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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...

Dinah Washington: You Don't Know What Love Is (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 22, 07

Though she tends to take a backseat to Lady Day and Sassy in most jazz criticism, it’s difficult to find anything to ...

Gene Krupa: Disc Jockey Jump (1958) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 24, 08

The first thing one notices in comparing this remake with Krupa's 1947 original is the much-improved sound. Stereo! W...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Meditation (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

This Verve album, Jobim’s first as leader, was quickly assembled to capitalize on the meteoric success of “Girl from ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Gil Evans: Jambangle (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

Gil Evans kept a low profile in the music world from 1949-1955, even though he arranged for Billy Butterfield and var...

Miles Davis-Gil Evans: Bess, Oh, Where Is My Bess? (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

How does one pick a favorite piece from Gil's and Miles' Porgy and Bess album? Tough to do. I've chosen this piece ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MARIA SCHNEIDER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GIL EVANS TRACKS

In 2006, during a “listening session” with New York Times music writer Ben Ratliff, Maria Schneider compared Gil Evan...

Miles Davis: Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

In Act III, Scene 3 of Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess (1935), Porgy returns to Catfish Row after a week in jail that...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

J.J. Johnson/ Kai Winding Trombone Octet: A Night In Tunisia (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 04, 09

In April 1956, eight of New York's top trombonists joined an all-star rhythm section to record Jay & Kai + 6, an albu...

Hal McKusick: Jambangle (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

Hal McKusick was a veteran of the Boyd Raeburn and Claude Thornhill orchestras, and was an active freelance musician ...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

This melody swings through a series of upward shifts, conveying optimism and hope. In the original lyrics by Viniciu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Oscar Pettiford: Not So Sleepy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

Seldom in jazz has such an unusual and rich combination of sonorities been assembled into one performance. Bassist Os...

Miles Davis: It Ain't Necessarily So (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

The wistful, longing intro by Davis, cleverly utilizing the opening melodic line from "I Got Plenty of Nothin'," coul...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Miles Davis: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

Of the numerous jazz adaptations of Porgy and Bess in the mid-to-late 1950s – many motivated by the production of a H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Miles Davis: Buzzard Song (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

Miles's and Gil's Porgy and Bess opens with a loud chord, proceeding to Miles's take on a song cut from the opera's o...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Miles Davis: Summertime (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

This is a straightforward rendition of the Gershwin classic, with Miles playing the melody, then improvising against ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Miles Davis: Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

This section of Porgy and Bess was never well known by the general public. In the opera, Bess goes with other residen...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Miles Davis: I Loves You, Porgy (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 08, 08

One of the most beautiful songs in Porgy and Bess, the music during the entire first part of this track seems to floa...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Miles Davis: There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 08, 08

Although this song is actually sung in the opera's penultimate scene, it makes a fine ending for the album. Clearly i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Miles Davis: Summertime (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 29, 08

One of the many wonders in the Miles Davis/Gil Evans album of Porgy and Bess is how Evans was able to remain faithful...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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Gigi Gryce: La Rose Noire (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 20, 09

A twenty-year old Quincy Jones was already showing his influential ability as an astute arranger on this session with...

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