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Benny Goodman (featuring Charlie Christian): Solo Flight (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

During the Swing Era, as bands swelled in size, acoustic guitarists turned to amplification to avoid being buried ali...

Benny Goodman (featuring Charlie Christian): Benny's Bugle (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

It’s significant that much of Benny Goodman’s small group output for Columbia Records was reissued in 2002 as a Charl...

Bunny Berigan: I Can't Get Started (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

When Hollywood needed a hyperlink to the nostalgically seedy 1930s for Save the Tiger (1973) and Chinatown (1974), th...

Mel Tormé: The Hut-Sut Song (Rating: 66/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Although Mel Tormé's musicianship made him one of jazz's finest singers, on this track the Velvet Frog (well, Tormé i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING

Jazz.com visitors will notice that most of our reviews are favorable. That's because (a) we love jazz and (b) in bu...

Jeri Southern (with Marty Paich's Dek-tette): Lazy Bones (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 08, 09

I suppose it was inevitable that the two most "homespun" of song composers, Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, would...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana on November 22, 1899. His given name, Hoagland, derived fr...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Barbara Carroll posted in Features and Interviews February 15, 09

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

Chaloff, Serge posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09

The bebop upheaval which swept through jazz in the 1940s empowered baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff to expand the e...

Big Maybelle: I Ain't Mad at You (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music April 10, 08

In a typically misguided attempt at crossover appeal, the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival strayed far afield (and wen...

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...

Webster, Ben (Benjamin Francis) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08

Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster was known as "The Beautiful” and ”The Brute." Both names fit him well. The beauty of hi...

The King of Swing at 100 posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 01, 09

Don't be fooled by the lower case name. Everything else about arnold jay smith deserves to be in all caps and bo...

Gordon, Joe (Joseph Henry) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

Trumpeter Joe Gordon valued the quality of the melodic line over pompous brassy flashiness, an affinity he shared wit...

Fontana, Carl (Carl Charles Fontana) posted in Encyclopedia August 18, 09

Few trombonists have been able to convey the air of effortlessness in improvisation that was Carl Fontana's signatu...

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