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Thad Jones & Mel Lewis: Tiptoe (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

Thad Jones was arguably the most consistently interesting big band arranger of the 1960s and 1970s, and “Tiptoe” is o...

Joe Williams: Night Time is the Right Time (to be with the One You Love) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 31, 09

Evaluating the relative merits of Joe Williams' recorded tracks with Count Basie in the '50's, as compared to those h...

Grover Washington, Jr.: Mister Magic (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

This is the title track from a classic album by one of contemporary jazz’s most beloved artists. A grooving, R&B-flav...

Jimmy Smith: Walk on the Wild Side (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Unrelated to rocker Lou Reed's raunchy 1972 hit of the same name, Jimmy Smith's cover of Elmer Bernstein's movie them...

Herbie Hancock: Speak Like a Child (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

Every new release from Herbie Hancock during the 1960s seemed to chart an exciting step forward. On his Speak Like a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK PERFORMANCES

When Miles Davis hired Herbie Hancock (along with Ron Carter and Tony Williams) in 1963, few fans believed that this ...

Bill Evans & Claus Ogerman: Symbiosis (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 22, 08

Bill Evans was working in familiar territory on most of his 1970s recordings, playing standards and his own compositi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BILL EVANS

Bill Evans’s career as a jazz pianist started with little fanfare. His first leader date, New Jazz Conceptions fro...

Brandford, Jay (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brandford, Jay (Edward), alto and baritone saxophonist, flutist, composer/arranger; b. Los Angeles, CA, 24 March 1959...

Ron Carter: A Selected Discography posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 03, 07

Ron Carter is the consummate sideman, and one of the most active accompanists in the history of jazz. But Carter has...

Amram, David (Werner, III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Amram, David (Werner, III) , composer, French horn, piano, guitar, numerous flutes and folkloric instruments; b. Phil...

Campbell, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Campbell, John, pianist; b. Bloomington, Ill., 7 July 1955. He is also quite capable on vibraphone, string bass, and...

Stiles, Joan (Lillian Silver). posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stiles, Joan (Lillian Silver), pianist, arranger, teacher; b. Brooklyn, NY, 1 June 1954.  Studied piano as a ...

DeRosa, Richard (Jerome) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

DeRosa, Richard (Jerome), composer, arranger, drummer, university professor; b. Huntington, NY, 25 November 1955. His...

McKusick, Hal (Harold Wilfred McKusick, Jr) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McKusick, Hal [Harold Wilfred McKusick, Jr], saxes, clarinets, flutes, composer (also Keyboard knowledge and orchestr...

Gerald Wilson: Viva Tirado (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

It was inevitable that someone would ask Gerald Wilson to record many of his classic arrangements with an all-star Ne...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON

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J.J. Johnson: Winter's Waif (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

One of two Gary McFarland contributions to this album, "Winter's Waif" shows a tougher side of bossa nova. And a dark...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GARY MCFARLAND

Gary McFarland's life could be the subject of a movie screenplay. Until he was in his mid-20s, McFarland (1933-1971) ...

J.J. Johnson: El Camino Real (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 13, 08

J.J. Johnson will forever be remembered as the most influential trombonist in jazz from the late 1940s onward. His pi...

Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band: Little Pixie (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

Sure, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band occasionally entered the electric/fusion world with funk-groove experiments: ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS

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Charles Mingus: Hobo Ho (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

Time and again, exploring the forward-thinking approach of any of jazz's true stylistic innovators ultimately leads f...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS

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Dave Grusin: I Feel Pretty (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 15, 09

Forty years after West Side Story hit big, pianist Dave Grusin decided to revisit and maybe revitalize Bernstein's mu...

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...

Duke Pearson: New Girl (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 06, 09

Duke Pearson's Big Band was a vital part of the New York jazz scene from the late 1960s to the mid '70s. This great b...

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