Search results for "George Cables"

George Cables: Goin' Home (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

The 2nd-movement tune from Dvořák's New World Symphony (1893) sounds so American that many listeners mistake it for a...

Art Pepper: Cherokee (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 18, 09

One of the great challenges for the early bebop players was to maintain the same level of creativity at every conceiv...

Woody Shaw: The Goat and the Archer (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

I’ve never understood why it took so long (almost five years from the date of his first breakthrough sideman dates) f...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Art Pepper: You Go To My Head (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music May 18, 09

Art Pepper's 1977 run at the Village Vanguard in New York was a career high point for the brilliant yet troubled (and...

Art Pepper: Anthropology (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

Art Pepper’s post-rehabilitation career reached its pinnacle with a successful run at the Vanguard in late July 1977....

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 ...

Shea Breaux Wells: Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 29, 09

If you happen to frequent the addictive AccuJazz.com website and listen to its Vocal Jazz channel, you may occasional...

Sonny Rollins: Skylark (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 28, 08

Sonny begins unaccompanied sounding like he's introducing a calypso, but then subtly moves into a slow-tempoed sweet ...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: I Can't Get Started (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music April 16, 08

This fascinating version of the Duke/Gershwin standard is a somewhat rare departure from the classic hard-bop grooves...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Dexter Gordon: As Time Goes By (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

After a long expatriation, Dexter Gordon came home during the height of 1970s fusion confusion, and helped restore ja...

Sweet Rhythm Packed for George Cables posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 28, 08

Jazz.com's arnold jay smith was in attendance at Sweet Rhythm for the benefit to help jazz pianist George Cables,...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: George Wein posted in Features and Interviews April 28, 09

For 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, 07

McKhool, Christopher (George), violinist, guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer; b. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 18 Nove...

Bass, Mickey (Lee Oddis Bass III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bass, Mickey [Lee Oddis Bass III]; bassist, composer, arranger; b. Pittsburgh, PA, 2 May 1943. He studied under the g...

Pepper, Art (Arthur Edward Pepper Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Alto saxophonist Art Pepper’s playing was cerebral in its melodic concepts, sophisticated in execution and mordant in...

Fortune, Sonny (Cornelius) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Sonny Fortune’s round and robust timbre on the alto saxophone and warm, precise attack on the flute have made him the...

Fewell, Garrison (Alexander Garrison Fewell II) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fewell, Garrison (Alexander Garrison Fewell II), guitar; b. Charlottesville, VA, 14 October 1953.. He attended Berkle...

Scott Albin Selects the Best Jazz CDs and Tracks of 2008 posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 08, 08

Several regular contributors to jazz.com will be offering a look back at the best of 2008 in this column. Here Scott...

Sims, Peter “La Roca” posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer Pete “La Roca” Sims' smooth groove, sense of swing and fantastic four-limb coordination made him ideally suit...

Gertz, Bruce (David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gertz, Bruce (David), bass; b. Providence, RI, 15 December 1952. He grew up in Cranston, RI. His parents Minnie (b. J...

Nussbaum, Adam posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Nussbaum, Adam, drums; b. New York City, 29 November 1955. Raised in Norwalk CT from 4. Nussbaum studied piano fro...

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