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Quincy Jones: Soul Bossa Nova (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 17, 08

Surprise! The opening theme song to the Austin Powers trilogy wasn't composed specifically for everybody's favorite h...

Quincy Jones (featuring Lars Gullin): Sometimes I'm Happy (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music December 23, 08

Jazz Abroad presents the first recording sessions led by, respectively, Roy Haynes and Quincy Jones. Don't be confuse...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES

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Quincy Jones: Killer Joe (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

According to an interview I saw with Quincy maybe 6 or 7 years ago, “Killer Joe” was the last straight-ahead tune tha...

Quincy Jones: Hikky Burr (Rating: 78/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Carol Kaye's funky Fender bass provides much of the excitement on this track, which served as the theme to The Bill C...

Quincy Jones: Rack 'Em Up (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music May 08, 09

The speedy "Rack 'em Up" energizes its way through a maze of electric jazz guitar, predominant piano overdubs (panned...

Quincy Jones: Dead End (Rating: 78/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

"Dead End" is taken from a Grammy-winning album, and, as expected, the personnel is illustrious. The track features s...

Quincy Jones: King Road Blues (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

The original Go West, Man! featured Quincy Jones-managed recording sessions by four trumpets and rhythm, four alto sa...

Count Basie: Speaking of Sounds (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 27, 09

One of four fine Thad Jones originals from an album in which all the material was written by current or former Basie ...

Quincy Jones: The Midnight Sun Never Sets (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Jones spent a couple days in Stockholm hurriedly writing music for a performance with the Harry Arnold Radio Band. He...

Quincy Jones On (and Off) DVD posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 15, 09

Thomas Cunniffe, an editor and regular contributor to these pages, is our resident expert on jazz DVDs. Below he hel...

Jones, Quincy (Delight) posted in Encyclopedia August 21, 08

The key to Quincy Jones's success has always been great ears, which were built by jazz. From his start in Lionel Hamp...

Gigi Gryce: La Rose Noire (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 20, 09

A twenty-year old Quincy Jones was already showing his influential ability as an astute arranger on this session with...

Clifford Brown-Lionel Hampton: Gryce Suite, Brown Skin (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

Brownie met and jammed with some members of the 1953 Lionel Hampton Orchestra in Atlantic City while he was playing a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: AL HOOD SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL CLIFFORD BROWN TRACKS

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Phineas Newborn, Jr.: The Midnight Sun Will Never Set (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

"If I had to choose the best all-around pianist of anyone who's followed me chronologically," Oscar Peterson decided,...

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...

Sirone (Norris Sirone Jones) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Bassist Sirone’s expressive lyricism, formidable tone and exemplary technique highlight the importance of musiciansh...

Les Double Six: Stockholm Sweetnin' (Un Coin Merveilleux) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 05, 09

“Stockholm Sweetnin’” was composed by Quincy Jones for an all-star recording session featuring Clifford Brown, Art Fa...

Coleman Hawkins: Quintessence (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 29, 08

Coleman Hawkins could indeed make filet mignon out of chopped liver, much like Sonny Rollins. On Today and Now, Bean ...

The Double Six of Paris: For Lena and Lennie (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

I have a shocking confession. I flunked high-school French! How, then, can I review a track sung in a language I don'...

Frank Sinatra (with Count Basie): I Believe in You (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 15, 08

This may be the best Sinatra swinger on Reprise from the early '60s. Count Basie’s band is in peak form and perfectly...

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

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Herb Alpert and the T.J.B.: Last Tango in Paris (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

Featuring an arrangement by Quincy Jones, "Last Tango in Paris" is also enriched by minor electric guitar chords and ...

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