Search results for "George Russell"
George Russell: All About Rosie (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 12, 08George Russell's contribution to the 1957 Brandeis University Jazz Festival of the Arts is his masterpiece. Initially...
George Russell: Manhattan (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 30, 08George Russell's album-length tribute to New York City remains a major work of the period and one of his most importa...
George Russell: 'Round Midnight (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 08, 07During Thelonious Monk's lifetime, jazzmen widely admired but seldom braved his tunes. "'Round Midnight" was the exce...
George Russell: Bent Eagle (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 02, 07Jazz in 1960 was at a crossroads. Which way to go? Follow Ornette Coleman down the newly opened expressway of free j...
George Russell: Kentucky Oysters (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 19, 07Claiming their bluegrass neighbors couldn't differentiate between seafood and hog guts, Indianans made "Kentucky Oyst...
Russell Malone: The Odd Couple (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 29, 08Russell Malone's early Columbia and Verve releases, with their occasional vocals, attempted to position him as the ne...
George Russell: Chromatic Universe (Parts 1, 2 and 3) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 16, 07Space-themed dual-piano albums were briefly fashionable in the late 1950s. Ferrante & Teicher mixed schmaltzy arrange...
George Russell: Concerto for Billy the Kid (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07Every important theorist needs a worthy practitioner. The collaboration between composer George Russell and pianist B...
Roger Kellaway (featuring Stefon Harris): The Nearness of You (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music September 29, 08When a jazz pianist adds vibes and guitar to the band, comparisons with George Shearing will inevitably come to mind....
COMPOSER, THEORETICIAN, PIANIST GEORGE RUSSELL PASSES posted in Miscellaneous Pages July 28, 09Composer, theoretician, pianist George Russell passed away on July 27, 2009 at approximately 9:10 pm from complica...
Jazz Composer George Russell Dead at Age 86 posted in Features and Interviews July 28, 09Composer, theoretician, pianist George Russell passed away on July 27, 2009 at approximately 9:10 pm from complica...
The Artistry of George Russell (Part 2) posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 14, 09A few days ago, jazz.com published part one of Jeff Sultanof's overview of the life and music of the late George Russ...
The Artistry of George Russell (Part 1) posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 05, 09Jeff Sultanof is our resident expert on arranging and composing at jazz.com. As an editor, he is responsible for mak...
Russell, George Allen posted in Encyclopedia July 28, 09George Russell was a hugely influential, innovative figure in the evolution of modern jazz, and arguably the mu...
Buddy DeFranco: A Bird in Igor's Yard (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 19, 09George Russell was born in 1923, became a drummer, and learned the basics of music theory and arranging while recover...
Howard, David (Russell) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Howard, David (Russell), guitarist, composer, arranger, educator. b. New Haven, Conn. 3 November 1954. His mother is ...
Dizzy Gillespie: Cubano Be, Cubano Bop (aka Afro-Cuban Drum Suite) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 05, 08Listed on the album as "Afro-Cuban Drum Suite," this version of George Russell's "Cubano Be, Cubano Bop" features an ...
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...
Gil Evans: Stratusphunk (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music July 10, 09Gil Evans and George Russell first paced together in Birth of the Cool's modernity ward—the late-1940s salon in Gil's...
Russell, Pee Wee (Charles Ellsworth) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08Pee Wee Russell took the clarinet from New Orleans out into the world. Still today, he stands as one of its most expr...
Malone, Russell posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09Russell Malone has proven time and again how the guitar can enlarge the harmonic palette of an ensemble. As a leader ...
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