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Lee Morgan: Absolutions (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

In early 1970 Morgan was on the wrong end of an altercation with a pipe-wielding assailant, taking a blow directly to...

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...

Max Roach: Effi (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music July 06, 09

Roach's saxophone-trumpet front lines certainly rivaled those of Art Blakey over several decades. Max's pairings inc...

Art Blakey: Crisis (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

This standout edition of the Jazz Messengers was stocked with not only fantastic improvisers but fine composers as we...

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

I’m not sure who wrote this groovy little arrangement of “Come Rain Or Come Shine” (and while musical director Benny ...

Art Blakey: Mosaic (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

For a band known for its straight-ahead hard bop charts and solos, the album Mosaic, with its relatively complex comp...

Art Blakey: Blues March (1958) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

    Art Blakey at Birdland, photo by Marcel Fleiss Benny Golson wrote four compositions for the al...

Art Blakey: Moanin' (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Although pianist Bobby Timmons composed several well-known and often-played tunes in the funky/soul jazz mode, none b...

Art Blakey: Moanin' (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

For decades, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers was a breeding ground for hard-bop talent. Countless numbers of future supe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL MODERN JAZZ TRUMPET SOLOS

                 Trumpeter by...

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...

Art Blakey: Along Came Betty (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

    Art Blakey at Birdland, photo by Marcel Fleiss Golson’s composition with its simple yet haunting...

Art Blakey (featuring Wayne Shorter): Children of the Night (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Wayne Shorter’s first big career break came when he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1959. He quickly became th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Wayne Shorter: Black Orpheus (Take 4) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

This early Freddie Hubbard solo really impacted me. What was interesting about it (and about the whole album for that...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RANDY BRECKER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACKS

Note: During the course of a career that spanned more than a half century, Freddie Hubbard made his mark as one of th...

Art Blakey (featuring Freddie Hubbard): Blue Moon (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

Freddie Hubbard is a great balladeer. He grabs you from the very first phrase. Dynamics are in evidence, as is his us...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RANDY BRECKER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACKS

Note: During the course of a career that spanned more than a half century, Freddie Hubbard made his mark as one of th...

Merritt, Michael (Monroe) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Merritt, Michael (Monroe), bassist; born Philadelphia, PA, 28 July 1955. He's the son of James (Jymie) Merritt and Do...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

Is there a more intense, energetic single track anywhere out there? The Messengers absolutely tear through the head o...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: So Tired (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

This grooving AABA composition features a Latin/Boogaloo "A" section and a swinging "B" section – effortlessly execut...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Bu's Delight (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

In 1961, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller and Cedar Walton joined the Jazz Messengers, with Shorter and Merritt remaini...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Golson, Benny posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Golson, Benny, tenor saxophonist, composer, arranger; b. Philadelphia, PA 26 January 1929. Golson's first instrument ...

Mitchell, Leon posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mitchell, Leon, composer; b. North Philadelphia, PA, 16 August 1934. He attended public schools and was an honor g...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: The Drum Thunder Suite (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

While Art Blakey's earlier sessions with, respectively, Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk were essential in developin...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Dance of the Infidels posted in April 15, 08

The presence of Bud Powell alongside Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter makes this an often-overlooked yet essential Jazz M...

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