Search results for "Hamiet Bluiett"
Hamiet Bluiett & Concept: I'll Close My Eyes (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 23, 08Hamiet Bluiett, a co-founding member of the Black Artists Group (BAG) in St. Louis, alumnus of the bands of Charles M...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES
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World Saxophone Quartet: Hattie Wall (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 23, 08No avant-garde jazz band ever combined musical sophistication with sheer, unadulterated down-and-dirtiness better tha...
World Saxophone Quartet: Sweet D (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 02, 09The World Saxophone Quartet's brief association with Elektra/Nonesuch in the late 1980s resulted in some the group'...
Charles Mingus: C Jam Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 28, 09Jazz composers usually bring their most polished and ambitious scores when they are invited to play at Carnegie Hall....
Gil Evans: Up From the Skies (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08The collaboration that tragically never materialized between master arranger Gil Evans and guitar hero Jimi Hendrix n...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS
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World Saxophone Quartet: P.O. in Cairo (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 22, 07It’s unclear what the titular “P.O.” is here, maybe just a workaday “post office,” but perhaps a “private organizatio...
World Saxophone Quartet: I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart (Rating: 81/100) posted in Music October 22, 07The W.S.Q. signed with the prestigious Elektra/Nonesuch label in 1986, and shifted their repertoire somewhat, too, co...
Julius Hemphill: The Hard Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 02, 09In ancient times, when the preferred form of recorded musical conveyance was a grooved vinyl disc called the "LP," ...
Julius Hemphill: Reflections (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 02, 09"Reflections" is the opening track and the first of four movements that make-up 'Coon Bid'ness, the intentionally c...
Bluiett, Hamiet posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bluiett, Hamiet, baritone saxophonist; b. Lovejoy, IL, 16 September 1940. He was originally a member of St. Louis' le...
Jackson, D.D. (Robert Cleath Kai-Nien) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Jackson, D.D. (Robert Cleath Kai-Nien); piano, organ/keyboards, composer; b. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 25 January 1967...
Byron, Don posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Byron, Don, clarinet, composer, arranger, saxophones; b. Nov. 8, 1958, in the Bronx, New York City . His father was a...
Pullen, Don (Gabriel) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09Pianist Don Pullen straddled the line between the lyrical devices of bebop and the primal dissonance of free jazz. Th...
Abdullah, Ahmed (Leroy Bland) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Abdullah, Ahmed [Leroy Bland] , trumpeter, composer; b. Harlem, NY, 10 May 1947. His father was Lubia Bland (died 10/...
In Conversation with Greg Osby posted in Features and Interviews November 16, 08By Ted Panken “When you look the music's lineage, the people that stand out have something that's their ow...
Walrath, Jack (Jack Arthur Walrath Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Walrath, Jack [Jack Arthur Walrath Jr.], trumpet, composer, conductor, arranger, educator, author; b. Stuart, FL, 5 M...
Nolet, Jim posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Nolet, Jim (James Michael), violin; b. Dallas-Fortworth, TX, 11 December 1961. He's married to Maria Angelica Castell...
Carter, Daniel (Daniel Reeves Carter) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Carter, Daniel (Daniel Reeves Carter); alto and tenor saxophones, flute, trumpet, clarinet, also drums and piano; b. ...
Murphy, Paul posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Murphy, Paul, drummer; b. Worcester, MA, 25 January 1949. He studied music, percussion, and timpani for 9 years wi...
Murray, David posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Murray, David, saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, composer; b. Berkeley, CA, 19 February 1955. Murray grew up in Ca...
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