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Charles Mingus: So Long Eric (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 14, 08

Listening to this performance reminds me of the weight of some of Mingus's compositions. Maybe it's because I've been...

Javon Jackson: One by One (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

Wayne Shorter composed "One by One" back during his days with Art Blakey. Here Javon Jackson and company capture som...

Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 22, 07

Wynton Marsalis has built a career on high ambitions—including (for a start) assimilating the music vocabulary from H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Wynton Marsalis: Stardust (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 18, 08

This much beloved jazz standard has its own deeply ingrained personality, and you tinker with it at your own risk. ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Wynton Marsalis: In This House, On This Morning (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 23, 09

There are many tempting pigeonholes in which to place this 2-hour work by Mr. Marsalis. You could call it his perso...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Eric Bibb: New Beale Street Blues (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 10, 08

Duke Ellington was known to use the term "without category" as high praise. In the current music scene, where every ...

Charles Mingus: II B.S. (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

“II B.S.” is a slightly different – shorter and more concentrated – version of “Haitian Fight Song”, which Mingus rec...

Grover Washington, Jr.: Just the Two of Us (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

You’ve undoubtedly heard this intimate boudoir ballad a trillion times on your local soft-rock station, but the singl...

Reed, Eric posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Reed, Eric, piano, composer; b. Philadelphia, PA, 21 June 1970. His father was David Reed (1933-2002). Eric grew u...

Duke Ellington (featuring Harry Carney): Frustration (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 22, 08

Harry Carney played the role of personal driver, trusted confidant and all-around best friend to the Duke throughout ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES

                   Gerry Mulligan, ...

Bobby Hutcherson: Idle While (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

Although Bobby Hutcherson's earlier date, The Kicker, has since been released on CD, Dialogue, at the time of origin...

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...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

Escoffery, Wayne (Shariffe) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Escoffery, Wayne (Shariffe), tenor and soprano saxophones; b. London, England, 23 February 1975. He now resides in Ha...

The Best of the Dozens posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 26, 09

Today jazz.com publishes the latest installment of its regular feature The Dozens. This article, written by S. Victo...

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...

Payton, Nicholas (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia May 21, 09

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton's style combines the rich vibrato of Louis Armstrong with the flexible articulations of C...

Harris, Stefon (Deleon) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09

Vibraphonist Stefon Harris brought renewed vitality to an instrument which had fallen out of favor in jazz performanc...

Rodriguez, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rodriguez, Michael, trumpeter, composer; b. Queens, NY, 14 July 1979.  In 1987, the Rodriguez family moved to Mi...

Marsalis, Wynton (Learson) posted in Encyclopedia March 18, 09

The entire history of jazz trumpet is present in Wynton Marsalis's sound. His style is rooted in an impeccable, class...

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