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Maria Schneider: Bird Count (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

Maria Schneider wrote "Bird Count," a tribute to Parker and Basie, while still at Eastman School of Music over 25 yea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS

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Maria Schneider: Hang Gliding (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

As a major figure in contemporary big band composition, Mrs. Schneider's use of lush textures and complex, yet satisf...

Maria Schneider: Evanescence (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 31, 07

Maria Schneider honors her mentor Gil Evans -- whom she assisted in various musical pursuits during the last three ye...

Bob Mintzer: March Majestic (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Bob Mintzer is one of the contemporary breed of jazz composer-arrangers who are comfortable integrating elements from...

Sanders, Pharoah (Farrell) posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09

Tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders has built his career on showcasing the complete voice of the saxophone with all its...

Joe Henderson: Black Narcissus (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 05, 08

This is clearly one of the most beautiful slow jazz waltzes ever written. Henderson first recorded it with a small en...

Bob Mintzer (featuring Kurt Elling): Minuano (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 29, 08

Pat Metheny's "Minuano" is becoming something of a contemporary standard. Vocalist Kurt Elling, featured as a guest ...

Maria Schneider (featuring Scott Robinson): The Willow (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 23, 08

Beginning in the early 1990s, Maria Schneider has emerged as the strongest modern-day baritone-centric big band arran...

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

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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...

In Conversation With Jack DeJohnette posted in Features and Interviews June 15, 09

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Corea, Chick (Armando Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Corea, Chick (Armando Anthony), pianist, composer, drummer, percussionist (he also plays trumpet avocationally); b. C...

Clarke, Stanley posted in Encyclopedia June 20, 08

Stanley Clarke's signature slap on the electric bass is one of the most recognizable and copied techniques in jazz, a...

Jones, Elvin (Ray) posted in Encyclopedia March 21, 08

Elvin Jones expanded the jazz drummer’s role from timekeeper to volatile improviser. Jones’s approach was more extrem...

Lowry, Steve (Steven Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lowry, Steve (Steven Michael), trumpet, fluegalhorn, voice; b. Newark, NJ, 29 September 1945. His parents are Mary An...

Senatore, Pat posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Senatore, Pat, bassist; b. Newark, NJ, 19 August 1935. S enatore has vivid memories of growing up in a large, exte...

In Conversation with Dave Liebman posted in Features and Interviews January 03, 09

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Charlie Mariano: Helen 12 Trees (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 07, 09

"Helen 12 Trees" is what you would get if you took a pinch of Return to Forever, a dash of Larry Coryell's Eleventh H...

Fortune, Sonny (Cornelius) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Sonny Fortune’s round and robust timbre on the alto saxophone and warm, precise attack on the flute have made him the...

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