Search results for "J.C. Higginbotham"

Henry "Red" Allen: Ain't She Sweet (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music May 27, 08

Henry "Red" Allen spent his life in Louis Armstrong's shadow, usually figuratively but sometimes literally. Like his ...

Louis Armstrong: St. Louis Blues (1929) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

On Friday the 13th, six weeks after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Louis Armstrong was singing the blues—to be precis...

Henry 'Red' Allen: It Should Be You (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

After a brief cadenza, Allen launches into the first chorus of this 32-bar original (no bridge) accompanied by a righ...

Henry 'Red' Allen & Coleman Hawkins: I Cover the Waterfront (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

"In 1957, [Henry 'Red' Allen] made a startling recording for Victor," Whitney Balliett wrote of this session. "It&nb...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Henry 'Red' Allen & Coleman Hawkins: S'Wonderful (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

Henry 'Red' Allen lets loose with a boisterous version of "S'Wonderful" that lives up to the exuberant proclamation o...

King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators: Slow and Steady (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

This sweet, bluesy melody, coming a year after "Farewell Blues," reveals the King Oliver band becoming yet more arran...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KING OLIVER

Joseph "King" Oliver helped deliver polyphonic ensemble swing from the New Orleans backwater. Oliver's Creole Jaz...

Higginbotham, J.C. (Jay C., Jack) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

J.C. Higginbotham brought a uniquely bombastic element to jazz trombone playing, making a career as one of the Swin...

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...

Lives of the Great Trombonists posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 13, 09

A few days ago, one of the music discussion forums mulled over whether the trombone is dead. The topic was hotly d...

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...

Foster, Pops (George Murphy) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

Bassist George Foster's powerful sense of rhythm and resonant tone rang out with authority across early jazz, earning...

Callender, Red (George Sylvester) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Red Callender could lay down a huge walking bass line as easily as he made his upright sing like a violin. An incredi...

Young, Trummy (James Oliver) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Trombonist Trummy Young developed a bright, energetic sound with unprecedented facility in the upper register which...

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...

Sager, David posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Sager, David, trombonist, historian; b. Takoma Park, Maryland, 22 March 1958. His parents are Beverly Stevens (b. 192...

Catlett, Big Sid (Sidney) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer “Big” Sid Catlett's beat was steady and infectious, and made him one of the more complete drummers of the Swi...

A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews August 26, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia New Orleans does not rank in the top 50 cities in the US, when measured by population. It...

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