Search results for "Joe Thomas"

Billie Holiday: Tain't Nobody's Business (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

On May 27, 1947, Billie Holiday was sentenced to a year and a day for possession of narcotic drugs, remaining in cust...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL BILLIE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES

              Billie Holiday, artwork by Michae...

Joe Williams with Count Basie and His Orchestra: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

The Greatest!! was the second album by Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra. It was designed to show that Will...

Joe Mooney: Tea For Two (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 05, 09

In September 1946, composer and critic Alec Wilder proclaimed in Downbeat that the Joe Mooney Quartet was one of the ...

Miles Davis: My Funny Valentine (1956) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

Miles's first recording of "My Funny Valentine" was made at the end of a marathon session designed to complete his co...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MY FUNNY VALENTINE

            My Funny Valentine, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Dave Brubeck: Georgia On My Mind (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 08, 09

Recorded about a year before Ray Charles changed everyone's approach to the song, Dave Brubeck's recording of "Georgi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana on November 22, 1899. His given name, Hoagland, derived fr...

Sippie Wallace (featuring King Oliver): Every Dog Has His Day (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

After Louis Armstrong had come and gone from King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, and after the band had collapsed, Oliver...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KING OLIVER

Joseph "King" Oliver helped deliver polyphonic ensemble swing from the New Orleans backwater. Oliver's Creole Jaz...

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: Riverside Blues (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

A work of joy and salvation, this stirring piece sets the stage with four funereal minor-key measures, then emerges i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KING OLIVER

Joseph "King" Oliver helped deliver polyphonic ensemble swing from the New Orleans backwater. Oliver's Creole Jaz...

Return to Forever: Spanish Fantasy (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 09, 08

Return to Forever Live featured a new, expanded lineup. Gone were guitarist Al Di Meola and drummer Lenny White, repl...

Weather Report: Volcano for Hire (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 12, 08

Weather Report's very first album, named Weather Report, came out in 1971. This album is also called Weather Report. ...

King Oliver: High Society (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

"High Society" is one of many traditional jazz standards with confusing parentage. It was originally a march, written...

Shelly Manne: Summertime (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 29, 08

In 1959 producer Lester Koenig had the good sense to record Shelly Manne & His Men for four nights at San Francisco's...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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Duke Ellington: Daybreak Express (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Unquestionably one of Duke Ellington’s masterpieces, “Daybreak Express” is one of the most thrilling train rides ever...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

John Coltrane: Blue Train (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

John Coltrane (and I think it was he, rather than his various producers) seemed to know which performances would mark...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

Jo Stafford: What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry? (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 05, 09

Jo Stafford never called herself a jazz singer, but her landmark album Jo + Jazz gives us a taste of what might have ...

Miles Davis: It Could Happen To You (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 02, 09

In 1956, with a new recording contract from Columbia (and several recordings already in the can for them), Miles Davi...

Duke Ellington: Limehouse Blues (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

"Limehouse Blues" is not a blues, but it was inspired by the London neighborhood. When Duke Ellington recorded the so...

Miles Davis: Bye Bye Blackbird (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

Miles Davis' classic version of "Bye Bye, Blackbird" has long been considered one of the essential modern jazz record...

Duke Ellington: Never No Lament (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

I wonder how Duke Ellington reacted when he was asked to turn his instrumental "Never No Lament" into the pop song "D...

Larry Slezak: No Worries (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

This song's title is absolutely perfect as I'm not sure it would have been possible to come up with a more perfect sy...

Thomas, John (D.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Thomas, John (D.), guitarist; Appearing with some of the greatest names in jazz, his professional gigs since 1972 ...

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