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Henry 'Red' Allen: It Should Be You (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

After a brief cadenza, Allen launches into the first chorus of this 32-bar original (no bridge) accompanied by a righ...

Henry 'Red' Allen & Coleman Hawkins: I Cover the Waterfront (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

"In 1957, [Henry 'Red' Allen] made a startling recording for Victor," Whitney Balliett wrote of this session. "It&nb...

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...

Henry 'Red' Allen & Coleman Hawkins: S'Wonderful (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

Henry 'Red' Allen lets loose with a boisterous version of "S'Wonderful" that lives up to the exuberant proclamation o...

Henry "Red" Allen: Ain't She Sweet (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music May 27, 08

Henry "Red" Allen spent his life in Louis Armstrong's shadow, usually figuratively but sometimes literally. Like his ...

Red Allen All-Stars: Wild Man Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 27, 08

A few days before CBS-TV's all-star special The Sound of Jazz (1957), most of the scheduled participants appeared for...

Don Redman: Chant of the Weed (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

Venture past this track's K-tel campiness—As-Seen-On-TV: All-time Smokin' Reefer Songs! Act Now! Supplies Are Limited...

Morton, Benny (Henry Sterling) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

Benny Morton's consistent excellence on the trombone made him one of the few pioneers of jazz on his instrument to en...

Higginbotham, J.C. (Jay C., Jack) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

J.C. Higginbotham brought a uniquely bombastic element to jazz trombone playing, making a career as one of the Swin...

A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part Two) posted in Features and Interviews September 02, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia Below is the second and final part of jazz.com's history of New Orleans music in 100 tracks. ...

A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews August 26, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia New Orleans does not rank in the top 50 cities in the US, when measured by population. It...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

Jazz's Most Iconic Photo Is Half a Century Old posted in Features and Interviews August 11, 08

by Alan Kurtz "When I found out there was going to be this big meeting for a picture in Esquire," Dizzy Gilles...

Foster, Pops (George Murphy) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

Bassist George Foster's powerful sense of rhythm and resonant tone rang out with authority across early jazz, earning...

Revisiting Classic Jazz Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 11, 08

Jazz.com highlights two tracks every day. The Song of the Day aims to focus attention on the best of recent release...

Hinton, Milt (Milton John) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09

Bassist Milt Jackson advanced the role of the bassist in a jazz ensemble by performing with a keen rhythmic intellect...

On Discography posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 27, 09

If the jazz world is a subculture, then the most cultish members of all are the discographers. I would rather cro...

Louis Armstrong: St. Louis Blues (1929) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

On Friday the 13th, six weeks after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Louis Armstrong was singing the blues—to be precis...

Longo, Mike posted in Encyclopedia January 22, 08

Pianist Mike Longo may be best known as one of Dizzy Gillespie’s closest musical collaborators. But since he began hi...

Pee Wee Russell: That Old Feeling (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music May 19, 08

Journalists in the 1950s adored Pee Wee Russell as much for his looks (think dyspeptic basset hound with a mustache) ...

Young, Trummy (James Oliver) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Trombonist Trummy Young developed a bright, energetic sound with unprecedented facility in the upper register which...

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