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Gerry Mulligan: My Funny Valentine (1953) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

While Chet Baker was widely known for his vocal versions of "My Funny Valentine," he first recorded the song as a tru...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MY FUNNY VALENTINE

            My Funny Valentine, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Stan Kenton: Tonight (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

Kenton’s ultra-slow ballad style featuring piano and trombones was one of his trademarks, resulting in one or two hit...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Diana Krall: I've Got You Under My Skin (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

When the 1960s bossa nova craze finally expired, some of us—weary of off-key, ungrammatical Ipanema girls who "looked...

Billie Holiday: What's New (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

Do you prefer to take your Holiday earlier or later? Hard choice . . . The early Billie Holiday sings with more pop s...

Lee Konitz & The Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Too Marvelous For Words (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 08, 08

The highly original alto saxophonist Lee Konitz came to prominence with small groups led by cool jazz pioneer Lennie ...

Gerry Mulligan: Jeru (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 23, 08

Gerry Mulligan's immense talent as a performer, composer and arranger were so significantly impressive throughout the...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES

                   Gerry Mulligan, ...

Billie Holiday: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

I wonder if Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer were thinking of Billie Holiday when they wrote “Come Rain Or Come Shine”....

Three Jazz Piano Masters on DVD posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 22, 08

Thomas Cunniffe, who recently looked at Sonny Rollins’s work on DVD in this column, now turns his attention to some r...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Chico Hamilton posted in Features and Interviews March 03, 08

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. Oct...

Don't Gonna Play That Kling-Kling Jazz: A Prehistory of Jazz-Rock posted in Features and Interviews June 18, 09

By Geoff Wills When rock and roll emerged in the mid 1950s, many jazz musicians were witheringly scornful about ...

In Conversation with Paul Motian posted in Features and Interviews November 01, 08

By Ted Panken “I think rehearsing takes away from the beauty of the music,” says Paul Motian. “I’ve been playi...

Clare Fischer: Thiers' Tears (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 19, 09

Clare Fischer has led a chameleonic life as a jazz musician. First known as musical director for the Hi-Lo’s, he wrot...

Clare Fischer: This is Always (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music May 20, 09

“This is Always” is a gem of a song, one of those ‘unknown standards’ by Harry Warren that gets played and recorded e...

Israels, Chuck posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Israels, Chuck, composer, arranger, bassist; b. New York, 10 October 1936. He was raised in a musical family in Green...

Could Chet Baker Play Jazz? (Part One) posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 12, 08

This week marks the 20th anniversary of Chet Baker’s death after his apparent fall from a second story hotel window...

Erroll Garner: Theme from A New Kind of Love (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 20, 08

Released in 1963, the comedic film A New Kind of Love, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, featured original co...

Krall, Diana posted in Encyclopedia March 20, 09

Pianist and singer Diana Krall has demonstrated throughout her career that one can pay respect to past masters and st...

Diane Schuur (with Stan Getz): A Time for Love (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 06, 09

Stan Getz prided himself on his skill as a talent scout—a role spurred both by his genuine interest in new sounds and...

Nash, Lewis (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09

Drummer Lewis Nash rose to prominence alongside Betty Carter and Branford Marsalis in the 1980s. While he has since b...

Pepper, Art (Arthur Edward Pepper Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Alto saxophonist Art Pepper’s playing was cerebral in its melodic concepts, sophisticated in execution and mordant in...

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