Search results for "Marcus Roberts"

Marcus Roberts: East of the Sun (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

You have to give Marsalis points for including this trio track -- on which he doesn’t even play -- in the second CD i...

Marcus Roberts: I Remember You (1991) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

There is something about a beautiful melody played with economy, empathy and respect that snaps me to attention more ...

Wynton Marsalis: The Majesty of the Blues (The Puheeman Strut) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 15, 08

This performance marks a major turning point in the career of Wynton Marsalis. Before this recording, Marsalis was a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Scotty Barnhart: Giant Steps (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 05, 09

If I hear one more deadgummed cover of “Giant Steps” I’m going to (insert violent act here). But wait, what’s this? A...

Wynton Marsalis: The Ways of Love (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 03, 09

Marsalis's evocative writing for the score of the 1990 film Tune in Tomorrow was a further indication of his progress...

Wynton Marsalis: J Mood (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Even as a teenager, Wynton Marsalis dazzled audiences with the sureness of his technique and the power and beauty of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Wynton Marsalis: Knozz-Moe-King (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 22, 09

The title of the song may demand "No Smoking," but this band is clearly in violation of the city ordinance. In fact, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Wynton Marsalis: A Foggy Day (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 03, 09

The opening bars seem to herald a relaxed rendition of an old standard. But thirty seconds into the track, bassist H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Robert Fripp: NY3 (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 13, 09

The all-star band that backs Robert Fripp on "NY3" keeps the groove tight as Fripp is allowed the space to show off b...

Robert Fripp: Easter Sunday (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 13, 09

Robert Fripp's Love Cannot Bear CD will leave you possessed by the spirit of repetition, but the track "Easter Sunday...

Robert Fripp: Affirmation-New York (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music May 14, 09

The timing of the passages within Robert Fripp's twelve-minute "Affirmation-New York" is just as timely as the train ...

Robert Fripp: Water Music (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music August 13, 09

"Water Music" is an interlude on Exposure that segues into "Here Comes the Flood," a collaboration between Peter Gabr...

Marcus Strickland: Thump & Cadence (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music September 19, 08

Tenor saxophonist Marcus Strickland is one of jazz's rising stars. He and his twin brother E.J. prove themselves wort...

Marcus Strickland: Brooklyn Street Fair (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music September 19, 08

Robert Glasper and E.J. Strickland start this song off with a nice introduction. This composition firmly establishes ...

Marcus Strickland: Majesty (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 10, 09

Marcus Strickland has emerged over the last eight years as one of the freshest saxophonists on the scene. Calling New...

Marcus Strickland: The Whole Page (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 19, 08

On this hard-swinging number, Marcus Strickland sounds like a straight-ahead hard-bop tenor player from the '60s. His...

In Conversation with Marcus Roberts posted in Features and Interviews April 17, 09

By Ted Panken Jazz critics over the last two decades have usually ascribed to pianist Marcus Roberts the aes...

Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 22, 07

Wynton Marsalis has built a career on high ambitions—including (for a start) assimilating the music vocabulary from H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Grover Washington, Jr.: Just the Two of Us (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

You’ve undoubtedly heard this intimate boudoir ballad a trillion times on your local soft-rock station, but the singl...

Charles Mingus: Half-Mast Inhibition (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Mingus began "Half-Mast Inhibition" at age 18, but left it unfinished for 20 years. As tempting as it might be to cal...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

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