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Marian McPartland: Cool (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Long after she'd recorded them, Marian McPartland was confronted with several of her 10" Savoy albums to be autograph...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Supersax: Ko-Ko (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

In 1947, an awestruck fanatic named Dean Benedetti followed Charlie Parker from gig to gig, setting up amateur record...

More on Late Period Bill Evans posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 29, 09

A few days back I wrote an piece in this column entitled "Late Period Bill Evans: Genius or Decline?” Bill Kirchne...

Pass, Joe (Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua) posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09

Joe Pass expanded the guitar's possibilities in jazz with his fast, saxophone-like lines and graceful melodic sensibi...

Dawson, Alan (George) posted in Encyclopedia July 14, 09

Alan Dawson’s skills as both a drummer and a teacher were legendary amongst his peers. When he died in 1996, his most...

Fontana, Carl (Carl Charles Fontana) posted in Encyclopedia August 18, 09

Few trombonists have been able to convey the air of effortlessness in improvisation that was Carl Fontana's signatu...

Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron), violin, cornet, baritone horn, double bass, composer; b. Glens Falls, NY, 13 January 1...

Barash, Jeffrey (Samuel) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Barash, Jeffrey (Samuel), saxophone, clarinet, flute, educator; b. Los Angeles, CA, 5 July  1955. While he was a...

Brisker, Gordon (Ira) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brisker, Gordon (Ira), tenor saxophonist, composer/arranger; b. Cincinnati, OH, 6 November 1937. His mother, Flora, w...

Bruning, Dale posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bruning, Dale, guitar; b. Carbondale, PA, 8 November 1934. He mainly grew up in Mahwah, NJ. His parents are Homer and...

Keller, Paul (Matthew) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Keller, Paul (Matthew), bassist, composer, educator; b. Tiffin, OH, 11 March 1962. His father is Rev. Ron L. Keller a...

Simon, Richard posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Simon, Richard, acoustic (upright) bass; b. Kansas City, MO, 5 July 1949. His siblings are Ruth Luban, Judy Kamm, Eve...

Marucci, Mat (Mathew Roger Marucci III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Marucci, Mat [Mathew Roger Marucci III], drums; b. Rome, NY, 2 July 1945. He was born to a family with musical histor...

Melvoin, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Melvoin, Michael, keyboards, composer; b. Oshkosh, WI, 10 May 1937. Melvoin is one of the most versatile and accom...

Allen, Harry (Adams) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Allen, Harry (Adams) , tenor saxophone; b. Washington, DC, 12 October 1966. At age one, moved to Los Angeles, Califor...

Feather, Lorraine (Billie Jane Lee) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Feather, Lorraine (Billie Jane Lee), lyricist, singer; b. New York, NY, 10 September 1948. She's the daughter of jazz...

Jazz Dialogue: Gary Giddins in Conversation with Loren Schoenberg (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews May 20, 08

Noted jazz critic Gary Giddins recently engaged in a free-wheeling public discussion of jazz matters, current and h...

Benny Carter: Blue Star (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 22, 08

Much like J.J. Johnson, Benny Carter virtually disappeared from the active jazz scene for a number of years in order ...

In Conversation with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin posted in Features and Interviews December 05, 08

By Ted Panken For Lew Tabackin and Toshiko Akiyoshi, partners in marriage and art for close to forty years, “W...

In Conversation with Roberta Gambarini posted in Features and Interviews February 03, 09

By Eugene Marlow                &...

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