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Blue Mitchell: Fungii Mama (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Blue Mitchell was one of a long line of swinging but lyrical Blue Note trumpet players directly descended from Cliffo...

Horace Silver: Cookin' at the Continental (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

The album Finger Poppin' introduced Horace Silver's longest-lasting front line, Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook, who wo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HORACE SILVER

Perceptive commentators such as Martin Williams and Bob Blumenthal have written about the creative craftsmanship of...

Horace Silver: Que Pasa? (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

By the time Horace Silver had recorded his 1964 masterpiece Song for my Father, his impact at fusing Brazilian elemen...

Horace Silver: Filthy McNasty (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Though this Horace Silver group contained no outright superstars, their unity and foot-stomping swing made them one o...

Blue Mitchell: Hi-Heel Sneakers (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

After Lee Morgan’s “The Sidewinder” rocked jukeboxes nationwide in 1964, Blue Note started searching for its next big...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC BLUE NOTE GROOVES

Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s 1970 Blue Note recording Everything I Play Is Funky opens with a corny but telling d...

Horace Silver: Señor Blues (Live at Newport) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 31, 08

I read in the paper the other day that the value of Silver is on the rise. The folks at Blue Note must have taken no...

Horace Silver: Sister Sadie (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

This irresistible gospel-inflected piece is one of Horace Silver's most popular and enduring compositions. It's also ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HORACE SILVER

Perceptive commentators such as Martin Williams and Bob Blumenthal have written about the creative craftsmanship of...

Horace Silver: Nica's Dream (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 01, 08

Some people called her the 'jazz baroness': the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter. But to the jazz greats she was...

Cooke, Lainie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cooke, Lainie, singer, actor; b. Minneapolis, MN, 22 July 1941. She was born to Leonard (b.1913) and Florence (b. Bel...

Smith, Louis (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Trumpeter Louis Smith recorded a few high-profile hard bop sessions in the late 1950s, including two Blue Note LPs un...

Hardman, Bill (William Franklin) posted in Encyclopedia May 17, 09

Bill Hardman was one of hard bop's go-to trumpeters, best known for his three separate stints in Art Blakey’s Jazz Me...

Mitchell, Blue (Richard Allen) posted in Encyclopedia January 27, 08

Trumpeter Blue Mitchell’s contributions to the emergence of the hard bop style remain largely underappreciated. He is...

Silver, Horace (Ward Martin Tavares Silva) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

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Shaw, Woody (Herman) posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

      Woody Shaw, artwork by Suzanne Cerny A vital link in the chain of modern...

White, Rodric (John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

White, Rodric (John), pianist, composer/arranger, vocalist; b. Sydney, NSW, Australia, 26 April 26, 1965. From 1972 t...

Melito, Tom posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Melito, Tom, drums; b. Rochester, NY, 31 August 1956. His father, Christopher Melito (b. in Rochester NY 12/6/28) was...

Harris, Barry (Doyle) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist Barry Harris seamlessly blends bebop’s lyrical phrasing with an exceptional accompanying style, drawn from hi...

Gertz, Bruce (David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gertz, Bruce (David), bass; b. Providence, RI, 15 December 1952. He grew up in Cranston, RI. His parents Minnie (b. J...

Russell, Benny posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Russell, Benny, saxophones, clarinets, flute; b. Baltimore, MD, 21 February 1958. His father is Lawrence Russell, bor...

Byars, Christopher (Lawrence) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Byars, Christopher (Lawrence), alto and tenor saxophones, flute, clarinet, piano and congas, arranges and composes; b...

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