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George Shearing: East of the Sun (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

In 1949, pianist George Shearing committed jazz's cardinal sin: popularity. Building an appealing formula around clos...

George Shearing: I'll Remember April (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

"The fire will dwindle into glowing ashes," goes the lyric. "For flames and love live such a little while." Depressin...

George Shearing: So Rare (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 16, 08

“So Rare” marks the start of George Shearing’s U.S. recording career. Prior to 1947, the blind pianist wasn’t known i...

George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

In 1952, inspiration struck George Shearing just as he was biting into his char-broiled steak. "What's wrong?" asked ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

George Shearing: Conception (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

The luminous Shearing Quintet of 1949-51 shone most brightly on refashioned standards taken at medium or slow tempos,...

George Shearing: George in Brazil (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music April 13, 08

The producers of this CD faced a Hobson's choice. In Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960), Bert Stern's documentary of the 1...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY

During the 1950s, the Newport Jazz Festival was an outdoor jamboree held in the exclusive environs of Rhod...

George Shearing: In a Chinese Garden (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

Like Albert W. Ketèlbey's 1925 "In a Chinese Temple Garden," one of the staples of British light music, "In a Chinese...

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

Exotica is armchair tourism. We experience foreign strangeness without the hassles of leaving home. No passports, imm...

Tito Puente: Mambo Diablo (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 19, 09

Tito Puente doesn't seem to get as much love from the jazz crowd as I would like to see. On his stellar 1985 album Ma...

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

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Shearing, George (Albert) posted in Encyclopedia February 18, 09

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Kurt Rosenwinkel: Conception I (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Kurt Rosenwinkel's live performances and latest handful of albums are packed with densely arranged, 10-plus minute ar...

Miles Davis: Conception (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Smack in the middle of his self-described "four-year horror show" of heroin addiction, and a year after disguising Ge...

Bill Evans: Conception (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Covering George Shearing’s original for his debut as a leader, Bill Evans incorporated the extended structure by whic...

Sarah Vaughan: Lullaby of Birdland (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Vaughan always makes the hard stuff look easy. When bebop was shaking up the older musicians and rewriting the rules...

Ted Heath: Ladybird (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 18, 08

By this time in its history, the Heath band's schedule was made up of tours, BBC broadcasts, recordings for U.K. Decc...

Thielemans, Toots (Jean-Baptiste Fréderic Isador) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Jean “Toots” Thielemans created a space for the chromatic harmonica in modern jazz with his sweet tone and harmonical...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

Where Copyright Goes Wrong posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 09, 08

Jazz.com's ever-vigilant resident curmudgeon, Alan Kurtz, has a typically contrarian take on copyright laws. Co...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Toots Thielemans posted in Features and Interviews September 21, 08

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. OctoJ...

Television's Peter Gunn Turns 50 posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 10, 08

Fifty years ago this month, TV viewers were introduced to Peter Gunn in "The Kill," the first of 114 half-hour episod...

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