Search results for "Henry Grimes"

Henry Grimes Trio: Walk On (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 22, 08

With Perry Robinson's sharp and angular horn lines, this tune is extremely evocative of early Ornette Coleman. This s...

Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins: Just Friends (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 08, 08

These two tenor legends may have been "just friends," but there is still an aggressive edge to this encounter. Rolli...

Thelonious Monk: Blue Monk (live at Newport, 1958) (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music March 30, 08

The most frequently criticized sequence in Jazz on a Summer's Day, Bert Stern's documentary of the 1958 Newport Jazz ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY

During the 1950s, the Newport Jazz Festival was an outdoor jamboree held in the exclusive environs of Rhod...

Roy Haynes: Snap Crackle (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 01, 09

In the late 1950s and '60s, Roy Haynes rededicated himself to the New York freelance scene. He took a walk on the wil...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ROY HAYNES

The century mark is a uniquely exciting time in the development of a major musical style. History is unearthed, co...

Grimes, HenryAlonzo posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Grimes, Henry Alonzo, bassist, violinist, poet, educator, b. Philadelphia, PA, 3 November 1935.  His twin brothe...

Pharoah Sanders: Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 17, 08

In what is perhaps the most beautifully moving piece of spiritually influenced music of this era, on a par with his m...

Pharoah Sanders: Japan (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 18, 08

In keeping with the spiritual nature of this album, Pharoah Sanders and his able partners create an aural image of th...

Bill Barron: One Hand, One Heart (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music February 13, 09

Crazes, like politics, can make for strange bedfellows. Put the early '60s craving for jazz versions of musicals toge...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Pharoah Sanders: Medley: Aum-Venus-Capricorn Rising (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 17, 08

Pharoah Sanders here creates an almost mystical soundscape, transporting the listener into a part of the mind that ca...

Robinson, Perry (Morris) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Robinson, Perry (Morris) , clarinetist (Bb soprano and Eb sopranino), composer; b. New York City, September 17, 1938 ...

Sonny Rollins, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Lennie Tristano on DVD posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 06, 09

Thomas Cunniffe is an erudite commentator on matters jazzy, and our resident expert on the many jazz DVDs coming...

Shepp, Archie posted in Encyclopedia March 03, 08

Saxophonist Archie Shepp’s bracing, ambitious solos cement his reputation as a leading light of the jazz avant-garde....

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 25, 08

Our intrepid reviewers sometimes even surprise this seasoned editor. Their latest batch of track reviews cove...

Rudd, Roswell posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

Few have what it takes to rise to the top of the jazz avant-garde even once, much less twice - but trombonist Roswell...

Lyons, Jimmy posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons took Charlie Parker's innovations and ran with them into free jazz, where he developed h...

In Conversation with Steve Kuhn posted in Features and Interviews September 11, 09

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Greene, Burton (Garrett) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Greene, Burton (Garrett), piano; b. Chicago, IL, 14 June 1937. Narada is a spiritual name given to him by his yoga te...

Fasteau, Kali Z. (Zusaan Kali Fasteau) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fasteau, Kali  Z. [Zusaan Kali Fasteau], composer and multi-instrumentalist, soprano and alto saxophone, Ney &am...

Cecil Taylor: Steps (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

With the exception of three tracks for Gil Evans’ Into The Hot album, Taylor’s 1966 Blue Note sessions were the piani...

Rivers, Sam (Samuel Carthorn) posted in Encyclopedia April 07, 08

Multiinstrumentalist and composer Sam Rivers has amassed a distinct and varied body of work linked by a devotion to i...

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