Search results for "Paul Gonsalves"

Paul Gonsalves: I Surrender Dear (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 13, 08

There were good reasons why Duke Ellington put up with the drug and alcohol problems of Paul Gonsalves for so many ye...

Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves: Salt and Pepper (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 05, 09

This 1963 Stitt-Gonsalves encounter should be better known than it is. Stitt, of course, was one of the most prolifi...

Duke Ellington: C Jam Blues (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 01, 09

Duke Ellington wrote “C Jam Blues” as a simple way to showcase his musicians. Its first appearance was in a “soundie”...

Johnny Hodges: Everybody Knows (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

The main theme of this tune is one of those catchy ones that keep doing instant replays in your head; it is played wi...

Johnny Hodges: 310 Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

This tune was specially written for this recording session by Duke Ellington's composing partner and musical soul mat...

Duke Ellington: Jingle Bells (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Ten lords a leaping plus a Duke, Cat and Rabbit shake up "Jingle Bells" (1857) by James Lord Pierpont, who wasn't rea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RUDY REINDEER'S FAVORITE JAZZ

First, about the name. The whole "Rudolph" thing started as a joke. To friends and family, I've always been Rudy. The...

Count Basie: Cheek to Cheek (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music December 31, 07

Count Basie did not have a pleasant 1949. He'd already disbanded, put together a new group, and was scraping for gigs...

Clark Terry: Cotton Tail (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 18, 08

As first recorded by Duke Ellington's 15-piece band in 1940, "Cotton Tail" tore through the cabbage patch quicker tha...

Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald: Imagine My Frustration (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

The appearances together in 1966-67 of Ella with the Duke Ellington Orchestra quickly assumed almost legendary propor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES

Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...

Duke Ellington (featuring Louie Bellson): Skin Deep (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

A few years after this recording, rock bands would discover the allure of long, intense drum solos. This was more th...

Dizzy Gillespie: You Stole My Wife, You Horsethief (Rating: 70/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

"Every generation of blacks since slavery," asserted Dizzy Gillespie, "has had to develop its own way of Tomming, of ...

Duke Ellington: Blood Count (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Billy Strayhorn wrote or co-composed with Duke Ellington some of the best-loved pieces in the Ellington band’s repert...

Duke Ellington: A Tone Parallel To Harlem (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

Many fans back in the early 1950s thought that the arrival of the LP -- youngsters, that stands for "Long Playing" re...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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Duke Ellington: Mood Indigo (1950) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

The advent of the long-playing record finally released Duke Ellington from the time constraints that had previously f...

Duke Ellington: The Tattooed Bride (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

Ellington was ahead of his time, and not just for preferring his brides with tattoos. This extended piece, premiered...

Ella Fitzgerald (with Duke Ellington): Take the 'A' Train (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 06, 08

Matching Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on its signature tune is a surefire winner. But when you ...

Duke Ellington: Solitude (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

Ellington Indigos is one of my favorite Ellington albums. Recorded right after Such Sweet Thunder, it was designed to...

Duke Ellington (featuring Paul Gonsalves): Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

(Editor's note: Duke Ellington introduced this tune at Newport ’56 by stating the following: “And now we would like ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE

In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...

Duke Ellington: Diminuendo in Blue (and Crescendo in Blue) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

The Duke Ellington Orchestra’s appearance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival made for one of the most legendary perfor...

Frank Sinatra (with the Duke Ellington Orchestra): Follow Me (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 15, 08

Lerner & Loewe’s show tune from Camelot opens with Duke Ellington’s piano, followed by the band slinking along in str...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: FRANK SINATRA FOR JAZZ LOVERS

           Frank Sinatra, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Ed...

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