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Karrin Allyson: Angel Eyes (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

With her attractive, sultry voice, Karrin Allyson can deliver a song with intelligence and expressiveness while avoid...

Wayne Shorter: Children of the Night (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

"Children Of The Night" appeared frequently on set lists for Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers during Wayne Shorter’s tenu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

Charlie Parker: Everything Happens to Me (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 12, 08

Following Bird’s triumphant solo in 1947 on Neal Hefti’s masterpiece "Repetition," Clef Records producer Norman Granz...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CHARLIE PARKER'S OVERLOOKED GEMS

There are no bad Charlie Parker recordings. Everything Bird recorded had the blues and soul baked right in. So to ass...

Jazz.com is One Year Old Today posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 09, 08

Today jazz.com celebrates its first birthday. And what a whirlwind year it has been! A team of more than 50 writer...

Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins: Lover Man (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Sonny Rollins’ avant-garde period – culminating in East Broadway Rundown – was in full bloom when the 33-year-old rec...

Sonny Rollins: Dearly Beloved (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

It’s difficult to overstate the effect that Ornette Coleman had on Sonny Rollins. The always-critical Rollins was in...

Betty Carter: 'Round Midnight (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

Betty Carter wasn't as acclaimed as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn during her career, but that’s certainly not thro...

Bill Evans & Jim Hall: My Funny Valentine (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

Bill Evans and Jim Hall set the standard for duo playing with the release of Undercurrent. More than four decades la...

Gil Evans & Steve Lacy: Reincarnation of a Lovebird (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Steve Lacy’s association with Gil Evans was three decades strong in 1987 when the two met for what would be Evans’ fi...

Wayne Shorter: Witch Hunt (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Wayne Shorter’s incisive solo on "Witch Hunt" starts with a shout, or rather a bristling retort to Elvin Jones’ stutt...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Art Blakey (featuring Wayne Shorter): Children of the Night (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Wayne Shorter’s first big career break came when he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1959. He quickly became th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Wayne Shorter: Teru (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

The one constant in Wayne Shorter’s ever-evolving artistry is a sense of supreme restraint and deliberateness. These ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Wayne Shorter: Mephistopheles (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Equally rich in inspired performances and brilliant arrangements, The All Seeing Eye is a standout in Wayne Shorter’s...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Wayne Shorter: Tom Thumb (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Blue Note albums from the '60s abound in long-form variations on the blues, and Wayne Shorter’s loping, riff-based “T...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Miles Davis: Footprints (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Miles Davis’ great mid-'60s quintet was at the height of their powers when they recorded Miles Smiles in the fall of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Gil Evans (featuring Wayne Shorter): Time of the Barracudas (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

On a series of stellar albums under his own name in the 1960s, Gil Evans went one step forward in cementing his reput...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Steely Dan: Aja (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Wayne Shorter, along with the other founding members of Weather Report, put fusion on the map in the early 1970s. The...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Wayne Shorter (with Milton Nascimento): Miracle of the Fishes (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

With his 1975 release Native Dancer, Wayne Shorter fully embraced the Brazilian influence that had been present in h...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

Weather Report: Elegant People (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 18, 08

Weather Report was reaching the height of its popularity in 1976 when the group released Black Market. On a series of...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS

Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...

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