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Paul Bley: Walking Woman (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 10, 08Vicious. That's the word. With Eddie Gomez and Milford Graves holding down the low end, Sun Ra's not-so-secret weapon...
Sun Ra: Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus (Rating: 59/100) posted in Music November 16, 07Unskilled, impoverished, equal parts showman, shaman and charlatan, Sun Ra was to jazz what low-budget filmmaker Ed W...
David Berger Octet: Jeepers Creepers (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 17, 08I can't remember the last time I heard such a dance-able big band chart. David Berger's version of "Jeepers Creepers...
Allen, Marshall posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Allen, Marshall , alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, oboe, Kora, and E.V.I.(Electronic Valve Instrument), composer; b. ...
Medeski Martin & Wood: Partido Alto (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music May 01, 08Featuring production by hip-hop producer Scotty Hard, The Dropper doesn't have the slickness of Friday Afternoon in t...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD
Avant Gardism comes in all shapes and sizes today. The new generation of musicians is working within the concepts o...
Paul Bley: Batterie (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 17, 08Carla Bley has had a career-long flair for writing theatrical pieces that sometimes sound like they should accompany ...
Grassi, Lou (Louis) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Grassi, Lou (Louis), drums; b. Summit, NJ, 21 January 1947. He has a middle name Thomas which he took at the age of 1...
Sharrock, Sonny (Warren Harding) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09Guitarist Sonny Sharrock forged a path for the electric guitar in experimental jazz by adapting the improvisational s...
Ray, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Ray, Michael, trumpet, vocalist, composer and producer; b. Trenton, NJ, 24 December 1952. Ray grew up in Trenton, ...
Whitecage, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Whitecage, Mark, alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet and alto clarinet, electronics, sound sculptures, composer; b. ...
Hopps, Jimmy (James Edward Hopps Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Hopps, Jimmy [James Edward Hopps Jr.], drummer; b. Washington, DC, 18 June 1939. His mother, Louella T.W. Hopps, was ...
Grimes, HenryAlonzo posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Grimes, Henry Alonzo, bassist, violinist, poet, educator, b. Philadelphia, PA, 3 November 1935. His twin brothe...
Scott, Knoel Ajiboye (Noel Scott) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Scott, Knoel Ajiboye [Noel Scott], alto saxophonist; b. Baltimore, MD, 18 July 1956. He's the son of Brooks and Katha...
Ra, Sun (Herman Poole Blount) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 08The greatest of all jazz eccentrics, Sun Ra inspires both fascination and controversy. The bandleader's singular, cos...
Robinson, Perry (Morris) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Robinson, Perry (Morris) , clarinetist (Bb soprano and Eb sopranino), composer; b. New York City, September 17, 1938 ...
Rogers, John (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Rogers, John (Edward), bass, broadcaster; b. 30 October 1978. Rogers received his GED in 1995. In 1998, he was a d...
Levin, Elliott (Shalom) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Levin, Elliott (Shalom), flutes, saxophones; b. (Philadelphia, PA, 23 October 1953. His father was Leon Lewis Levin, ...
Smoker, Paul (Alva) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Smoker, Paul (Alva), trumpet, composer, educator; b. Muncie, IN, 8 May 1941. His father, Arlus Smoker (1908-1985), an...
Swell, Steve (Stephen David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Swell, Steve (Stephen David), trombonist, composer, poet, painter; b. Newark, NJ, 6 December 1954 (Presbyterian Hospi...
Thomas, Oluyemi posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Thomas, Oluyemi, bass clarinet and saxophones; b. Detroit, Michigan, 16 August 1952. Studied clarinet and sa...
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