Search results for "George Adams"
George Adams-Dannie Richmond: More Sightings (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 06, 09No, this was not a Charles Mingus tribute band. Mingus Dynasty had taken on that responsibility right after Mingus's...
George Adams & Don Pullen Quartet: Dionysus (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 02, 09Three out the four members of the George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet died in middle age: drummer Dannie Richmond in 1988...
George Adams & Don Pullen: Big Alice (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 13, 08This session featuring Mingus alumni (with the obvious exception of Cameron Brown) is filled with high- energy origin...
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 ...
Charles Mingus: C Jam Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 28, 09Jazz composers usually bring their most polished and ambitious scores when they are invited to play at Carnegie Hall....
Roy Haynes: Satan's Mysterious Feeling (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music March 01, 09After nearly 25 years of unrelenting playing and touring as a sideman to the stars, Roy Haynes changed course a bit c...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ROY HAYNES
The century mark is a uniquely exciting time in the development of a major musical style. History is unearthed, co...
Charles Mingus: Sue's Changes (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 05, 08"They're among the best records I've made, " Mingus said of Changes One and Changes Two, which featured one of his fi...
Charles Mingus: Remember Rockefeller at Attica (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 23, 07The sentiment evoked in the title of this work is far removed from the vibe of the music. Mingus stated that the mon...
Pepper Adams: Reflectory (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 29, 08Recorded shortly after Pepper Adams left the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis band to set out on his own as a soloist, "Reflector...
George Benson: Giblet Gravy (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 14, 08At the time of this session – not his first, but certainly his best at this stage of his career – George Benson was o...
Toots Thielemans: East of the Sun (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 26, 07Toots Thielemans single-handedly made it feasible to use "hip" and "harmonica" in the same sentence. Toots spent the ...
Kenny G: Summertime (Rating: 79/100) posted in Music November 28, 07No surprises in this smooth jazz version of the Gershwin standard. Kenny G keeps fairly close to the sheet music cho...
Adams, George (Rufus) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09Tenor saxophonist and flutist George Adams combined elements of blues, funk, jazz and rhythm and blues with his own p...
Schuller, George (Alexander) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Schuller, George (Alexander), drums, composer, arranger, producer; b. New York City, 29 December 1958. Schuller is...
Adams, "Pepper" (Park) posted in Encyclopedia October 21, 08The baritone sax can be a hard sell to jazz fans as a lead instrument: nowhere is this more evident than in the caree...
Mraz, George (Jiri) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09Bassist George Mraz has dedicated his career to developing the melodic potential the bass in the modern jazz ensemble...
Nussbaum, Adam posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Nussbaum, Adam, drums; b. New York City, 29 November 1955. Raised in Norwalk CT from 4. Nussbaum studied piano fro...
Shearing, George (Albert) posted in Encyclopedia February 18, 09&#x...
Allen, Harry (Adams) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Allen, Harry (Adams) , tenor saxophone; b. Washington, DC, 12 October 1966. At age one, moved to Los Angeles, Califor...
OctoJAZZarian Profile: George Wein posted in Features and Interviews April 28, 09For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...
McKhool, Christopher (George) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07McKhool, Christopher (George), violinist, guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer; b. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 18 Nove...
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