Search results for "Joey Baron"

Joey Baron: Scottie Pippen (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Does humor belong in music? Sure, in Frank Zappa's world, but what about jazz? When a unique trio of drums, tenor, an...

Bill Frisell: Lonesome (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

Between the release of his debut recording, In Line, and the date of this session (early ’87), Bill Frisell busily re...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BILL FRISELL

As unassumingly as Bill Frisell presents himself in his everyday life is as fiery and unabashedly bold he is wi...

Bill Frisell: Live to Tell (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

Bill Frisell's entire career is represented here in a single, 10-minute microcosm. The slowly building melodic concep...

Eliane Elias: Waltz for Debby (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

This song is inevitably included on every Bill Evans tribute recording – as familiar as "Round Midnight" when the aco...

Dave Douglas: Spring Ahead (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 19, 09

Douglas recorded three "tribute" CDs in the '90's, to Booker Little (In Our Lifetime), Wayne Shorter (Stargazer), and...

James Carter (with Heaven on Earth): Diminishing (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 02, 09

What does it mean when a group of crack jazz musicians gets together to make a thinly-disguised rock record? Is it a...

Bill Frisell: Little Brother Bobby (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 10, 09

Hank Roberts’ sound incorporates the diverse styles of jazz, classical, rock and folk. As a student at the Berklee S...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ CELLO

Can the cello swing? Can the cello be as melodically sophisticated as traditional jazz instruments? Is the cell...

Marc Johnson: Faith In You (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 16, 08

This tune really sounds like summer with its joyous melody and light pulsation, punctuated by Baron's splashes on his...

Enrico Pieranunzi: Winter Moon (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 03, 08

The members of this trio have known each other for many years and the Atlantic is no barrier to them. They have found...

John Taylor: Tramonto (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

Unlike many other pianists, John Taylor doesn’t rely on a regular trio, and the magical atmosphere he creates on this...

Toots Thielemans: Blue N' Green/All Blues (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 21, 08

In some ways the great Toots Thielemans has been overlooked by the jazz world. That can happen when your main ax is a...

Steve Kuhn: Song of Praise (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 11, 09

For his John Coltrane tribute album Mostly Coltrane, Kuhn primarily chose songs that are optimal vehicles for group i...

Steve Kuhn: Like Sonny (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 22, 09

In one of those rare, once-in-a-lifetime convergences, pianist Steve Kuhn got a call to play with John Coltrane for a...

John Scofield: You Bet (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Early in his career, John Scofield performed with jazz-funk legends George Duke and Billy Cobham before joining Miles...

John Zorn: The James Bond Theme (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 04, 07

Jazz, surf, rockabilly, jump blues, punk – all served up in one blistering take on this classic spy movie theme. Zorn...

John Zorn: New Jersey Scum Swamp (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 24, 08

According to New Jersey's Septic Management Group, which is committed to "Protecting Our Groundwater, One Septic Syst...

Bill Frisell: Billy the Kid (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 07, 09

William Bonney, known as "Billy the Kid," was a young punk who wreaked havoc in Lincoln County, NM. His bad reputatio...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

Bill Frisell: Hard Plains Drifter (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

John Zorn has called on Bill Frisell to fill the guitar seat in many of his groups for upwards of 25 years now – begi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BILL FRISELL

As unassumingly as Bill Frisell presents himself in his everyday life is as fiery and unabashedly bold he is wi...

Bill Frisell: Strange Meeting (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

Bill Frisell’s pair of recordings from 1992, a wide-ranging collection of covers entitled Have a Little Faith and thi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BILL FRISELL

As unassumingly as Bill Frisell presents himself in his everyday life is as fiery and unabashedly bold he is wi...

Baron, Joey posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Drummer Joey Baron has built a career that straddles commercial music and avant-garde jazz. Baron has demonstrated wi...

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