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Marc Johnson: Faith In You (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 16, 08

This tune really sounds like summer with its joyous melody and light pulsation, punctuated by Baron's splashes on his...

Eliane Elias: Waltz for Debby (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

This song is inevitably included on every Bill Evans tribute recording – as familiar as "Round Midnight" when the aco...

Eliane Elias: Chega de Saudade (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

Bossa nova puts me into a kind of altered state in which perception of time loosens up, as does the attitude. There m...

John Abercrombie: The Cat's Back (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music August 07, 08

This track is less a song than a musical conversation among masters. After Abercrombie begins the dialogue, the Great...

Martial Solal: Triangle (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 19, 09

When Martial Solal looks for American musicians as partners for a trio session, he goes for the best: Teddy Kotick an...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A HALF CENTURY OF MARTIAL SOLAL

A few years ago, on the stage of a big French jazz festival, veteran pianist Martial Solal introduced the tune he w...

Lyle Mays: Lincoln Reviews His Notes (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

The title is the only thing quirky about this elegant tune from longtime Pat Metheny collaborator Lyle Mays’ outstand...

Enrico Pieranunzi: Winter Moon (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 03, 08

The members of this trio have known each other for many years and the Atlantic is no barrier to them. They have found...

John Taylor: Tramonto (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

Unlike many other pianists, John Taylor doesn’t rely on a regular trio, and the magical atmosphere he creates on this...

Bill Evans (sax): Summertime (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 12, 08

Summertime is a collection of six of Bill Evans (sax) jazz-rock original compositions and five jazz standards. Among ...

Toots Thielemans: Blue N' Green/All Blues (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 21, 08

In some ways the great Toots Thielemans has been overlooked by the jazz world. That can happen when your main ax is a...

John Scofield: Big Fan (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 31, 08

Continuing the bop explorations of the prior year's brilliant Time On My Hands, Scofield takes the Parker/ Gillespie ...

Eliane Elias: Jazz 'n' Samba (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Brazilian-born pianist Eliane Elias is not only adept at the music of her native land, but she’s also well known for ...

Mike Mainieri: Straphangin' (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 03, 08

As vital and inquisitive a musician as Mike Mainieri has been over the years, best known as leader of Steps Ahead, it...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: GREAT VIBES

Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, in the notes to his 1989 Overview release, made the following observations about his in...

Bill Evans (sax): Arthur Ave. (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 12, 09

It is virtually impossible to hear any 1980s Bill Evans (sax) jazz or fusion cut and not find something worth your wh...

Stan Getz: Blood Count (1982 studio version) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 05, 09

Billy Strayhorn wrote it; Duke Ellington recorded it; but make no mistake—Stan Getz owned this song. In the 1980s, G...

Joe Lovano: Dewey Said (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 13, 09

In explaining the origins of “Dewey Said,” a track from Joe Lovano’s second Soul Note release, Village Rhythm, the sa...

Ella Fitzgerald: Mack the Knife (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

“Mack the Knife” is from Ella in Berlin, one of her finest live albums. It became one of her biggest sellers and won ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES

Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...

John Abercrombie: Dansir (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 03, 09

Since the late 1960s, guitarist John Abercrombie has been a fixture. He was in the band Dreams, one of the earliest j...

John Abercrombie: Come Rain or Come Shine (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 01, 08

In a loosely defined structure based on the melody of the Arlen/Mercer standard, John Abercrombie and cohorts harmoni...

John Abercrombie: J.S. (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music April 01, 08

Like Claude Monet’s use of colors, John Abercrombie makes musical statements throughout his album November that are o...

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