Search results for "Hubert Laws"

Hubert Laws: Amazing Grace (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 09

Laws has proven to be adept at playing jazz, soul, R&B, and last, but certainly not least, classical music. As he be...

Hubert Laws: Muchacha Extraña (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

As a recording artist, Hubert Laws has amassed an extraordinary body of dreck. Is there another jazzman considered th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JAZZ FLUTE PERFORMANCES

"The flute," flutist Bud Shank informed historian Ted Gioia in 1988, "is a stupid instrument to be playing jazz music...

Jaco Pastorius: (Used to be a) Cha-Cha (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

I think it might be safe to say that Jaco Pastorius turned jazz music on its collective head with the release of his ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Count Basie: Kilimanjaro (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

In the early '70s, big bands were not so fashionable. During the mid-'60s, Count Basie even ventured far from his usu...

Quincy Jones: Dead End (Rating: 78/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

"Dead End" is taken from a Grammy-winning album, and, as expected, the personnel is illustrious. The track features s...

George Benson: Octane (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

This recording lacks synergy due to the fact that live and studio performances were merged to create it. There are im...

McCoy Tyner: Afro Blue (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Although his former employer John Coltrane made this Mongo Santamaria-penned song a permanent staple of his repertoir...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MCCOY TYNER

                McCoy Tyner, by Jos L. K...

McCoy Tyner: Song of the New World (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

This Latin-fueled number starts with McCoy Tyner's signature use of cluster chords and bass notes. It follows the mot...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MCCOY TYNER

                McCoy Tyner, by Jos L. K...

Jaco Pastorius: Crisis (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

On this opening cut from his 1980 album Word of Mouth, Pastorius and company explode with a gigantic burst of musical...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Bob James: Westchester Lady (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 20, 09

Since being "discovered" by Quincy Jones some forty years ago and composing music for television and film, Bob James ...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Tereza My Love (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music September 19, 08

Antonio Carlos Jobim, one of the main architects of Brazilian music, finds himself in great company on this highly un...

Blossom Dearie: My New Celebrity Is You (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

If ever the outmoded appellation "girl singer" applied to anyone, it was Blossom Dearie, given the gentle, little-gir...

Bill Evans & Claus Ogerman: Symbiosis (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 22, 08

Bill Evans was working in familiar territory on most of his 1970s recordings, playing standards and his own compositi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BILL EVANS

Bill Evans’s career as a jazz pianist started with little fanfare. His first leader date, New Jazz Conceptions fro...

Freddie Hubbard: Theme for Kareem (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

This track transports me right back to where I first heard it—my living room in 1978, the year it came out. I li...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RANDY BRECKER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACKS

Note: During the course of a career that spanned more than a half century, Freddie Hubbard made his mark as one of th...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Children's Games (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music September 19, 08

On this dark waltz, Eumir Deodato's talents as an arranger really shine. He composed wonderful counterpoints for this...

George Benson: Sky Dive (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

Every set needs a burnout tune. At this 1975 Carnegie Hall concert, this was it. Benson takes Freddie Hubbard’s "Sky ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

McCoy Tyner: Fly with the Wind (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Beginning with a haunting string introduction, everything works perfectly here, as the music takes one's mind into a ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MCCOY TYNER

                McCoy Tyner, by Jos L. K...

Herbie Hancock: The Prisoner (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 20, 09

On “The Prisoner” I love the contrast between what the ensemble is playing on the structure of the piece and the free...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: URI CAINE SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK TRACKS

Few jazz-related artists are busier these days than pianist-composer Uri Caine, whose international career transpires...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

Atypical experimentalism rules Antonio Carlos Jobim's "God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun." The hippie-minded ...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Andorinha (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

"Andorinha" sounds like most Jobim from the era, complete with a few added musical features. The electric keyboards ...

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