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Frankie Laine / Buck Clayton: Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music May 26, 08

If you remember Frankie Laine, you're definitely on AARP's mailing list. During the 1950s, Old Leather Lungs, as the ...

Duke Ellington (featuring Louie Bellson): Skin Deep (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

A few years after this recording, rock bands would discover the allure of long, intense drum solos. This was more th...

Cab Calloway (featuring Chu Berry): Ghost of a Chance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

If he hadn't died from a car crash at 31, Chu Berry might've joined the great first-generation triumvirate of tenorme...

Cab Calloway (featuring Dizzy Gillespie): Pickin' the Cabbage (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 04, 08

Originally released on the Vocalion label, "Pickin' the Cabbage" is often referred to as Gillespie's first attempt at...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A DIZZY DOZEN GILLESPIE CLASSICS

From his seminal work with Charlie Parker to his collaborations with Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie continually br...

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...

Webb, William Henry “Chick” posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09

Swing music literally emerged before Chick Webb's eyes as he sat on his drummer's throne on the stage of the Home of ...

Griffin, Dick (James Richard) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Griffin, Dick (James Richard), trombone; b. Fannin, Mississippi, 28 January 1940.  He has one child, Jakubu M'Wa...

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