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Duke Ellington (featuring Louie Bellson): Skin Deep (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

A few years after this recording, rock bands would discover the allure of long, intense drum solos. This was more th...

Louie Bellson & Clark Terry: Terry's Mood (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark made only one expedition; it spanned two years (1804-1806) and covered lots of ter...

Louie Bellson & Clark Terry: Chicago Suite 1 – State Street Swing (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 27, 08

When I was a kid, Merv Griffin and his aging buddies were always telling audiences that the Big Band era was coming b...

Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge: I've Found a New Baby (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 05, 08

Known at times for having a contentious relationship, Gillespie and his idol, Roy Eldridge, are united for this recor...

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...

Sarah Vaughan: Midnight Sun (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music March 04, 09

Sarah Vaughan's detractors felt that she too often allowed her multi-octave, almost limitlessly flexible voice to dis...

Art Tatum: Idaho (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

When Lester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich recorded a similar ad hoc session in 1946, it jelled. Already a sta...

Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson: Just One of Those Things (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Peterson’s fleet fingers dance through a short intro leading to Armstrong’s usual laid-back vocal. The casualness of ...

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald: A Fine Romance (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

It's hard to be disappointed when two of the greatest jazz singers in history share the same recording studio. But t...

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Stompin' at the Savoy (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 09, 09

Whatever the contractual agreements were that allowed Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to record together for Verv...

Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie: Pretty-Eyed Baby (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 06, 09

In an interview, Jon Hendricks asked Dizzy Gillespie to demonstrate the evolution of styles by singing a riff as Loui...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SCAT SINGING

Scat singing—improvised solos created by a vocalist using nonsense syllables for words—is one of the great parado...

Duke Ellington: A Tone Parallel To Harlem (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

Many fans back in the early 1950s thought that the arrival of the LP -- youngsters, that stands for "Long Playing" re...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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Jazz Drummer Louie Bellson Dead at Age 84 posted in Features and Interviews February 16, 09

by Ted Gioia Louie Bellson, who passed away on Valentine's Day at age 84, made his mark as a leading jazz drummer ...

Bellson, Louie (Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni) posted in Encyclopedia February 16, 09

Duke Ellington lauded him as "the world's greatest drummer” and jazz critic Leonard Feather singled him out as “one...

Breaking Jazz News & Interesting Links: February 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages March 07, 09

Drummer Jo Jones . . . all in the wrists? Fernando Ortiz de Urbina writes in his bilingual jazz blog...

Burrows, Greg posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Burrows, Greg, drummer, percussionist; b. 1963. Greg has played the drums (drum set) and a variety of hand percussion...

Geissman, Grant posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Geissman, Grant, guitarist, composer, author; b. Berkeley, CA, 13 April 1953. Although no one in his family had previ...

Brisker, Gordon (Ira) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brisker, Gordon (Ira), tenor saxophonist, composer/arranger; b. Cincinnati, OH, 6 November 1937. His mother, Flora, w...

Collett, Frank posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Collett, Frank, piano; b. 3 May 1941. Joseph and Mary Taglieri became the proud parents of their first child, Frank.&...

Fedchock, John (William) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fedchock, John (William), trombonist, composer; b. Cleveland, OH, 18 September 1957. His parents are John Paul Fedcho...

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 08, 08

Jazz.com’s team of hard-nosed critics never rest. Below are links to some of the reviews published in the last th...

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