Search results for "Jimmy Raney"
Jimmy Raney: Move It (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 16, 09After the first of two stints with Stan Getz in 1951-52, clean, crisp swing/bop guitarist Jimmy Raney recorded his fi...
Stan Getz: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 12, 08This version of the standard is close to ideal, from its contrapuntal opening by Getz and Raney to the melodic and rh...
Teddy Charles Tentet: The Quiet Time (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 13, 09One of the most forward-looking musicians of his generation, Teddy Charles fell off the face of the earth after the e...
Buddy DeFranco: Out of Nowhere (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 27, 07At this writing, DeFranco continues to be an excellent musician playing an instrument that fell out of favor early in...
Hal McKusick: Jambangle (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 21, 08Hal McKusick was a veteran of the Boyd Raeburn and Claude Thornhill orchestras, and was an active freelance musician ...
Artie Shaw: Aesop's Foibles (Minnesota) (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music November 21, 07Artie Shaw was forever quitting the music business in disgust, only to return and repeat the cycle. In 1949 he was in...
Stan Getz: Stella by Starlight (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 27, 08This is typically the kind of piece that people will classify as "West Coast jazz," although it was recorded in New Y...
Gary McFarland: Hello to the Season (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 05, 08Here is a band that one wishes had lasted longer. As it was, Gary McFarland gathered some of his favorite players and...
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) ...
Ineke, Eric (Alexander) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Ineke, Eric (Alexander), drummer, educator. b. Haarlem, Netherlands, 1 April 1947. His father was Hermanus Ineke (190...
Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron), violin, cornet, baritone horn, double bass, composer; b. Glens Falls, NY, 13 January 1...
Wilkins, Jack posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Wilkins, Jack, guitar, teacher; b. Brooklyn, NY, 3 June 1944. His father is Jack Rivers Lewis. His mother was Mary Ge...
Getz, Stan (Stanley) posted in Encyclopedia March 04, 08Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz’s distinctive sound and precise phrasing stand out in some of the best jazz recordings of...
Goldsby, John (Mark) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Goldsby, John (Mark), bass, composer, educator; b. Louisville, KY, 10 December 1958. His parents are Hugh Goldsby and...
Stone, Rick (Richard John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Stone, Rick (Richard John), guitarist, educator; b. Fairview Park, Ohio, 13 August 1955. It was during the mid-sev...
Leitch, Peter (John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Leitch, Peter (John), guitar; b. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 19 August 1944. He was born while his parents were in the a...
Richmond, Dannie (Charles Daniel) posted in Encyclopedia November 19, 08Dannie Richmond was Charles Mingus's musical foil over twenty years. In Richmond, Mingus found a saxophonist-turned-...
Buddy DeFranco: A Bird in Igor's Yard (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 19, 09George Russell was born in 1923, became a drummer, and learned the basics of music theory and arranging while recover...
In Conversation With John Scofield posted in Features and Interviews March 29, 09By Stuart Nicholson ...
The Once and Future Strings (Part Two) posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 12, 09Bill Barnes continues his three-part article on the role of guitar in jazz below. For the first installment, click h...
Chako, Greg (Gregory Thomas Chapopoulo) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Chako, Greg [Gregory Thomas Chapopoulo], guitar; b. Hamilton, Ohio, 12 June 1958. Hamilton, Ohio. His grandfather wa...
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