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Jaki Byard: Twelve (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

Pianist/composer Jaki Byard was so rambunctiously creative, it's no surprise he caught the ear of Charles Mingus, wit...

Jaki Byard: Twelve (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

“Twelve” appears on the great live recording, Live at Lennie's on the Turnpike. Joe Farrell is amazing in this group....

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Jaki Byard: Garnerin' A Bit (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

This is Jaki giving tribute to one of his favorite pianists, Errol Garner. His other favorite was Earl Hines, as they...

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Jaki Byard: Giant Steps (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

I love this arrangement of “Giant Steps.” The pace is nice and easy. The thing to listen to is how Jaki animates his ...

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Jaki Byard: Out Front (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

Out Front is one of my favorite Jaki Byard albums, though it doesn't really get to his wilder side. I love hearing hi...

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Jaki Byard: Dolphy #1 (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

This is taken from the Last at Lennie's live recording. This is also a blues, but I think Jaki's solo is magnificent...

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Jaki Byard: To Bob Vatel of Paris (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

This version of “To Bob Vatel Of Paris,” from Empirical, is a favorite piece in my repertoire. I'm not sure who Bob V...

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Jaki Byard: European Episode (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

This piece appears on Out Front also, but this version is a killer solo performance on Blues for Smoke, Jaki’s first ...

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Jaki Byard: St. Louis Blues (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

This recording brings together veterans of three of the most adventurous small groups of the 1960s. Byard had chaired...

Jaki Byard: Blues au Gratin (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

I have my students listen to this track. The humor in Jaki's music is always apparent, but he was not above putting a...

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Jaki Byard: Willow Weep For Me (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

This solo piano version somewhat references the Art Tatum version. When Jaki hits his solo, it's so well paced and be...

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Ran Blake & Jaki Byard: Tea for Two (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 04, 08

One thing is for sure, at least: these two may not be having tea, but they are having a lot of fun, and from the high...

Booker Ervin: Number Two (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 08, 08

By the time this album was recorded in 1964, tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin had achieved some renown as a member of t...

Charles Mingus: Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Mingus worked the devil out of this complicated TV-score remnant during his 1964 tour of Europe. There must be a doze...

Eric Dolphy: Glad to be Unhappy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

On this Richard Rodgers song, Eric Dolphy's fiery brand of alto sax is replaced by his equally wistful virtuosity on ...

Roland Kirk: No Tonic Prez (aka No Tonic Press) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music August 31, 08

As the song's creator states, this blues-based form is an extension of a Lester Young riff that has no "tonic," or cl...

Charles Mingus Sextet: Fables of Faubus (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

When Jaki played with Charles Mingus’ group in 1964, Mingus gave him a long, unaccompanied solo on “Fables of Faubus,...

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk: From Bechet, Byas, and Fats (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

Jaki supplies strong comping throughout this record, Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s fantastic Rip, Rig and Panic. On this trac...

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Roland Kirk: Slippery, Hippery, Flippery (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

"Some of the sounds I made with my horn. The rhythm section was playing free. Some of the tape sounds I got arou...

Eric Dolphy: On Green Dolphin Street (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

With an almost tongue-in-cheek approach, the often dissonant Eric Dolphy lends his versatile talents to this unique a...

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