was one of the great New Orleans clarinetists, but he was a fixture of the New York jazz club scene at the time ...
Edmond Dédé: El Pronunciatiamento: Marche espagnole (1886) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 21, 09Edmond Dédé, born in New Orleans in 1827, was one of small group of "free black" composers from the Crescent City w...
Louis Armstrong: Mack the Knife (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music November 20, 07"Mack the Knife" is dramatist Bertolt Brecht's grisly answer to Jack the Ripper, a nasty narrative of murderously mut...
Louis Armstrong: On the Sunny Side of the Street (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 05, 07Recently a friend of ours lost her mother, a much-beloved, dyed-in-the-wool musician. At the funeral, our friend sang...
Billie Holiday: Me, Myself and I (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 20, 08“Me, Myself and I” is one of the great classics of the Billie Holiday-Lester Young collaborations. The song is recor...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES
Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...
Billie Holiday: A Sailboat in the Moonlight (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 20, 08The electricity evident in “Me, Myself and I” is hot-wired into “Sailboat” -- both recorded at the same session -- as...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES
Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...
Rita Edmond: Dindi (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 03, 09I have had the pleasure lately of listening to several very good contemporary female jazz vocalists for the first tim...
A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews August 26, 09Edited by Ted Gioia New Orleans does not rank in the top 50 cities in the US, when measured by population. It...
Dickenson, Vic (Victor) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09Vic Dickenson's whimsical and conversational trombone style, coupled with a keen sense of musical humor, made him o...
The Rise and Fall of the Clarinet (Part 2) posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 14, 09What happened to the clarinet? It once was the defining instrument of jazz, and in the hands of Benny Goodman, Artie...
Philippe Brun: Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 28, 09One of the finest French jazz trumpeters of his day, Philippe Brun is nearly forgotten now and except for his collabo...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY DJANGO
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Dodds, Baby (Warren) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09"We played for the comfort of the people," said drummer Baby Dodds, recalling the way he spread the joys of New Orlea...
Armstrong, Louis posted in Encyclopedia January 07, 08The work of trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong both summed up the achievements of New Orleans style jazz and poin...
Morton, Benny (Henry Sterling) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09Benny Morton's consistent excellence on the trombone made him one of the few pioneers of jazz on his instrument to en...
Haynes, Roy (Owen) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 08Drummer Roy Haynes has sat at the helm of jazz for more than sixty years. Like his early idol Jo Jones, Haynes's expr...
Oliver, Joe 'King' posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08Cornetist Joe Oliver blew the blues through brass, and helped bring bottom-up swing to New Orleans at the turn of the...
McBride, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07McBride, Christian, bassist; b. Philadelphia, PA, 31 May 1972. His mother is Renee McBride and his father is Lee Smit...
ben Ayala, Isaac posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07ben Ayala, Isaac, (note the lower case 'b'; please list under Ayala, not under ben), pianist, composer, conductor; b....
Wilson, Flossie (Beatrice Dow) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Wilson, Flossie (Beatrice Dow), singer, educator, lyricist, composer; b. Buffalo, NY, 14 October 1941. She was the el...
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