Search results for "Kenny Drew"

Kenny Drew: Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Oscar Pettiford's classic blues original is a true swinger. By this time, Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pederse...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN

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Kenny Drew & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: Once a Saturday Night (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 12, 09

From its release in 1974, Duo became a hit, especially in Japan where it sold thousands. Maybe it was the unique blen...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN

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Johnny Griffin: Blues For Harvey (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 08, 09

At the time of this 1973 recording, expatriates Johnny Griffin (Paris) and Kenny Drew (Copenhagen) had been living in...

Dexter Gordon: Blues Walk (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Tenor titan Dexter Gordon was a mainstay at the Montmartre during the 1960s, except for '66 when a drug sentence in P...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN

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John Coltrane: Blue Train (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

John Coltrane (and I think it was he, rather than his various producers) seemed to know which performances would mark...

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...

John Coltrane: Lazy Bird (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

On this masterpiece from one of the most influential post-bebop albums, John Coltrane puts the imposters to rest with...

Dexter Gordon: Kong Neptune (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Recorded in Paris in 1964 and featuring two of Gordon’s most familiar European sidemen (pianist Kenny Drew and bassis...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Dizzy Gillespie: Fiesta Mojo (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 05, 08

Originally released in Europe as The Giant, this album was retitled to avoid confusion with two other Gillespie relea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A DIZZY DOZEN GILLESPIE CLASSICS

From his seminal work with Charlie Parker to his collaborations with Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie continually br...

Jackie McLean: Appointment in Ghana (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Although later influenced by free jazz, Jackie McLean was once the quintessential hard-bop altoist. His Appointment i...

Toots Thielemans: East of the Sun (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Toots Thielemans single-handedly made it feasible to use "hip" and "harmonica" in the same sentence. Toots spent the ...

Dexter Gordon: Autumn in New York (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

During the 1950s, Dexter Gordon spent most of his time behind bars, and not the kind where drinks are served. Busted ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE BLUE & SENTIMENTAL TENOR SAX BALLADS

    Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the m...

John Coltrane: Moment's Notice (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

John Coltrane, artwork by Michael Symonds John Coltrane had already made folks sit up and take notice as a mem...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE PERFORMANCES

John Coltrane (1926-1967) started out as a promising straight-ahead bop player who served under Thelonious Monk, Mile...

John Coltrane: Blue Train (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

John Coltrane, artwork by Michael Symonds John Coltrane was the most influential saxophonist to follow Charlie Par...

Toots Thielemans: Don't Blame Me (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

Sometimes Toots Thielemans plays so soulfully that you forget his "instrument" came from Woolworth's toy department. ...

Tina Brooks: For Heaven's Sake (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

Fans of Tina Brooks will surely find this beautiful ballad painful to listen to – knowing that, after just a decade o...

John Coltrane: Locomotion (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Opening with a nice drum fill from Philly Joe Jones, this high-powered blues number should whet the appetite of any j...

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...

Franco Ambrosetti: Frasi (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 24, 08

Born and still living in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, Franco Ambrosetti is a veteran of European jazz an...

Gress, Drew (Andrew Daniel) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gress, Drew (Andrew Daniel), bassist/composer; b. Trenton, NJ, 20 November 1959. He grew up in Yardley, Pennsylvania....

Drewes, Billy (William) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Drewes, Billy (William), soprano sax, clarinet; b. Copague, NY, 1 October 1952. His brother Glenn (b. 1949) is an acc...

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