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Maria Schneider: Hang Gliding (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

As a major figure in contemporary big band composition, Mrs. Schneider's use of lush textures and complex, yet satisf...

Maria Schneider: Evanescence (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 31, 07

Maria Schneider honors her mentor Gil Evans -- whom she assisted in various musical pursuits during the last three ye...

Abbey Lincoln: Throw It Away (2006) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

“Throw it Away” is Lincoln’s best-known composition, and has gradually become a jazz standard. But nobody sings it ...

Gil Evans: Moon Taj (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 05, 08

John Carisi was one of the most highly respected composers in jazz, at least by those insiders who were aware of his ...

Hall, Glenn (Scott) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hall, Glenn (Scott), tenor/soprano saxophones, flutes, bass, clarinet, composer; b. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 7 Aug...

Miles Davis: My Man's Gone Now (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

British critic Max Harrison felt that the full potential of Gil Evans's charts for Miles Davis's Porgy and Bess was n...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Miles Davis: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

Of the numerous jazz adaptations of Porgy and Bess in the mid-to-late 1950s – many motivated by the production of a H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Miles Davis (featuring Bob Dorough): Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

The cynical, bah-humbug "Blue Xmas" was probably not what Columbia executives had in mind in 1962 when they asked Mil...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOB DOROUGH

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Chicago Jazz Philharmonic: One Thousand Questions: One Answer (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 24, 09

There have been many attempts to merge jazz and classical music into a coherent symphonic whole, from Paul Whiteman o...

Danny Gottlieb: Gloria's Step (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

For such a fragile instrument, the flute sure can dominate the proceedings. This is especially so of Jeremy Steig's f...

Jim Hall: Big Blues (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

On this dark-toned blues dedicated to Stanley Turrentine, Hall displays his advanced harmonic sense and lyricism in t...

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

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

Gary Morgan & Panamericana!: Moragatu (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 04, 08

Gary Morgan formed his orchestra PanAmericana! in 1997 to perform primarily Brazilian jazz composed by himself and ot...

Miles Davis: It Ain't Necessarily So (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

The wistful, longing intro by Davis, cleverly utilizing the opening melodic line from "I Got Plenty of Nothin'," coul...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

The Modern Jazz Quartet: My Man's Gone Now (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 09, 08

Jazz.com recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the the most famous jazz adaptation of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess...

Joe Henderson: Milestones (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Joe Henderson was never more popular than during his Verve years of the '90s, with his well-received tributes to Bill...

Freddie Hubbard: Lonely Town (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 20, 08

Freddie Hubbard's first three CTI releases, Red Clay, Straight Life and First Light were probably his most successful...

Bob Dorough: Nothing Like You (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

Bob Dorough's first three albums as a leader came at 10-year intervals, and Beginning to See the Light was the third,...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOB DOROUGH

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THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

A Jazz.com Sampler: 25 Track Reviews posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 08, 09

Is it really possible to review all the important jazz tracks recorded since the first story was told in Storyville? ...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks posted in Features and Interviews May 14, 09

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