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Clifford Brown & Max Roach: Land's End (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

The Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet was one the premier hard-bop ensembles, with both trumpeter Brown and drummer Ro...

Red Mitchell-Harold Land Quintet: Catacomb (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 20, 09

This track is a fine example of the work of this excellent but short-lived group. Though this was geographically a We...

Harold Land: The Fox (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

This may be the hottest hard-bop track ever recorded on the West Coast. Butler drives a blistering tempo at close to...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Max Roach-Clifford Brown: (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

This is the second day of studio recording for the EmArcy label by what most would term the “classic” Brown-Roach Qui...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AL HOOD SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL CLIFFORD BROWN TRACKS

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Clifford Brown & Max Roach: Delilah (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Brown & Roach hitch the Biblical temptress’ slithery theme from Victor Young’s score for C.B. (Cast of Thousands!) De...

Clifford Brown: Joy Spring (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Unlike 16th-century conquistador Ponce de León, Clifford Brown actually found the mythical Fountain of Youth. One swi...

Clifford Brown & Max Roach: Take The 'A' Train (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Of the four studio albums by the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet (including “Sonny Rollins Plus 4”), “Study In Brown...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

Hampton Hawes: I Love You (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 03, 09

If your concept of mid-50s California jazz is of unrelenting cool, take a good listen to Hampton Hawes’ album For Rea...

Wes Montgomery: Far Wes (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

As Stan Getz demonstrated in the early 1950s, tenor sax and electric guitar make a lovely unison. In 1958 Wes M...

Clifford Brown: What is This Thing Called Love (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

This lengthy, minimally arranged track provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the improvising styles of thre...

Clifford Brown-Max Roach: Blues Walk (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

When the Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet formed in the spring of 1954, Sonny Stitt was its first saxophone player. ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AL HOOD SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL CLIFFORD BROWN TRACKS

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Gerald Wilson: Triple Chase (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 04, 08

Only distortion on the original recording detracts from this up-tempo showcase for the Wilson orchestra's tenor saxop...

Gerald Wilson: Lomelin (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

Gerald Wilson's band had not made an album for 12 years when Albert Marx asked him back to record for his new label, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON

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Gerald Wilson: Blues for Yna Yna (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

Gerald Wilson led bands on and off during the 1950s, but except for a group of recordings for the King label in '54, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON

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Gerald Wilson: Nancy Jo (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

Named for one of Gerald Wilson's daughters, this track is a blues with a major difference: every chord change is an a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON

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Hampton Hawes: Hip (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 30, 08

A divine head start if there ever was one, Hampton Hawes was born with six fingers on each hand. The extra digits wer...

Clifford Brown & Max Roach: Sandu (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

From his recording debut on March 21, 1952 to his tragic death on June 26, 1956, Clifford Brown executed some of the ...

Clifford Brown & Max Roach: Cherokee (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 27, 07

The clarity of ideas and ease of execution of Max Roach’s playing warrant his reputation as one of jazz’s most influe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT MOMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

Transitions and developments at the drumset have been an essential driving force throughout the history of jazz. Fro...

Harold Ashby: Stampash (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music August 04, 08

Some have mistakenly thought of Harold Ashby as a poor man's Ben Webster, but discerning listeners could hear clear d...

Galper, Hal (Harold Galper) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Galper, Hal [Harold Galper], piano, author, educator; b. Salem, MA, 18 April 1938. Galper, Hal (Harold), pianist; b. ...

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