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Wayne Shorter: Kryptonite (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

I'm generally amazed at the amount of work Wayne Shorter has released in his fifty year career. His album output duri...

Wayne Shorter: Tom Thumb (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Blue Note albums from the '60s abound in long-form variations on the blues, and Wayne Shorter’s loping, riff-based “T...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Freddie Hubbard: Hub-Tones (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 05, 08

In 1962, Freddie Hubbard and Herbie Hancock volunteered their talents on each other's records: Hubbard performing on ...

Freddie Hubbard: Lament For Booker (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 30, 08

Photograph by Jos L. Knaepen As I write this a day after his passing on December 29, 20...

Bobby Hutcherson: Little B's Poem (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

On an album that exhibits both vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s avant-garde leanings and his hard-bop grounding, Hutch...

Freddie Hubbard: Breaking Point (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

Freddie Hubbard occasionally delved into more avant realms, and this track is a good example. A great tune—tune withi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RANDY BRECKER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACKS

Note: During the course of a career that spanned more than a half century, Freddie Hubbard made his mark as one of th...

Woody Shaw: Woody I: On The New Ark (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

I feel that in many ways Woody III is the masterpiece of Woody Shaw’s recorded output in the studio The three pieces ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Wayne Shorter: The Big Push (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

"The Big Push" was recorded after Wayne Shorter’s classic album Speak No Evil and then shoved into obscurity until th...

Wayne Shorter: Angola (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

Coming from one of Shorter's numerous releases for Blue Note Records during the 1960s, the song "Angola" is one of th...

Wayne Shorter: Go (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

"Go" is another song off of Wayne Shorter's Schizophrenia that contains multiple ensemble movements that help build t...

Spaulding, James Ralph posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Spaulding, James Ralph, alto saxophonist/flutist, composer; b. Indianapolis, Indiana, 30 July 1937. His musical tr...

Freddie Hubbard: Mirrors (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 07, 08

In this beautiful Joe Chambers composition, the lyrical side of the often stratospheric Freddie Hubbard is heard to g...

Faulk, Dan posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Faulk, Dan, tenor and soprano saxophone, composer, educator; b. Philadelphia, PA, 22 November 1969. He was raised in ...

ben Ayala, Isaac posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

ben Ayala, Isaac, (note the lower case 'b'; please list under Ayala, not under ben), pianist, composer, conductor; b....

Hubbard, Freddie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hubbard, Freddie, trumpet, composer; b. 7 April 1938. d. 29 December 2008. The son of a mason, he was one of six chil...

Wilson, Flossie (Beatrice Dow) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Wilson, Flossie (Beatrice Dow), singer, educator, lyricist, composer; b. Buffalo, NY, 14 October 1941. She was the el...

Queen, Alvin posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Queen, Alvin, drummer, producer; b. Bronx, NY, 16 August 1950. His family relocated to Mt. Vernon when he was 2 years...

Fefer, Avram (Klane) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fefer, Avram (Klane), saxophonist, composer, teacher; b. San Francisco, CA, 9 June 1964. His family lived in Californ...

Sims, Peter “La Roca” posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer Pete “La Roca” Sims' smooth groove, sense of swing and fantastic four-limb coordination made him ideally suit...

Jackson, D.D. (Robert Cleath Kai-Nien) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Jackson, D.D. (Robert Cleath Kai-Nien); piano, organ/keyboards, composer; b. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 25 January 1967...

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