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Billie Holiday: Gloomy Sunday (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 31, 07Darling, I'd Die Without You, among the hoariest songwriting clichés, was never expressed with greater despondency th...
Billie Holiday: That Ole Devil Called Love (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 21, 08Just as Henri-Cartier-Bresson referred to the “decisive moment” that captured the perfect photographic image, here pe...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES
Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...
Benny Goodman: One O'Clock Jump (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 04, 09While his inter-personal skills left much to be desired, Benny Goodman cared about his band and was always interested...
Benny Goodman: Blue Skies (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 12, 09The star of this performance is Fletcher Henderson's chart. The intro starts with an Ellingtonian growl that morphs ...
Benny Goodman: Sing, Sing, Sing – as heard in Woody Allen's New York Stories (1989), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) ... (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 20, 07Immensely popular in its day, "Sing, Sing, Sing" is the nadir of white jungle music. Not to be confused with the 1990...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZ SIDE OF WOODY ALLEN
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Billie Holiday: Lover Man (1944) (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music November 09, 07According to her autobiography, Billie Holiday begged Decca Records to let her record "Lover Man" with strings. "Peop...
Benny Goodman: And the Angels Sing (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 09, 07Ziggy Elman ranks high on the list of shamefully overlooked jazz trumpeters. Great section players aren't always the ...
Benny Goodman: King Porter Stomp (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 12, 07Five years after Jelly Roll Morton recorded his tribute to pianist Porter King, bandleader Fletcher Henderson adopted...
James, Harry (Haag) posted in Encyclopedia September 22, 08Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James forged a reputation as one of the hottest horn blowers in Swing, and scored some...
Benny Goodman: Peckin' (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 18, 08Harry James got his first big break when he joined the Benny Goodman organization in January 1937. Benny's brother Ha...
Reginald Foresythe: Dodging a Divorcee (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music December 19, 08Reginald Foresythe was a British pianist/composer/leader active on the both sides of the Atlantic during the 1930s. H...
Reginald Foresythe: The Melancholy Clown (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 04, 09Britain's Reginald Foresythe is little known today, but there were many musicians of stature who either collaborated ...
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