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Lennie Tristano: Line Up (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 20, 09

Using early (1955) multi-tracking techniques in his home studio, Tristano recorded his piano over prerecorded rhythm ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

Lennie Tristano: Line Up (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

When this track was first released, it attracted enormous attention . . . but not for the music. Tristano had "tampe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LENNIE TRISTANO

Few jazz pianists have demonstrated a more expansive and awe-inspiring vision of the improvisational arts than Lenn...

Tristano, Lennie (Leonard Joseph) posted in Encyclopedia March 21, 08

The name of Lennie Tristano is known by few outside the world of jazz musicians. An early contributor to the bebop st...

Paul Whiteman: Blue Belles of Harlem (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music January 10, 09

Paul Whiteman's final "Experiment in Modern Music" featured Artie Shaw, Whiteman's large orchestra, and a lot of...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

In Conversation with Marcus Roberts posted in Features and Interviews April 17, 09

By Ted Panken Jazz critics over the last two decades have usually ascribed to pianist Marcus Roberts the aes...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

The Best of the Dozens posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 26, 09

Today jazz.com publishes the latest installment of its regular feature The Dozens. This article, written by S. Victo...

Washburne, Christopher (John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Washburne, Christopher (John), trombonist, tuba player, educator, author; b. Bath, Ohio, 25 September 1963.  Bor...

Byron, Don posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Byron, Don, clarinet, composer, arranger, saxophones; b. Nov. 8, 1958, in the Bronx, New York City . His father was a...

Velasco, Edmund (Alfred) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Velasco, Edmund (Alfred), tenor sax; b. Whittier, CA, 1963. His parents (Alfred and Delfina) are not musical however ...

Knife Fight Breaks Out Over Sun Ra Review posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 17, 08

Well maybe not a real knife fight. This is the Internet, after all, and the bloodshed is only virtual. But if th...

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