Search results for "Herb Geller"

Roberto Magris Europlane: Stray Form (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music August 01, 08

Roberto Magris is a talented Italian pianist who has assimilated many fine qualities in his playing and writing from ...

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...

Mel Tormé: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 03, 08

Tempo? Faaast! Vocal phrasing? Impressive—and each word sounds crystal clear! Arrangement? Both refined and punchy! S...

Roberto Magris Europlane: No Sadness (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music July 22, 08

Italian pianist and composer Roberto Magris is a veteran of countless European jazz festivals, has played in more tha...

Barney Kessel: Viva el Toro! (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 03, 09

The late-'50s craze for jazz versions of Broadway and television shows scored hits (several fine Porgy and Bess album...

The Hi-Lo's: The Lady in Red (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 03, 07

The Hi-Lo's were a peppy 1950s male vocal quartet whose name was self-descriptive: one guy sang high, another sang lo...

Art Pepper: 'Round Midnight (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

Due to what the 1950s jazz press euphemistically called "personal problems," the once-prolific Art Pepper made just o...

Quincy Jones: King Road Blues (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

The original Go West, Man! featured Quincy Jones-managed recording sessions by four trumpets and rhythm, four alto sa...

Mel Tormé: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

For a certain kind of jazz at a certain point in history, this may be a pinnacle. "West Coast Jazz" with its occasion...

Shelly Manne: Sorta Blue (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Conte Candoli was Superman's sibling. Pete Candoli, lead trumpeter in Woody Herman's mid-1940s First Herd, would char...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARMON-IZED TRUMPETS

"It has heretofore been a great annoyance for the neighborhood if a person commences to practice on a brass inst...

Jeri Southern (with Marty Paich's Dek-tette): Lazy Bones (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 08, 09

I suppose it was inevitable that the two most "homespun" of song composers, Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, would...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana on November 22, 1899. His given name, Hoagland, derived fr...

Geller, Herb (Herbert) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Geller, Herb (Herbert), alto, soprano saxes, flutes, clarinet, piano, arranger and composer; b. Los Angeles, CA, 2 No...

Taylor, Mark (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Taylor, Mark (Anthony), drums; b. Hampstead, London, England, 7 November 1962. He's the son of of Edward Eugene Taylo...

LaFaro, Scott (Rocco) posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

Scott LaFaro helped bring the bass out of the rhythm section's mix to make it an independent melodic instrument. In a...

Paiva, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Paiva, John, guitar; b. Bristol, Rhode Island, 25 January 1943. In 1946, his family moved to Glen Cove, Long Island. ...

Gregor, Valentin posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gregor, Valentin, violinist; b. Bonn, 13 May 1963. Gregor enjoys a repertoire ranging from the violin and voice to th...

Norris, Walter (Metcalf) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Norris, Walter (Metcalf), piano, educator; b. Little Rock, Arkansas, 27 December 1931. He lived his first eighteen ye...

Nussbaum, Adam posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Nussbaum, Adam, drums; b. New York City, 29 November 1955. Raised in Norwalk CT from 4. Nussbaum studied piano fro...

Richmond, Mike (Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Richmond, Mike (Michael), bassist, educator, author; b. Philadelphia, PA, 26 February 1948. His mother was Anna (born...

Kohler, Wolfgang posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kohler, Wolfgang, piano, comp. Teacher; b. Hofgeismar, West Germany, 15 October 1960. He's the son of Walter and Erik...

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