Search results for "Mickey Roker"

Duke Pearson: New Girl (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 06, 09

Duke Pearson's Big Band was a vital part of the New York jazz scene from the late 1960s to the mid '70s. This great b...

Ray Brown Trio: Lady Be Good (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

When I was just getting really serious about the music, and going out and buying records with the allowance my mother...

Horace Silver: In Pursuit of the 27th Man (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

Here's a rare item in Horace Silver's discography as a leader: a session with vibraphonist David Friedman and no horn...

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...

Andrew Hill: Illusion (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

This is Andrew with a funky rhythm section and string quartet, and Bennie Maupin enters pretty far into the song. At ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

Herbie Hancock: Riot (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

This was Herbie Hancock's second-to-last album for Blue Note Records, and man is it good. "Riot" opens with lush orch...

Herbie Hancock: Riot (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 20, 09

I love “Riot” from Speak Like a Child, and I also like a song from that record called “First Trip.” In fact, every tu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: URI CAINE SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK TRACKS

Few jazz-related artists are busier these days than pianist-composer Uri Caine, whose international career transpires...

Junior Mance: Happy Time (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 08, 09

Julian C. Mance, Jr., better known as Junior Mance, was the pianist in Cannonball Adderley's first quintet in 1956-57...

Gene Harris (featuring Stanley Turrentine): The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 29, 09

Julia Ward Howe wrote the most spirited and rousing of our "national" anthems. Her Civil War foot-lifter, "The Battle...

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

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

Lee Morgan: Absolutions (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

In early 1970 Morgan was on the wrong end of an altercation with a pipe-wielding assailant, taking a blow directly to...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie: Take The 'A' Train (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 20, 09

Oscar Peterson's spectacular intro and first statement of the famous musical theme is worth the price of admission by...

Milt Jackson: In a Sentimental Mood (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

"All music is folk music," observed Louis Armstrong. "I ain't never heard a horse sing a song." Without contradicting...

Gene Harris: Uptown Sop (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

To soul-food connoisseurs such as your humble reviewer, sop refers not to bribe, fool or Standard Operating Procedure...

Herbie Hancock: Speak Like a Child (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

Every new release from Herbie Hancock during the 1960s seemed to chart an exciting step forward. On his Speak Like a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK PERFORMANCES

When Miles Davis hired Herbie Hancock (along with Ron Carter and Tony Williams) in 1963, few fans believed that this ...

Herbie Hancock: The Sorcerer (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Though most people are aware that the renowned Miles Davis quintet of the 1960s recorded this Herbie Hancock song, th...

Lee Morgan: Mr. Johnson (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

Though not a prolific composer, pianist Harold Mabern has written his share of outstanding tunes, and his brooding mi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Horace Silver: Serenade to a Soul Sister (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

I have to be honest, there's not a single Horace Silver song that I don't like. So now that my biases are out front, ...

Donald Byrd: Estavanico (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

Electric Byrd is Donald Byrd's most appealing effort from his brief fusion period, which predated his R&B work with t...

Campbell, Tommy posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Campbell, Tommy [Thomas Walter Campbell III], drums; b. Norristown,  PA, 14 February 1957. He grew up up in W...

In Conversation with Uri Caine posted in Features and Interviews August 14, 08

By Ted Panken                  ...

LeDonne, Mike posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

LeDonne, Mike, piano and Hammond organ; b. Bridgeport, CT, 26 October 1956. His parent's names are Mickey and Marion ...

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