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Jabbo Smith: More Rain, More Rest (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music August 20, 08In the late 1920s, Jabbo Smith was Louis Armstrong's chief rival and arguably the hottest trumpeter around. He record...
Jabbo Smith: Jazz Battle (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 24, 07"Jabbo was as good as Louis [Armstrong] then," bassist Milt Hinton later remembered. "He was the Dizzy Gillespie of ...
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We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...
Duke Ellington: Black and Tan Fantasy (OKeh) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 24, 07Ellington's growing musical maturity from the 1920s through the 1940s is one of the most remarkable stories in the hi...
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Charlie Johnson: You Ain't the One (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music March 31, 08This recording offers one of the very few aural glimpses we have of this fabled and pioneering Harlem big band. The ...
Smith, Jabbo (Cladys) posted in Encyclopedia August 21, 08At his best, trumpeter Cladys “Jabbo” Smith’s power and virtuosity made him the only true rival to Louis Armstrong in...
A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...
Dickenson, Vic (Victor) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09Vic Dickenson's whimsical and conversational trombone style, coupled with a keen sense of musical humor, made him o...
Schoenberg, Loren posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Schoenberg, Loren, saxophone; b. Paterson, NJ, 23 July 1958. Schoenberg was raised in Fair Lawn, NJ. He entere...
Davis, Eddy posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Davis, Eddy, banjo, singer; He received his formal training at Purdue University, University of Chicago and both the ...
Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten: Harlem Drag (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 16, 08From the middle of the Jazz Age to the depths of the Depression, Charlie Johnson's band graced the stage at Small's P...
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Watch Out Wikipedia . . . Here We Come! posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 28, 08The jazz.com team continues to work behind-the-scenes on our on-line Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. Under the lead...
Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 04, 08Last week, jazz.com published its 3,000th review. Since jazz.com’s launch last December, our team of more than fo...
Revisiting Classic Jazz Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 30, 08Regular visitors to jazz.com know that we highlight a great track from the past every day as part of a regular featur...
Hinton, Milt (Milton John) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09Bassist Milt Jackson advanced the role of the bassist in a jazz ensemble by performing with a keen rhythmic intellect...
Sletten, Dave posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Sletten, Dave, saxophones, woodwinds; b. Minneapolis, 20 April 1955; d. 18 September 2000 from cancer...
Listen to these CDs . . . Even If They Sound Awful! posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 09, 08I have devoted several postings here recently to the issue of sound quality on jazz recordings. In particular, I h...
Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: June 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages July 03, 09Anat Cohen plays Benny Goodman Josh Jackson reports from A Blog Supreme. 50,000 show ...
Washington, SalimMichael S. Washington posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Washington, Salim [Michael S. Washington], tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, composer, educator, author; b. Memphis, TN, ...
Carroll, Baikida (E. J. Carroll) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Carroll, Baikida [E. J. Carroll], trumpet, flugelhorn, composer; b. St. Louis, Missouri, 15 January 1947. the son of&...
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