Search results for "Lucky Thompson"

Lucky Thompson: A Distant Sound (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 19, 09

After playing and recording with Charlie Parker on the famous Dial sessions of 1946, Lucky Thompson was in demand. He...

Gigi Gryce: La Rose Noire (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 20, 09

A twenty-year old Quincy Jones was already showing his influential ability as an astute arranger on this session with...

Lucky Thompson: Deep Passion (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 27, 08

This magnificent ballad performance could be considered Thompson's "Body and Soul." Hank Jones's rhapsodic piano intr...

Charlie Parker: Ornithology (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Charlie Parker's 1946 Hollywood stay was personally disastrous, culminating in arrest and six-month commitment to a s...

Oscar Pettiford: Not So Sleepy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

Seldom in jazz has such an unusual and rich combination of sonorities been assembled into one performance. Bassist Os...

Lucky Millinder: When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music May 17, 08

Harlem bandleader Lucky Millinder had a big hit with this World War II ballad, which reached #1 on the R&B charts and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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Charlie Parker: Moose the Mooche (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

The Dial Sessions mark Parker’s greatest legacy, and on his debut date for the label, the altoist is at top form. Th...

Count Basie: Queer Street (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 27, 07

Count Basie, photo by Herb Snitzer Since the successful release of the Monk/Coltrane Carnegie Hall Concert in ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT MOMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

Transitions and developments at the drumset have been an essential driving force throughout the history of jazz. Fro...

Miles Davis: Walkin' (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Following his Birth of the Cool obstetric triumph, Miles Davis ceased to be a factor in jazz's development. The sharp...

Milt Jackson: Lover (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

After alternating the melody between 3/4 and 4/4, this pickup group settles into a frisky gambol better befitting bot...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT LOVERS

Jazz has always relied on popular songs to connect quickly with an audience. In return, jazz has helped keep alive ...

Charlie Parker: A Night in Tunisia (1946) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 06, 08

Charlie Parker's alto break on his Dial recording of "A Night in Tunisia" lasts only seven seconds -- but it may be t...

Stan Kenton: La Guera Baila (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

I love the entire Cuban Fire Suite. In fact, I love all of the music that Johnny Richards wrote for the Kenton band. ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE

In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...

Thompson, Lucky (Eli) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Lucky Thompson had a rare ability to combine swing sensibilities with the melodic conce...

Oscar Pettiford: Nica's Tempo (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Though Oscar Pettiford is well remembered as one of the fathers of modern jazz bass playing, his unique, short-lived ...

Stan Kenton: Fuego Cubano (Cuban Fire) (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

This is the title track from the Cuban Fire Suite, an album that is perhaps Kenton’s masterpiece. Stan was determined...

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...

On Discography posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 27, 09

If the jazz world is a subculture, then the most cultish members of all are the discographers. I would rather cro...

Pettiford, Oscar posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09

Oscar Pettiford set the standard for bassists in bebop by drawing out the melodic and solo potential of his instrumen...

Jones, Hank (Henry) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Pianist Hank Jones’s use of space and sophisticated lyricism has been documented on the hundreds of albums he has rec...

Callender, Red (George Sylvester) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Red Callender could lay down a huge walking bass line as easily as he made his upright sing like a violin. An incredi...

Lateef, Yusef Abdul (William Evans) posted in Encyclopedia March 31, 08

Saxophonist and flutist Yusef Lateef is a prolific iconoclast who doubles on a number of instruments from around the ...

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