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Red Nichols: Buddy's Habits (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music November 11, 07The sanitized Hollywood biopic aside, Red Nichols was a tremendously gifted trumpeter and bandleader. There were usua...
Paul Whiteman: I'm Coming Virginia (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 05, 08Paul Whiteman, the 1920s' favorite bandleader, introduced jazz to millions. To critics and historians, however, popul...
Mole, Miff (Irving Milfred) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09Miff Mole was one of the first to bring the tailgate style of Kid Ory and other New Orleans trombonists to his hometo...
Bixology (An Excerpt) posted in Features and Interviews March 09, 08Author Brendan Wolfe is our resident Bixologist at jazz.com -- that is, when he isn’t running the best...
Tough, Dave (David Jarvis) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09As a teen, drummer Dave "Davey" Tough literally sat at the feet of Baby Dodds in Joe "King" Oliver's band at Chicago'...
Russell, Pee Wee (Charles Ellsworth) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08Pee Wee Russell took the clarinet from New Orleans out into the world. Still today, he stands as one of its most expr...
Jazz's Most Iconic Photo Is Half a Century Old posted in Features and Interviews August 11, 08by Alan Kurtz "When I found out there was going to be this big meeting for a picture in Esquire," Dizzy Gilles...
Lang, Eddie (Salvatore Massaro) posted in Encyclopedia January 17, 09Eddie Lang popularized the guitar as a lead and rhythm instrument in jazz. A versatile and lyrical player, his recor...
Krupa, Gene (Eugene Bertram) posted in Encyclopedia June 19, 08Drummer Gene Krupa's charisma lit the flame underneath the Benny Goodman Quartet and Big Band in the 1930s. He was a...
Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David) posted in Encyclopedia June 20, 08Clarinetist Benny Goodman's clear, ripe tone inspired a generation of dancers, and earned him the title of “The King ...
Ellis, Herb (Mitchel Herbert) posted in Encyclopedia March 19, 09Herb Ellis's quick-picking right hand, fleet fingers and metronomic hard swing established him as a master of the mod...
Nanri, Fumio posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Nanri, Fumio, trumpeter, b. Osaka, Japan, 24 December 1912, d. 4 August 1975. Known to his fans as "Japan's Satchm...
Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith: How High The Moon (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 25, 08Stéphane Grappelli and Stuff Smith were, along with Joe Venuti, the most significant and influential early jazz violi...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI
Stéphane Grappelli, by Jos L. Knaepen Below are twelve essential tracks drawn from the long and i...
Happy-Rose Orchestra: Get Happy (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music July 12, 08Hit of the Week was a flexible one-sided record sold at newsstands for 15¢ beginning in early 1930. By summer, sales ...
Rust Never Sleeps posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 10, 09Will Friedwald recently offered some reflections in this column on the arcane world of jazz discographers—those int...
Teagarden, Jack (Weldon Leo) posted in Encyclopedia May 21, 09Trombonist and singer Jack Teagarden may have been at ease in the tailgate style of his generation, but he was the fi...
Lincoln, Abe (Abram) posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09Of the first generation of great jazz trombonists, few expressed the fire and passion of "hot jazz" better than Abe...
A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...
Persson, Bent posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Persson, Bent, trumpeter and cornetist; b. Karlskrona, Sweden, 6 September 1947. He grew up in Stockholm. His mother ...
101—Count 'Em!—Classic Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 09I give you some credit. Every day you take your vitamins, go to the gym for a workout, take the dog for a walk, ...
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