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Bobby Sanabria: Wild Jungle (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 05, 09

Blistering! Good gawd! If you want to listen to this music I would suggest the following precautions: apply a good la...

Horace Silver: Señor Blues (Live at Newport) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 31, 08

I read in the paper the other day that the value of Silver is on the rise. The folks at Blue Note must have taken no...

Horace Silver: Cookin' at the Continental (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

The album Finger Poppin' introduced Horace Silver's longest-lasting front line, Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook, who wo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HORACE SILVER

Perceptive commentators such as Martin Williams and Bob Blumenthal have written about the creative craftsmanship of...

Chick Corea: Part II (Dedicated to John Coltrane) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 27, 07

While primarily known as a rock/pop drummer with Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, and James Taylor, Gadd is a successful and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT MOMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

Transitions and developments at the drumset have been an essential driving force throughout the history of jazz. Fro...

Baker, Newman (Taylor) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Baker, Newman (Taylor), drummer, singer; b. Petersburg, VA, 4 February 1943. His paternal grandfather, T. Nelson Bake...

Brecker, Michael (Leonard) posted in Encyclopedia April 20, 08

Michael Brecker's rare imagination, versatility and tone made him one of the most influential saxophonists to emerge ...

Baird, Michael (Christopher Michael Joseph Baird) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Baird, Michael [Christopher Michael Joseph Baird], drummer/composer/producer; b. Lusaka, Zambia, 5 July, 1954. Of Bri...

Mainieri, Mike (Michael, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mainieri, Mike (Michael, Jr.), vibraphonist, keyboard player, arranger, composer; b. N.Y., 4 July 1938. (July 24 was ...

Bowen, Ralph (Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bowen, Ralph (Michael), saxophones: tenor, alto, soprano, flute; b. Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 23 December 1961. He was...

Murley, Mike (Michael David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Murley, Mike (Michael David), tenor and soprano saxophonist; b. Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, 12 December 1961.  ...

More on the Kenya Concert posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 07, 08

On Friday, we published Tim Wilkins’ account of Bobby Sanabria’s Kenya concert. Jazz.com’s Eugene Marlow, who rece...

Madof, Jon posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Madof, Jon, guitar; Madof has collaborated with John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Frank London, Daniel Carter, and many other...

Rossi, Marc (William) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rossi, Marc (William), composer, pianist, and educator; b. New Haven, CT, 13 June 1952. Marc was the only child of pa...

Dave Grusin: I Feel Pretty (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 15, 09

Forty years after West Side Story hit big, pianist Dave Grusin decided to revisit and maybe revitalize Bernstein's mu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

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...

In Conversation with Norma Winstone posted in Features and Interviews July 14, 08

by Stuart Nicholson Norma Winstone is one of the great jazz vocalists not simply because she is so obviously acc...

Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: June 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages July 03, 09

Anat Cohen plays Benny Goodman Josh Jackson reports from A Blog Supreme. 50,000 show ...

Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Eisenbeil, Bruce (Jeffrey), guitarist, composer, educator; b. Chicago, IL, 21 August 1968. A year after he was born, ...

Bley, Carla (Lovella May Borg) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bley, Carla [Lovella May Borg], composer, pianist; b. Oakland, CA, 11 May 1936. Her father Emil Borg (1899 - 1990) wa...

Bendian, Gregg posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bendian, Gregg, drummer, percussionist, composer; b. Englewood, New Jersey, 13 July 1963. His parents, Martin (b. Nov...

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