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Thad Jones & Mel Lewis: Big Dipper (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

This track is the first tune played on the first night of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, a Monday night tradition...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Herbie Hancock: Tell Me a Bedtime Story (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

The smart horn writing on "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" looks back to the textures of "Speak Like a Child," but by now H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK PERFORMANCES

When Miles Davis hired Herbie Hancock (along with Ron Carter and Tony Williams) in 1963, few fans believed that this ...

Herbie Hancock: The Prisoner (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 20, 09

On “The Prisoner” I love the contrast between what the ensemble is playing on the structure of the piece and the free...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: URI CAINE SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK TRACKS

Few jazz-related artists are busier these days than pianist-composer Uri Caine, whose international career transpires...

Mark Lambert: Sunshine Of Your Love (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music July 17, 09

It's nice to hear an artist put a jazz spin on a rock tune not by using the harmonic structure as source material but...

Billy Cobham: The Pleasant Pheasant (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 12, 08

Billy Cobham made a 90º turn after his highly successful Spectrum fusion album. When the follow-up Crosswinds was rel...

Dizzy Gillespie: Tour de Force (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 05, 08

The band Gillespie assembled for this date was not his regular working group. Nonetheless the performance is cohesive...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A DIZZY DOZEN GILLESPIE CLASSICS

From his seminal work with Charlie Parker to his collaborations with Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie continually br...

Andrew Hill: Monkash (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 19, 07

This recording, which adds a string quartet to the conventional tenor-and-trio jazz combo, did not surface in store...

Shaw, Woody (Herman) posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

      Woody Shaw, artwork by Suzanne Cerny A vital link in the chain of modern...

Heath, "Tootie" (Albert) posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

Albert “Tootie” Heath's clean, self-assured interactions and impeccable swing feel made him a first-call drummer amon...

Adams, "Pepper" (Park) posted in Encyclopedia October 21, 08

The baritone sax can be a hard sell to jazz fans as a lead instrument: nowhere is this more evident than in the caree...

Tedesco, Thomas (Lucio) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Tedesco, Thomas (Lucio), guitarist, educator, author, inventor; b. Los Angeles, CA, 2 February 1943. While an infant,...

Billy Cobham: Spanish Moss - A Sound Portrait: Spanish Moss (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 12, 08

"Spanish Moss" appeared as Part 1 of a suite on Crosswinds and is extracted from that arrangement for singular review...

Gerald Wilson: Lomelin (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

Gerald Wilson's band had not made an album for 12 years when Albert Marx asked him back to record for his new label, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON

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Gerald Wilson: Triple Chase (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 04, 08

Only distortion on the original recording detracts from this up-tempo showcase for the Wilson orchestra's tenor saxop...

Gary McFarland: On This Site Shall Be Erected . . . (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

Following The Gary McFarland Orchestra – Special Guest Soloist: Bill Evans and The October Suite, the third of Gary M...

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) ...

Bill Cantrall: Axiom (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music September 03, 08

Axiom is trombonist/composer Bill Cantrall's first release as leader. The album's title cut combines the sounds of Ma...

Miles Davis: Black Satin (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 19, 08

Famed English arranger and cellist Paul Buckmaster teamed with Miles Davis for On The Corner in 1972 to introduce som...

George Benson: Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

Many might find this pick way too schmaltzy, but I can’t help including this movie theme ballad, super-sweetly orches...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

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: ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS

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McCoy Tyner: Afro Blue (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Although his former employer John Coltrane made this Mongo Santamaria-penned song a permanent staple of his repertoir...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MCCOY TYNER

                McCoy Tyner, by Jos L. K...

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