Search results for "John Clayton"
Milt Jackson with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra: Bags' Groove (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08Brothers Jeff and John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton have co-led the premier West Coast big band for the last 20+...
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Clayton Bros.: Where Is Love? (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 01, 09Part of me, the part that detests musicals, says that there's just no way I should be enjoying this tune. However, th...
Tamir Hendelman: Sycamore (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 14, 09While he can wow the crowds with outrageous piano flights a la Gene Harris, I am much more enamored of Tamir Hendelma...
Superbass: It Ain't Necessarily So (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09Certainly, playing with Ray and John Clayton in Superbass was one of the highlights of my entire career. Getting to a...
Diana Krall: I've Got You Under My Skin (live in Paris) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 08, 07What extraordinary patience and care Krall puts into her vocals. She never strains for effect, never gets caught up ...
Diana Krall: I Was Doing Alright (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music February 13, 08I am not a big fan of retro jazz - playacting which finds jazz singers adopting the mannerisms (and often the attire ...
Diana Krall: Too Marvelous for Words (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 28, 09I learned one thing on the playground basketball courts as a kid . . . if you keep on using the same moves over and o...
Kansas City Five (featuring Count Basie & Lester Young): Don't Be That Way (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music April 15, 09John Hammond, that extraordinary jazz entrepreneur, record producer, and scion of the Vanderbilt family organized and...
Queen Latifah: I Love Being Here With You (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music June 13, 08Dana Owens re-created herself first as the rap artist Queen Latifah, then again as a movie actress, which in turn led...
Jackie Allen: I've Never Been In Love Before (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 02, 09One of the best results of having a first-rate music college in your community is that you get a first-rate community...
Tom Lellis: Tell Me a Bedtime Story (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 08, 09Tom Lellis has been singing professionally since he was 15, but very little of his work has been documented on record...
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...
Clayton, Buck (Wilbur) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09The 1938 recordings by Count Basie's rhythm section are rightly celebrated in the annals of popular music for their ...
Clayton, John posted in Encyclopedia September 11, 09Clayton, John, bass, bandleader, composer (b. Los Angeles, August 20, 1952). An outstanding bassist, composer and ar...
Herbie Hancock & Gerald Clayton in Italy posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 20, 08Ted Panken continues to report on exciting happenings at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. Below is his fourth upd...
Hinton, Milt (Milton John) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09Bassist Milt Jackson advanced the role of the bassist in a jazz ensemble by performing with a keen rhythmic intellect...
Handy, John (John Richard Handy III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Handy, John [John Richard Handy III], saxophonist, composer, educator; b. Dallas, TX, 3 February 1933. His mother is&...
Menegon, John (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Menegon, John (Anthony), jazz bassist, composer, arranger, teacher; b. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 7 August 1954. M...
Gillespie, Dizzy (John Birks) posted in Encyclopedia February 11, 08Dizzy Gillespie always broke new ground. His collaborations with Charlie Parker in the forties set the benchmark by w...
Abadey, Nasar (John Malcolm Mabry) posted in Encyclopedia December 03, 07Abadey, Nasar [John Malcolm Mabry], drummer and composer; b. Pittsburgh, PA, 26, April 1947. His parents are Robert M...
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