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Duke Ellington: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (OKeh) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 19, 07

The quintessential document of Duke’s "jungle music," this 1927 theme was so letter-perfect that Steely Dan paid it g...

King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators: Slow and Steady (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

This sweet, bluesy melody, coming a year after "Farewell Blues," reveals the King Oliver band becoming yet more arran...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KING OLIVER

Joseph "King" Oliver helped deliver polyphonic ensemble swing from the New Orleans backwater. Oliver's Creole Jaz...

Duke Ellington: Black and Tan Fantasy (Brunswick) (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

A timeless classic of early big-band jazz, this was perhaps the first Ellington tune to really capture the ears of th...

Duke Ellington: Black and Tan Fantasy (OKeh) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

Ellington's growing musical maturity from the 1920s through the 1940s is one of the most remarkable stories in the hi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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Duke Ellington: Washington Wobble (Rating: 62/100) posted in Music February 10, 08

As a tribute, this track serves double duty. "Washington Wobble" can refer to the Evergreen State, with its Cascadia ...

Nanton, Tricky Sam (Joseph N. Irish) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, a member of Duke Ellington's famed trombone section for nearly two decades, exemplified an...

Oliver, Joe 'King' posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08

Cornetist Joe Oliver blew the blues through brass, and helped bring bottom-up swing to New Orleans at the turn of the...

Green, Charlie posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09

"Big" Charlie Green was the first trombonist in jazz to combine a large, well-rounded sound with a sense of swing and...

Duke Ellington: Black and Tan Fantasy (Victor) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

The second of Ellington's three 1927 "Black and Tan Fantasy" recordings disproves the adage that the Third Time'...

Harris, Gene (Haire, Eugene) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Pianist Gene Harris combined the blues with bebop, gospel and soul in a tasteful mix which contained a wealth of melo...

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