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Woody Herman: Laura (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 12, 09This track was the first recording made for the first session in Herman's contract for Columbia Records. Herman had l...
George Shearing: East of the Sun (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 26, 07In 1949, pianist George Shearing committed jazz's cardinal sin: popularity. Building an appealing formula around clos...
George Shearing: Conception (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07The luminous Shearing Quintet of 1949-51 shone most brightly on refashioned standards taken at medium or slow tempos,...
Woody Herman: Apple Honey (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 16, 07In the mid-1940s, Woody Herman's fire-breathing Thundering Herd was the most exciting big band in jazz. Sparked by th...
George Shearing: In a Chinese Garden (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 20, 07Like Albert W. Ketèlbey's 1925 "In a Chinese Temple Garden," one of the staples of British light music, "In a Chinese...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ EXOTICA
Exotica is armchair tourism. We experience foreign strangeness without the hassles of leaving home. No passports, imm...
Woody Herman: Goosey Gander (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 23, 07This track takes its name from a nursery rhyme, but don't let Woody Herman's First Herd anywhere near the nursery. Tr...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS
It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...
Woody Herman (featuring Sonny Berman): Sidewalks of Cuba (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 28, 07Sonny Berman was on the road as a jazz trumpeter at age sixteen and dead from a heroin overdose at 22. He worked wit...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS
We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...
George Shearing: I'll Remember April (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 04, 07"The fire will dwindle into glowing ashes," goes the lyric. "For flames and love live such a little while." Depressin...
Shearing, George (Albert) posted in Encyclopedia February 18, 09&#x...
OctoJAZZarian Profile: Barbara Carroll posted in Features and Interviews February 15, 09For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. OctoJAZ...
OctoJAZZarian Profile: Carline Ray posted in Features and Interviews March 17, 09For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...
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