Search results for "Red Garland"

Red Garland: He's a Real Gone Guy (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

"He's a Real Gone Guy" was a jumpin' 1947 R&B hit by singer-pianist Nellie Lutcher. In those days, "gone" meant supe...

Miles Davis (with John Coltrane): Ah-Leu-Chah (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

                John Coltrane, photo b...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOE LOVANO SELECTS ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE

                     Joe Lovano,...

Arnett Cobb: The Way You Look Tonight (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 22, 08

Arnett Cobb, the "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax," replaced Illinois Jacquet in Lionel Hampton's band in 1942 and helped g...

Miles Davis: Billy Boy (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music September 18, 08

This song represents the only piece from Milestones that features just the rhythm section, and rightfully so because ...

Miles Davis: It Could Happen To You (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 02, 09

In 1956, with a new recording contract from Columbia (and several recordings already in the can for them), Miles Davi...

Miles Davis: Milestones (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 18, 08

On this modal 40-bar-form classic, Cannonball Adderley provides the jump-off solo with his always undeniable force on...

Miles Davis: My Funny Valentine (1956) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

Miles's first recording of "My Funny Valentine" was made at the end of a marathon session designed to complete his co...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MY FUNNY VALENTINE

            My Funny Valentine, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Miles Davis: Bye Bye Blackbird (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

Miles Davis' classic version of "Bye Bye, Blackbird" has long been considered one of the essential modern jazz record...

Miles Davis: Oleo (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Miles Davis first recorded "Oleo" in 1954 with its composer Sonny Rollins on tenor. Two years later, Miles was leadin...

Art Pepper: Star Eyes (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 11, 08

Art Pepper doesn't meet "a" rhythm section on this 1957 date – he meets the rhythm section. Best known for their tenu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Sonny Rollins: Tenor Madness (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

This medium tempo, B-flat blues is the title track of one of Sonny Rollins's many fine mid-1950s albums. It's also—un...

Miles Davis: I Didn't (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music December 17, 08

"I Didn't" is a rebuttal to Thelonious Monk's "Well, You Needn't," but more accurately, it's an accidental derivation...

Miles Davis: Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

       Miles Davis, artwork by Michael Symonds With a new contract and limitl...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL MODERN JAZZ TRUMPET SOLOS

                 Trumpeter by...

Miles Davis: 'Round Midnight (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Miles Davis, photo by Herb Snitzer Miles Davis almost missed the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival, and was only added ...

Miles Davis: There is No Greater Love (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

In 1955, Miles Davis made the Harmon-muted trumpet his signature. Too bad a sound cannot be patented the way John Str...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARMON-IZED TRUMPETS

"It has heretofore been a great annoyance for the neighborhood if a person commences to practice on a brass inst...

Art Pepper: You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

Art Pepper earned a reputation as one of the top alto saxophonists on the West Coast in the 1950s. So it was a highl...

John Coltrane: Good Bait (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

This is from Soultrane, one of the first significant Coltrane records that I lived with as a real young player and ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOE LOVANO SELECTS ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE

                     Joe Lovano,...

Miles Davis: Dr. Jackle (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 18, 08

The late 1950s ushered in a new phase in the career of Miles Davis, who expanded his quintet to a sextet that include...

Ramsey Lewis: Song of India (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 28, 08

By the mid-'50s, Ahmad Jamal's open stylings had convinced Miles Davis that his keyboardist, Red Garland, should emul...

Garland, Red (William) posted in Encyclopedia April 19, 08

Red Garland's signature block chord solos and stacked fifths made him trumpeter Miles Davis's pianist of choice in th...

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