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Herbie Nichols: Beyond Recall (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 07, 09

“Beyond Recall” is from Herbie Nichols’ last recording date as a leader, Love, Gloom, Cash, Love, recorded in 1957 wi...

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 ...

Eric Dolphy: Out There (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 09, 09

For his second album for Prestige, Eric Dolphy added Ron Carter to his group. The instrumentation of the group was s...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ CELLO

Can the cello swing? Can the cello be as melodically sophisticated as traditional jazz instruments? Is the cell...

Shelly Manne: Lean on Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

This tune is definitely not one of the most often played, and this trio was definitely not Shelly Manne’s usual worki...

Sarah Vaughan: In a Sentimental Mood (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 22, 08

After Hours may finally have satisfied Sarah Vaughan's detractors. In an intimate setting with just guitar and bass a...

John Lewis: The Golden Striker (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 13, 09

When Gunther Schuller (classical musician with jazz interests) collided with John Lewis (jazzman classically trained)...

Ahmad Jamal: Buenos Aires (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music May 09, 08

This was recorded after Israel Crosby and Vernel Fournier went over to George Shearing, and it’s clear that Ahmad Jam...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ERIC REED SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL AHMAD JAMAL TRACKS

                 Ahmad Jamal, by...

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims: Blue Hodge (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Tenorists Al Cohn and Zoot Sims played together as members of Woody Herman’s famous Second Herd and later continued t...

Stan Getz: Menina Moca (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 13, 09

“Menina Moca” (Young Lady) is a warm, semi-sweet samba confection recorded during the crest of the Brazilian jazz wav...

Jimmy Smith: Walk on the Wild Side (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Unrelated to rocker Lou Reed's raunchy 1972 hit of the same name, Jimmy Smith's cover of Elmer Bernstein's movie them...

Billie Holiday: Tain't Nobody's Business (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

On May 27, 1947, Billie Holiday was sentenced to a year and a day for possession of narcotic drugs, remaining in cust...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World (Rating: 70/100) posted in Music August 13, 09

Major label executives, producers and (quite possibly) Washington insiders envisioned a new direction for Louis Armst...

Bud Powell: Collard Greens And Black Eyed Peas (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Bud Powell has been acclaimed as the father of modern jazz piano for adapting Charlie Parker’s bebop innovations to h...

Stan Getz: Insensatez (How Insensitive) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

This track is the gleaming gem of an otherwise lackluster album. One of Jobim’s most recorded compositions, this “In...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis: Intermission Riff (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

The gruff-toned tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis combined elements of modern jazz phrasing with mannerisms of ...

Herbie Nichols: Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music July 28, 08

Countless songs have been written about the relationship between romance and money, from "Money Honey" and "Romance W...

Sonny Clark: Sonny's Crib (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

One of Sonny Clark's best trio sessions was strangely not recorded by Blue Note, the label for which he was virtually...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE SONNYS OF JAZZ

Jazz Quiz: What do these names have in common? Saul Berman Herman Blount Conrad Yeatis Clark William Criss C...

George Benson: Witchcraft (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

Benson's commercial success meant overproduced albums and an increased emphasis on his pleasing vocals, which diminis...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JAZZ GUITAR

          The Guitarist, artwork by Suzanne Cerny They say t...

John Lewis: The Golden Striker posted in Music January 13, 09

When Gunther Schuller (classical musician with jazz interests) collided with John Lewis (jazzman classically trained)...

Taylor, Art (Arthur S., Junior) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Arthur Taylor's strong sense of swing, expert control of dynamics and deep melodic sensibility placed him in the elit...

Chevan, David posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Chevan, David, electric bass; b. Philadelphia, PA, 19 September, 1960. His parents are Albert and Janet Chevan. ...

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