Search results for "Peter Washington"

Peter Cincotti: I Changed the Rules (Rating: 79/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Cincotti opened his eponymous debut CD with a song he composed (featuring lyrics by his mom!) called “I Changed the R...

Bill Charlap: America (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

The vocal performance of "America" on the original 1957 Broadway cast recording of West Side Story is pretty much unb...

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...

Bill Charlap: Rocker (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 09, 08

"Rocker" is a must-have track on a CD containing ballad arrangements that turn most of them into plodding yawners. Ho...

Bobby Hutcherson: I Am In Love (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

The 1968 Monterey Jazz Festival presented a concert entitled "A Generation of Vibers" (a nod to Philip Wylie), featur...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: GREAT VIBES

Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, in the notes to his 1989 Overview release, made the following observations about his in...

Tom Harrell: Tune-A-Tune (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 19, 09

It's hard to imagine a better frontline than this—Harrell, Joe Lovano, and the trumpeter's former employer during the...

Ann Hampton Callaway: Skylark (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 09, 09

As a bird, the skylark is indigenous to Europe, Asia and Africa. Yet, the bird is well known to the rest of the worl...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HOAGY CARMICHAEL

Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana on November 22, 1899. His given name, Hoagland, derived fr...

The Blue Note 7: Little B's Poem (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 15, 09

Here is one measure of how much thing have changed in jazz. When the Blue Note label tried to brand a band back in t...

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...

Karrin Allyson: Something Worth Waiting For (Con Alma) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

I’ve always admired Dizzy Gillespie’s composition “Con Alma” for its clever chord progression – a good transposing as...

Karrin Allyson: Follow the Footprints (Footprints) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Buddha Shorter tossed this pebble into the pond and each ripple embraced a new set of lyrics. Its re- incarnations in...

Karrin Allyson: All You Need To Say (Never Say Yes) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Imagine Einstein theorizing on jazz: “Physics/Jazz constitutes a logical system of thought which is in a state of evo...

Tommy Flanagan: Bird Song (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

It's fitting that a man who spent a lifetime playing superb jazz piano celebrated his 67th birthday gigging at t...

Lew Tabackin: I Surrender, Dear (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 01, 08

Lew Tabackin has always been a fascinating jazz musician, one who for many years was the featured soloist in the Jazz...

Regina Carter: Our Delight (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

When Regina Carter joined the String Trio of New York in 1992, she succeeded Charles Burnham, and before him Billy Ba...

Frank Wess: Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

During his tenure with Count Basie in the 1950s and '60s, tenor saxophonist/flutist Frank Wess probably had occasion ...

Eric Alexander: Estaté (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 09

In listening to Alexander's The First Milestone and The Second Milestone CDs as they first appeared in 2000 and 2001,...

Ann Hampton Callaway: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 17, 09

Unlike many vocal albums, Ann Hampton Callaway's Easy Living was recorded live in the studio, with Callaway and the i...

Malinverni, Pete (Peter Gaetano) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Malinverni, Pete (Peter Gaetano), piano; b. Niagara Falls, NY, 16 April 1957. Since coming to New York City in 198...

Zak, Peter posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Zak, Peter, jazz pianist; b. Los Angeles, CA, 13 May 1965. Classically trained, Peter began his jazz career as an und...

Charles McPherson: Nostalgia In Times Square (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music August 09, 08

Charles Mingus wrote "Nostalgia in Times Square" for Shadows, John Cassavetes's 1960 improvisational film about race....

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