Search results for "Ray Bryant"

Ray Bryant: Big Buddy (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 25, 08

Ray Bryant's lovely touch, fleet technique, unerring sense of swing and impeccable taste put him in the distinguished...

Ray Bryant: Little Susie (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 13, 08

Ray Bryant's "Little Susie" spent 6 weeks among the Cash Box Top 100 singles in 1960. No kin to "Wake Up Little Susie...

Ray Bryant: Splittin' (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Miles Davis, who took credit for everything, claimed he originated "trading fours" (4-bar exchanges between soloist a...

Ray Bryant: Ain't Misbehavin' (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music December 19, 08

Ray Bryant made his mark in the jazz world with some very soulful piano playing, mixing a dose of modernism with a do...

Dizzy Gillespie: The Eternal Triangle (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 29, 09

The 2006 recording by James Moody and Hank Jones of Sonny Stitt's "[The] Eternal Triangle" brings to mind this 1957 v...

Zoot Sims: Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 02, 08

Zoot Sims started doubling on soprano sax in 1973, well into his 40s. Until then he was known as an excellent hard-sw...

Jo Jones: Little Susie (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Jo Jones was an inimitable force in the development of modern jazz drumming. Not only was he an innovator in moving ...

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...

Zoot Sims: Moonlight in Vermont (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 06, 09

Not many swing or bop saxophonists have put the soprano to good use—few if any during the '30s and '40s, when those s...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SOPRANO SAX

           Soprano Sax and Piano      Fab...

Drummond, Ray posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Drummond, Ray, bass; b. Brookline, MA. 23 November 1946. He later relocated to California. He played various horns in...

Carter, Betty (Lillie Mae Jones) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Betty Carter's performances juxtaposed scat singing with animated syncopations, which gave her a unique sound amongst...

Reid, Rufus (L.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Reid, Rufus (L.), bass, educator, author; b. Atlanta, GA, 10 February 1944. His mother, Sylvia Reid, and his father, ...

Stitt, Sonny (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Saxophonist Sonny Stitt combined bebop, blues, and swing into a sound that took chances. A versatile player of alto, ...

Brandford, Jay (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brandford, Jay (Edward), alto and baritone saxophonist, flutist, composer/arranger; b. Los Angeles, CA, 24 March 1959...

Jones, Jo (Jonathan David Samuel) posted in Encyclopedia August 22, 08

The sound of Jo Jones' drums defined the sound of swing: he brought the beat up from the bass drum into the drummer's...

Miller, Mulgrew posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Pianist Mulgrew Miller performs with truthful invention, harmonic intellectualism and a keen sense of sophistication ...

Barron, Kenneth "Kenny" posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Barron, Kenneth "Kenny", piano; b. Philadelphia, June 9, 1943. His father William was a quiet man who worked in const...

Big Maybelle: I Ain't Mad at You (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music April 10, 08

In a typically misguided attempt at crossover appeal, the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival strayed far afield (and wen...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY

During the 1950s, the Newport Jazz Festival was an outdoor jamboree held in the exclusive environs of Rhod...

Gertz, Bruce (David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gertz, Bruce (David), bass; b. Providence, RI, 15 December 1952. He grew up in Cranston, RI. His parents Minnie (b. J...

Scott, Stephen posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist Stephen Scott’s polished tone, impressive articulation and elegant phrasing have drawn attention since his ar...

Golson, Benny posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Golson, Benny, tenor saxophonist, composer, arranger; b. Philadelphia, PA 26 January 1929. Golson's first instrument ...

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