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John Handy: Spanish Lady (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 01, 08

Mingus at Monterey 1964. John Handy at Monterey 1965. Charles Lloyd at Monterey 1966. In those years, the Monterey Ja...

John Handy & Ali Akbar Khan: Ganesha's Jubilee Dance (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 20, 08

The two albums recorded by John Handy and Ali Akbar Khan, Karuna Supreme (1975) and Rainbow (1980), are among the mos...

Charles Mingus: I Can't Get Started (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 17, 07

A definitive version of a favorite Mingus standard (and staple of his live repertoire), captured in performance at th...

Charles Mingus: C Jam Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 28, 09

Jazz composers usually bring their most polished and ambitious scores when they are invited to play at Carnegie Hall....

Charles Mingus: Self-Portrait in Three Colors (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

We could spend a lot of time unpacking just the title of this song (originally written for Shadows, the directorial d...

Charles Mingus: Tensions (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

“Moods,” “contrasts” and “changes” are a few words that have taken on elemental significance in Mingus’ song titles, ...

Charles Mingus: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Late in life, Lester Young was asked if any of the myriad younger musicians who copied his style had ever thanked him...

Charles Mingus: Moanin' (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Unlike Bobby Timmons' righteous "Moanin'" recorded the previous year by The Jazz Messengers, Mingus's "Moanin'" is te...

Charles Mingus: Better Git It In Your Soul (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 03, 07

Three 1959 Mingus albums begin with the same Pentecostal pandemonium. February's "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" (Bl...

John Coltrane: Blue Train (featuring Lee Morgan) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 09, 09

Lee Morgan’s career is chock-full of essential, “Dozens”-worthy improvisations; it took weeks of eating, breathing, a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Ahmad Jamal: Dance to the Lady (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music May 09, 08

This rendering starts with just piano and drums, which Ahmad doesn’t do often, even live, but when he does, it really...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ERIC REED SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL AHMAD JAMAL TRACKS

                 Ahmad Jamal, by...

Handy, John (John Richard Handy III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Handy, John [John Richard Handy III], saxophonist, composer, educator; b. Dallas, TX, 3 February 1933. His mother is&...

Allmond, Peck (John Peckworth) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Allmond, Peck (John Peckworth) , brass and woodwind multi-instrumentalist: trumpet, tenor saxophone, flute; also peck...

In Conversation with John Surman posted in Features and Interviews September 22, 09

By Larry Appelbaum      John Surman, John Abercrombie, Drew Gress, and Jack DeJohnette ...

Maddox, Johnny (John Sheppard Maddox, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Maddox, Johnny [John Sheppard Maddox, Jr.], piano; b. Gallatin, TN, 4 August 1927. His father, John Sheppard Maddox (...

Sims, Zoot (John Haley) posted in Encyclopedia November 21, 08

The name of Zoot Sims may be unfamiliar to some, but he earned his spot on the list of top tenor saxophonists the har...

Byard, Jaki (John Arthur) posted in Encyclopedia June 19, 08

Pianist Jaki Byard could play it all: stride, blues, rag, bebop, and free jazz, with a freedom and technical command...

Hodges, Johnny (John Cornelius) posted in Encyclopedia March 19, 09

Alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges may have been stonefaced on stage, but only because he let his horn do the talking. Du...

Celebrating Classic Jazz Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 25, 08

Five days per week, jazz.com highlights a memorable track from the past as part of a regular feature called A Cla...

The South Asian Tinge in Jazz posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 20, 08

Jelly Roll Morton, in an oft-quoted passage, once spoke about the “Latin tinge” that was, in his opinion, an essenti...

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