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Matthew Shipp: When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 11, 08

What an ominous tone Shipp and Parker bring to the traditional “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” It sounds downright...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL MATTHEW SHIPP TRACKS

     Matthew Shipp, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Matthew Shipp may be the greatest modern...

Sidney Bechet: Summertime (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

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Sidney Bechet: Summertime (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 29, 08

Sidney Bechet's version of "Summertime" is one of the great recordings in jazz history. Bechet takes the Gershwin son...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME

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Johnny Hodges: Jeep's Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 16, 09

"Jeep" was the second of the nicknames Johnny Hodges had acquired ("Rabbit" being the first, from his youth). This wa...

Johnny Hodges: Prelude to a Kiss (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 03, 07

Two weeks after recording "Prelude to a Kiss" under Ellington's aegis, Johnny Hodges switched from soprano to alto sa...

Jessica Williams: Mr. Syms (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 15, 09

Williams has often remarked that her piano style is more influenced by saxophonists than by other pianists, usually s...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JESSICA WILLIAMS

Superlatives abound in the many reviews and articles about the now 61-year-old pianist Jessica Williams, as well as...

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...

Jessica Williams: Straight, No Chaser (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 15, 09

"I seem to be in my Johnny Griffin bag here," Williams wrote of this stunning 13-minute track, "chorus after chorus a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JESSICA WILLIAMS

Superlatives abound in the many reviews and articles about the now 61-year-old pianist Jessica Williams, as well as...

Jessica Williams: Warm Valley (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 15, 09

The sensuous, reverent "Warm Valley" was originally introduced by Duke Ellington as a feature for Johnny Hodges' alto...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JESSICA WILLIAMS

Superlatives abound in the many reviews and articles about the now 61-year-old pianist Jessica Williams, as well as...

The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington: Diga Diga Doo (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 09, 09

This song, written for the significant early black musical Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928, is best characterized as ...

Duke Ellington (featuring Al Hibbler): Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

As most Ellington fans know, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" was the pop song version of Duke's 1940 instrumental "Ne...

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...

Duke Ellington: Tootin' Through the Roof (1939) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 20, 09

For Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, 1939 was a transitional year. Billy Strayhorn and Jimmy Blanton came on ...

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...

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...

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...

Duke Ellington: Blood Count (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Billy Strayhorn wrote or co-composed with Duke Ellington some of the best-loved pieces in the Ellington band’s repert...

Duke Ellington: St. James Infirmary (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music August 16, 08

Manager Irving Mills got some publisher royalty money from the sales of this flexible Hit of the Week record starring...

Al Jarreau: Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Al Jarreau makes this Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer standard his own with his ebullient delivery and quirky phrasing. Th...

Nancy Wilson: Midnight Sun (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

Alaska is the only U.S. state where periodically the sun shines around the clock. Thankfully, Nancy Wilson lets us un...

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