Search results for "Frank Butler"
Hampton Hawes: I Love You (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 03, 09If your concept of mid-50s California jazz is of unrelenting cool, take a good listen to Hampton Hawes’ album For Rea...
Harold Land: The Fox (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 01, 07This may be the hottest hard-bop track ever recorded on the West Coast. Butler drives a blistering tempo at close to...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS
We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...
Miles Davis: Summer Night (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 29, 07This is a hidden gem in the Miles Davis discography, a dark and moody ballad performance that got lost in the shuffle...
Hampton Hawes: Hip (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 30, 08A divine head start if there ever was one, Hampton Hawes was born with six fingers on each hand. The extra digits wer...
Alberta Hunter: My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 30, 07Ain't it just like a woman? At the peak of her 1970s comeback, 83-year-old blues doyen Alberta Hunter catalogs the vi...
Remembering Frank Morgan (1933-2007) posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 17, 07The jazz world is mourning the loss of alto saxophonist Frank Morgan, who passed away on Friday after a battle with...
Fielder, William (Butler) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Fielder, William (Butler), trumpeter, educator; b. July 2, 1938, Meridian, Mississippi. His father was Dr. Alvin Fiel...
Gerald Wilson: Out of This World (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 03, 08It says quite a bit when an arrangement written in 1945 sounds just as contemporary today. Gerald Wilson wrote his ve...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON
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In Search of Dupree Bolton (Part 2) posted in Features and Interviews April 23, 09By Ted Gioia For many years, people have asked me to share the story of my search for the mysterious tru...
Brian Blade: If You See Lurah (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 24, 08Besides being among the most in-demand drummers of the last ten years in both the jazz and pop fields, Brian Blade ha...
Hawes, Hampton (Hampton Barnet, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia February 18, 09...
Pepper, Art (Arthur Edward Pepper Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09Alto saxophonist Art Pepper’s playing was cerebral in its melodic concepts, sophisticated in execution and mordant in...
Counce, Curtis posted in Encyclopedia October 22, 09Counce, Curtis, bass (b. Kansas City, Missouri, January 23, 1926, d. July 31, 1963, Los Angeles). One of the first A...
Pugh, Jim (James Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Pugh, Jim (James Edward), trombonist; b. Trenton, NJ, 12 November 1950. He was raised in: Butler, PA, Phillipsburg, P...
Ehlis, John (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Ehlis, John (Anthony), guitar, mandolin, ethnic flutes and percussion; b. Riverside, CA, 17 February 1964. His father...
Levy, Howard posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Levy, Howard, harmonica, pianist, composer, flute, ocarina, mandolin, saxophone, and percussion; Born and raised in N...
Cavaseno, Joseph "G-Clef" (Harry) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Cavaseno, Joseph "G-Clef" (Harry), saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, singer, composer; b. Mineola, NY, 2 June 1967....
Chevan, David posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Chevan, David, electric bass; b. Philadelphia, PA, 19 September, 1960. His parents are Albert and Janet Chevan. ...
Tymas, Baron (Thor) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Tymas, Baron (Thor), guitarist, composer; b. Washington DC, 6 February 1960. He's the elder of two children of Willia...
Marienthal, Eric posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Marienthal, Eric, alto, tenor, sop sax, clarinet, flute, other winds; b. Sacramento, CA, 19 December 1957. Marient...
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