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Matt Wilson: Free Range Chicken (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 29, 09

A very simple minor pentatonic vamp sets up a major departure with a fun, quirky melody composed by Matt Wilson. Larr...

Lee Konitz & Matt Wilson: Winding Up (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 18, 09

Although Lee Konitz devoted one track on his 1967 duo album to performing with Elvin Jones, this 2002 session is Koni...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE LEE KONITZ DUETS

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Matt Wilson: That's Gonna Leave A Mark (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 28, 09

A blurt from everyone signals the beginning of this sprint. Lightcap rumbles around on the low notes while Wilson rum...

Mario Pavone: Hello Again (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

Forty years ago, Mario Pavone joined forces with pianist Paul Bley and drummer Barry Altschul in one of the great pia...

Liberation Music Orchestra: America the Beautiful (Medley: America the Beautiful/Lift Every Voice and Sing/Skies of A... (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

"Oh beautiful for spacious skies," but post-9/11 the skies of America seemed less safe; and the honorably intended "N...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

Denny Zeitlin: All of You (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 22, 09

The thickest piano chords come from the Windy City. You don't hear people talking about a Chicago School of Jazz Pia...

Josh Nelson (featuring Sara Gazarek): Leaving Here (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 24, 08

Josh Nelson is one of the most talented of the new generation of Los Angeles pianists. But on this track he steps in...

Denny Zeitlin: Mr. P.C. (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 06, 09

Back on his first leader date in 1964, Denny Zeitlin chose a lengthy minor blues ("Blue Phoenix") as the centerpiece ...

Denny Zeitlin: Recovery (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

"Recovery" is a rest-stop between two strenuous movements of Denny Zeitlin's suite "Slickrock," which depicts the rig...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KRAZY KATS

"America is a mistake," declared Sigmund Freud after visiting the U.S. in 1909. The contempt was not mutual. With typ...

Eric Rasmussen: Lennie Bird (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 13, 09

As the reader perhaps knows, I have defended the music of Lennie Tristano with the fervor of a true believer (and whe...

Denny Zeitlin: The Night Has 1000/10,000 Eyes (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music June 14, 09

This recording by Denny Zeitlin’s current trio has “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes” at its core. However, Zeitlin ha...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DENNY ZEITLIN

2009 has been a banner year for pianist-composer Denny Zeitlin (b. 1938). With the release by Mosaic Select ...

Reuben Wilson: Bus Ride (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

Reuben Wilson achieved little notoriety while recording for Blue Note (he was dropped from the label within three yea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC BLUE NOTE GROOVES

Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s 1970 Blue Note recording Everything I Play Is Funky opens with a corny but telling d...

Jane Ira Bloom: Mental Weather (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 01, 08

The words "saxophone" and "electronics" in close proximity normally set off our internal Gimmick Alert! alarm, ca...

Jane Ira Bloom: A More Beautiful Question (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

How many people do you know who've had an asteroid named after them? If you knew Jane Ira Bloom, you'd know ...

Dena DeRose: All My Love (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 02, 09

Dena DeRose is a gifted pianist and vocalist, and she has exceptional taste in songs. I'm forever beholden to her for...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 JAZZ DIVAS YOU NEED TO KNOW

       Singer in Red, artwork by Suzanne Cerny “Jazz singer” used to ...

Larry Goldings: Cocoon (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 21, 09

It makes perfect sense that the accomplished pianist and keyboardist Larry Goldings would be into Bjork. As a sideman...

Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07

The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...

Breaking Jazz News & Interesting Links: April 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages May 01, 09

New Yorkers ride 1939-era A Train to celebrate Ellington's birthday But were the fares set at 1939 price...

Kohlhase, Charlie posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kohlhase, Charlie (Charles Remick Kohlhase) alto, tenor & baritone saxophones, composer. b. Portsmouth, NH Novemb...

Pavone, Mario (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Pavone, Mario (Anthony), bassist, composer; b. Waterbury, CT, 11 November 1940. His father, Mario Pavone Sr. was born...

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