Search results for "Gunther Schuller"

Gunther Schuller: Summertime (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

The recording dates above are rather misleading, as it is the premiere performance of an arrangement written by Gunth...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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Gunther Schuller: Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 28, 08

Jazz history moved too fast in the middle decades of the 20th century. Developments that had played out slowly in th...

Miles Davis-Gil Evans: Bess, Oh, Where Is My Bess? (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

How does one pick a favorite piece from Gil's and Miles' Porgy and Bess album? Tough to do. I've chosen this piece ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MARIA SCHNEIDER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GIL EVANS TRACKS

In 2006, during a “listening session” with New York Times music writer Ben Ratliff, Maria Schneider compared Gil Evan...

Miles Davis: Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

In Act III, Scene 3 of Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess (1935), Porgy returns to Catfish Row after a week in jail that...

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...

Gunther Schuller (featuring Ornette Coleman): Abstraction (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

"Abstraction," explained its composer, combines "the most advanced [circa 1960] stylistic manifestations of both jazz...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Schuller, George (Alexander) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Schuller, George (Alexander), drums, composer, arranger, producer; b. New York City, 29 December 1958. Schuller is...

Schuller, Ed (Edwin) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Schuller, Ed (Edwin), acoustic bass, jazz composer, educator; b. New York City, NY, 11 January 1955. Schuller move...

J.J. Johnson: Poem for Brass (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music August 09, 08

This composition directly resulted from formation of the Jazz and Classical Music Society, an ensemble led by Gunther...

Scott Joplin: The Corn Huskers (from Treemonisha) (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 24, 08

Finally revived in the 1970s, Scott Joplin’s long-lost opera Treemonisha (1911) is set in 1884 on an Arkansas plantat...

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...

John Lewis: The Golden Striker posted in Music January 13, 09

When Gunther Schuller (classical musician with jazz interests) collided with John Lewis (jazzman classically trained)...

John Lewis: The Golden Striker (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 13, 09

When Gunther Schuller (classical musician with jazz interests) collided with John Lewis (jazzman classically trained)...

John Lewis: Three Little Feelings (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

This track both connects and disconnects Birth of the Cool and Third Stream. BOTC holdovers include Miles, J.J., Barb...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

In Conversation with Joe Lovano posted in Features and Interviews May 25, 09

By Stuart Nicholson                ...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks (Part 2) posted in Features and Interviews May 16, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia We continue with our history of cool jazz in 100 tracks. Below we present the final fifty r...

Kampgen, Nicole posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kampgen, Nicole, alto, soprano and baritone saxophone, vocals; b. September 22, 1963, Muelheim, Ruhr, Germany. She's ...

Lewis, John (Aaron) posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09

Pianist and composer John Lewis’s sophisticated musical approach blended jazz and classical music. Early experiences ...

A Fitting Epitaph to Mingus's Big Score posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 18, 09

When jazz fans discuss the really big compositions of the past, a small number of controversial classics dominate the...

Israels, Chuck posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Israels, Chuck, composer, arranger, bassist; b. New York, 10 October 1936. He was raised in a musical family in Green...

In Conversation With Gary Burton posted in Features and Interviews November 07, 08

By Patrick Spurling Recorded live at a concert in Zurich, Switzerland, Gary Burton and Chick Corea's 1979 album ...

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