Search results for "J.C. Heard"

Red Norvo: Congo Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 08

In the 1950s, best-selling author Jack Kerouac godfathered the Beat Generation, an unwashed gaggle of ofay deadb...

Lester Young & Oscar Peterson: Stardust (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music August 16, 09

Lester’s alcoholism had caught up with him by the early ‘50s, robbing him of his prowess on the saxophone. “Stardust”...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LESTER YOUNG AT 100

It’s hard to imagine what it was like. Today, New York City is so entrenched as the jazz scene of record that the...

Stuff Smith and Dizzy Gillespie: Rio Pakistan (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 03, 09

The track "Rio Pakistan" first appeared on the 1957 album Dizzy Gillespie-Stuff Smith, and reappeared on the 1994 CD ...

Billie Holiday: Gloomy Sunday (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

Darling, I'd Die Without You, among the hoariest songwriting clichés, was never expressed with greater despondency th...

Benny Carter: Street Scene (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Fade in. Street scene. Big city. Rain slicked. Deserted corner. Wee hours. Neon flashing. Deep shadows. Film ...

Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia (1946) (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

Here's Diz & Gang back in Manhattan but minus Charlie Parker, who jumped ship after their holiday engagement at Billy...

Sarah Vaughan: Come Rain or Come Shine (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

By 1950, the finest singer of the bebop era had done her best to put bop behind her. Since bop was primarily instrume...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: FIFTIES FEMMES FATALES

In 1958, as evidence that love's fever is a long-running malady, singer/lyricist Peggy Lee alluded to Romeo & Julie...

Lester Young: Ad Lib Blues (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

This 1952 session will undoubtedly quiet anyone who criticizes Lester Young’s postwar career. Inspired by Oscar Peter...

Lester Young: There Will Never Be Another You (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music September 13, 08

You can tell how much Lester Young liked the melody of this piece. Not only does he play it with great feeling on th...

Johnson, J. J. (James Louis) posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09

Trombonist, arranger and composer J.J. Johnson is one of the handful who revolutionized the way his instrument is pla...

Charlie Parker: Funky Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

This performance highlights the difference between Parker's form of expression on the blues in contrast to the approa...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Billie Holiday: Time On My Hands (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 16, 09

Although he was amongst the most celebrated jazz soloists of the era, Lester Young takes no solo on “Time on My Hands...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LESTER YOUNG AT 100

It’s hard to imagine what it was like. Today, New York City is so entrenched as the jazz scene of record that the...

Green, Bennie (Bernard) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Trombonist Bennie Green kept pace with the innovations of bebop while maintaining a deep closeness to the blues and p...

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...

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...

Carroll, Baikida (E. J. Carroll) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Carroll, Baikida [E. J. Carroll], trumpet, flugelhorn, composer; b. St. Louis, Missouri, 15 January 1947. the son of&...

Pettiford, Oscar posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09

Oscar Pettiford set the standard for bassists in bebop by drawing out the melodic and solo potential of his instrumen...

Akiyoshi, Toshiko posted in Encyclopedia November 21, 08

Pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi combines her commanding arranging ability with her own piano style, which draws from the le...

Miller, Jim (James Donald) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Miller, Jim (James Donald), drummer, educator; b. Indianapolis, IN, 13 June 1954. His mother (born Georgieanna Oyl...

Norvo, Red (Kenneth Norville) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08

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