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Paul Bley: When Will the Blues Leave (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 06, 08

Paul Bley spent the mid-1960s making some of jazz's most fascinating choices. He performed with Jimmy Giuffre in a fr...

Gary Foster: The Peacocks (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

The alto flute is the Lauren Bacall of musical instruments. Its slightly lower pitch than the concert flute makes for...

Marc Copland & Gary Peacock: Blue in Green (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 04, 09

In a more discerning universe, Marc Copland would be far better known. I first encountered his music in the mid-1980...

Marc Copland: Vignette (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 25, 08

Composed by Gary Peacock (who opens this track with a powerful solo), "Vignette" was originally recorded on ECM in 19...

Marc Copland: River's Run (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 25, 08

The presence of Gary Peacock and Paul Motian in a piano trio reminds the greybeards among us of two such groups i...

Paul Bley: King Korn (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 12, 09

Another masterpiece. An amazing composition and performance, with so much nervous energy and a curious kind of stop-...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AARON PARKS SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL PAUL BLEY TRACKS

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Albert Ayler: Ghosts: First Variation (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Albert Ayler was one of jazz’s most iconoclastic figures, and Spiritual Unity was the album that announced his arriva...

Keith Jarrett: Oleo (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 27, 07

This trio continues to amaze. Think about all of the versions of “Oleo” out there. It would seem that all of the song...

Keith Jarrett: My Funny Valentine (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Keith Jarrett's membership on the Jazz Messengers alumni roll may surprise some, yet in January 1966, Art Blakey asse...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BEST OF THE ART BLAKEY ALUMS

There are post-Swing Era bandleaders, and then there is Art Blakey. After a brief time spent developing his craft by ...

Lowell Davidson: Stately (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 13, 08

Sometimes, when encountering a person who is inordinately bright, it's fun to use the description "too many brains in...

Bill Carrothers: When Will The Blues Leave (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 13, 08

The music of Ornette Coleman is chockfull of so many twists, turns and unexpected changes in direction that its struc...

Bill Carrothers: My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 22, 08

I always like to do a little research before I write a review. This is especially helpful when I don't know much abou...

Gil Evans: The Barbara Song (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 20, 09

Gil Evans’ use of space, interesting combinations of instruments, and keen eye for talent are all in evidence on this...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

Tethered Moon: Trouble Man (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

Masabumi Kikuchi enlisted Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, the bass-drums tandem formerly of Paul Bley’s expansive piano...

Paul Bley: King Korn (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 11, 08

It may surprise some listeners, but this 1964 rhythm section sounds like many of the rhythm sections playing in New Y...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Keith Jarrett: The Song is You (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 27, 09

I wouldn't be surprised if this live recording is someday reissued with a name like The Great Concert of the Keith Ja...

Don Ellis: Slow Space (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Cruising at warp speed, we lose our sense of velocity. Surveying the illimitable reaches, we confront infinite stretc...

Keith Jarrett: All The Things You Are (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

It's difficult, after the magnificent 2½-minute piano solo intro, not to be conscious of the fact that "All the Thing...

Marc Copland: Country Home (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

On Beyond the Missouri Sky, Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden made famous a style of music that could be called Amer...

Marc Copland: Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

The cover art of this 1998 release is Claude Monet's "Impressions: Sunrise," which speaks volumes about Marc Copland'...

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