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Charlie Parker: Carvin' the Bird (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Just weeks after his release from Camarillo State Hospital, Parker was back in Dial’s studios to record with trumpete...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CHARLIE PARKER'S OVERLOOKED GEMS

There are no bad Charlie Parker recordings. Everything Bird recorded had the blues and soul baked right in. So to ass...

Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray: The Hunt (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Two of Wardell Gray’s and Dexter Gordon’s tenor duels, “The Chase” and “The Hunt,” rank among the all-time highlights...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Charlie Parker: The Gypsy (Rating: 60/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Bop's proudest soloist never forgave producer Ross Russell for releasing this exercise in self-humiliation (self-immo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING

Jazz.com visitors will notice that most of our reviews are favorable. That's because (a) we love jazz and (b) in bu...

Charlie Parker: Lover Man (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

Recorded in Hollywood for Dial during a West Coast trip, "Lover Man" marks a turning point in Parker’s career. High a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CHARLIE PARKER'S OVERLOOKED GEMS

There are no bad Charlie Parker recordings. Everything Bird recorded had the blues and soul baked right in. So to ass...

Campbell Jr., Roy (Sinclair) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Campbell Jr., Roy (Sinclair), trumpeter, flugelhorn, flutist, composer, actor; b. Los Angeles, CA, 29 September 1952...

Palmer, Donald (Don) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Palmer, Donald (Don), saxophonist, educator; b. Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, 9 April 1939. Introduced to music by ...

Rice, Charlie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rice, Charlie, drummer; b. Philadelphia, PA, 1 March 1920. Rice was a mainstay of the Philadelphia scene in the 19...

Schoenberg, Loren posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Schoenberg, Loren, saxophone; b. Paterson, NJ, 23 July 1958. Schoenberg was raised in Fair Lawn, NJ. He entere...

Heath, Percy posted in Encyclopedia February 19, 09

Bassist Percy Heath brought a fresh perspective to his instrument and advanced the melodic and rhythmic functions of ...

Gray, Wardell (Carl Wardell) posted in Encyclopedia February 20, 09

Tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray, along with his friendly rival Dexter Gordon, was one of the few instrumentalists who ...

Heath, Jimmy (James Edward) posted in Encyclopedia July 15, 09

Jimmy Heath has made substantial but often overlooked contributions to the sound of the modern saxophone. Starting wi...

Newborn, Phineas Jr. posted in Encyclopedia May 20, 09

Phineas Newborn Jr.'s technical command of the keyboard placed him alongside the greatest virtuosos of piano jazz, A...

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...

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward); valve trombone, composer, piano; born in Kansas City, Missouri on December.19, 1929....

Dixon, Ben (Harold) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Dixon, Ben (Harold), drummer, composer, arranger, teacher, clinician; b. Gaffney, SC, 25 December 1934.  As an i...

Taylor, Art (Arthur S., Junior) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Arthur Taylor's strong sense of swing, expert control of dynamics and deep melodic sensibility placed him in the elit...

Eckoff, Burt posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Eckoff, Burt, pianist, composer; b. Providence, RI, 5 August 1942. His older brother played piano and his father play...

Cyrille, Andrew (Charles) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cyrille, Andrew (Charles), drummer, composer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1939. He was born to Haitian parents and w...

Simon, Alan (Joseph) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Simon, Alan (Joseph), pianist, educator, arranger, composer; b.  New York City, NY, 11 January 1955. His parents...

Mason, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mason, John, bass; b. Chicago, IL, 28 September 1937. Mason played briefly with Dexter Gordon, Howard McGhee and S...

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