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Dr. Lonnie Smith: People Make The World Go Round (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 13, 09

The Stylistics originally introduced the song “People Make the World Go Round” in 1972 and with lyrics like “Buses on...

Wynton Marsalis: The Majesty of the Blues (The Puheeman Strut) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 15, 08

This performance marks a major turning point in the career of Wynton Marsalis. Before this recording, Marsalis was a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Wynton Marsalis: The Ways of Love (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 03, 09

Marsalis's evocative writing for the score of the 1990 film Tune in Tomorrow was a further indication of his progress...

Marcus Roberts: East of the Sun (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

You have to give Marsalis points for including this trio track -- on which he doesn’t even play -- in the second CD i...

Cassandra Wilson: Honey Bee (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Wilson hails from Jackson, Mississippi, and on this track she digs deeply into the blues tradition of her home state....

Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 22, 07

Wynton Marsalis has built a career on high ambitions—including (for a start) assimilating the music vocabulary from H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Dianne Reeves: Nine (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

Dianne Reeves is undoubtedly one the most gifted singers among those who attained international status in the last de...

Ahmad Jamal: Wave (1985) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music May 09, 08

Ahmad Jamal understood popular music, he understood commercialism, but, to me, he didn’t compromise. All of his artis...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ERIC REED SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL AHMAD JAMAL TRACKS

                 Ahmad Jamal, by...

Cassandra Wilson: Lover Come Back to Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 13, 08

The rhythm section adopts a retro pose on this reworking of a 1928 Romberg and Hammerstein standard. Sewell's chug-a...

Wynton Marsalis: Stardust (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 18, 08

This much beloved jazz standard has its own deeply ingrained personality, and you tinker with it at your own risk. ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Wynton Marsalis: In This House, On This Morning (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 23, 09

There are many tempting pigeonholes in which to place this 2-hour work by Mr. Marsalis. You could call it his perso...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Junko Onishi: Blue Skies (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 10, 09

Japan's Junko Onishi was one of the most promising jazz pianists to emerge in the '90s, her series of five Blue Note ...

Riley, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Riley, John, drummer, educator; b. Aberdeen, Maryland, 11 June 1954. Riley spent his formative years in Scotch Pla...

Jazz at Lincoln Center Goes Global posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 02, 08

Tim Wilkins contributes this review of last Friday’s concert featuring pianist Chano Dominguez and the Flamenco Jazz...

In Conversation with Terence Blanchard posted in Features and Interviews November 01, 09

By Ted Panken                 ...

Onishi, Junko posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Onishi, Junko, pianist; b. Kyoto, Japan, 16 April 1967.  Onishi is a pianist, a fact that is easy to forget w...

Brian Blade: Evinrude-Fifty (Trembling) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Perhaps no jazz drummer has been more in demand throughout the last decade than Brian Blade. From Wayne Shorter to E...

Dianne Reeves: Body and Soul (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 27, 08

On this very special evening at the New Morning club in Paris, Dianne Reeves was in fantastic shape, and the renderin...

Dianne Reeves: Love for Sale (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

On this live track the interaction between Dianne Reeves and her rhythm section is tremendous. They shift speed witho...

Dianne Reeves: Cherokee (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

This is not an easy song to sing, and indeed its most famous versions are by instrumentalists. But Dianne Reeves's vo...

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