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Eric Dolphy: Glad to be Unhappy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

On this Richard Rodgers song, Eric Dolphy's fiery brand of alto sax is replaced by his equally wistful virtuosity on ...

Eric Dolphy: On Green Dolphin Street (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

With an almost tongue-in-cheek approach, the often dissonant Eric Dolphy lends his versatile talents to this unique a...

Jaki Byard: Twelve (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

Pianist/composer Jaki Byard was so rambunctiously creative, it's no surprise he caught the ear of Charles Mingus, wit...

Stanley Turrentine: Someone to Watch Over Me (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Nowhere is nonpareil audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder’s renowned "Blue Note sound" more distinctive than on ballads. Be...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE BLUE & SENTIMENTAL TENOR SAX BALLADS

    Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the m...

Eric Dolphy: 245 (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 21, 08

I've always thought of this track as the sleeper from Outward Bound, Eric Dolphy's debut recording as a leader. Thoug...

Jerome Richardson: Warm Valley (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 02, 08

Jerome Richardson was one of the best and most successful musicians on the New York scene during the last golden age...

Dexter Gordon: You've Changed (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

With the exception of a couple of bop/hard-bop sessions (Daddy Plays the Horn and Dexter Blows Hot and Cool), the 195...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Jaki Byard: Twelve (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

“Twelve” appears on the great live recording, Live at Lennie's on the Turnpike. Joe Farrell is amazing in this group....

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JASON MORAN SELECTS 12 CLASSIC JAKI BYARD TRACKS

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Jaki Byard: Dolphy #1 (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

This is taken from the Last at Lennie's live recording. This is also a blues, but I think Jaki's solo is magnificent...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JASON MORAN SELECTS 12 CLASSIC JAKI BYARD TRACKS

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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...

Billie Holiday: I Loves You Porgy (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

In the 1940s, Billie Holiday had the misfortune (as if she needed any more) of being contracted to Decca Records, whi...

Horace Parlan: Wadin' (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

“Wadin’” resembles many of the instrumental blues performances on the Blue Note recordings of its day. Taken at a me...

Ervin, Booker (Tellefero Ervin II) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 08

Saxophonist Booker Ervin’s hard-edged tone, drawn from his roots in rhythm and blues, were matched with a peerless a...

Turrentine, Stanley posted in Encyclopedia October 19, 08

Stanley Turrentine, it has been said, could make the telephone book sound soulful. His elegant brawn in the lower reg...

Arnett Cobb: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 22, 08

Arnett Cobb, the "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax," replaced Illinois Jacquet in Lionel Hampton's band in 1942 and helped g...

Jones, Carmell (Carmell William Jones, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia April 16, 09

Trumpeter Carmell Jones stepped out of the riff-based traditions of Kansas City swing into hard bop. Equally at home ...

Woods, Jimmy posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09

Alto saxophonist Jimmy Woods is one of the great, lost artists of 1960s jazz: he made only a handful of recordings be...

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward); valve trombone, composer, piano; born in Kansas City, Missouri on December.19, 1929....

Mulligan, Gerry (Gerald Joseph) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08

Baritone saxophonist, composer and arranger Gerry Mulligan made key contributions to the emergence of the "cool jazz...

Paul, Howard (Raymond) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Paul, Howard (Raymond), guitarist (7-string); b. Petersburg, Virginia, 15 November 1960. His family moved to the Atla...

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