Search results for "Leo Parker"
Dexter Gordon (featuring Leo Parker): Dexter's Riff (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music December 22, 08Performing with Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, and Illinois Jacquet in the 1940s, Leo Parker looked to be prepping ...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES
Gerry Mulligan, ...
Sarah Vaughan: If You Could See Me Now (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music November 05, 07A year after recording with Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker, the finest singer of the bebop era had already turned h...
Rice, Charlie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Rice, Charlie, drummer; b. Philadelphia, PA, 1 March 1920. Rice was a mainstay of the Philadelphia scene in the 19...
Jacquet, Illinois ( Jean-Baptiste) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09Illinois Jacquet’s full-bodied sound expanded possibilities for the modern saxophonist. The original "Texas Tenor," J...
Tolles, Billy posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Tolles, Billy, saxophone; b. Waukegan, IL 11 May 1934. In Seattle, Washington, 13 year-old Billy picked up a saxop...
In Conversation with Jimmy Cobb (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews March 31, 08by Ralph A. Miriello Jimmy Cobb is the last surviving participant on the most celebrated jazz recording of the ...
Art Blakey: Wee-Dot (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 15, 08Art Blakey had led his own sessions from as early as 1947, when his collaboration with Kenny Dorham and Walter Bishop...
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...
Braxton, Anthony posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09Multireedist Anthony Braxton has demonstrated a consistent ability to defy categories as a musician, bandleader, and ...
Barnett, Anthony (Peter John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Barnett, Anthony (Peter John), author, percussionist, publisher, record producer; b. London, England, of Polish and L...
Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...
Davies, Hugh (Seymour) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Davies, Hugh (Seymour), composer, instrument inventor, performer (primarily on his own invented instruments); b. Exmo...
Bendian, Gregg posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bendian, Gregg, drummer, percussionist, composer; b. Englewood, New Jersey, 13 July 1963. His parents, Martin (b. Nov...
Hassay, Gary (Joseph) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Hassay, Gary (Joseph), alto saxophone; b. Allentown, PA, 12 November 1947. He went to Livingston College, graduating ...
Pass, Joe (Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua) posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09Joe Pass expanded the guitar's possibilities in jazz with his fast, saxophone-like lines and graceful melodic sensibi...
akLaff (sic), Pheeroan (Paul Maddox) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07akLaff (sic), Pheeroan [Paul Maddox], drummer, composer; b. Detroit, Michigan 27 January, 1955. He is the second of s...
Jones, Carmell (Carmell William Jones, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia April 16, 09Trumpeter Carmell Jones stepped out of the riff-based traditions of Kansas City swing into hard bop. Equally at home ...
Evans, Gil (Ian Ernest Gilmore Green) posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09Arranger and composer Gil Evans made his mark on modern jazz by taking the sometimes-rough edges of bebop and smoothi...
Carroll, Baikida (E. J. Carroll) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Carroll, Baikida [E. J. Carroll], trumpet, flugelhorn, composer; b. St. Louis, Missouri, 15 January 1947. the son of&...
Dixon, Ben (Harold) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Dixon, Ben (Harold), drummer, composer, arranger, teacher, clinician; b. Gaffney, SC, 25 December 1934. As an i...
Whitecage, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Whitecage, Mark, alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet and alto clarinet, electronics, sound sculptures, composer; b. ...
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