Search results for "Red Norvo"

Red Norvo: Honeysuckle Rose (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

In his day, Red Norvo recorded and gigged with everyone -- Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Frank Sinatra, Charles Min...

Red Norvo: Congo Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 08

In the 1950s, best-selling author Jack Kerouac godfathered the Beat Generation, an unwashed gaggle of ofay deadb...

Red Norvo: I Surrender, Dear (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 28, 08

This may be Red Norvo's date, but the stars on this track are trombonist Jenney and pianist Wilson. Jenney is a lyri...

Red Norvo: Night and Day (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 03, 08

Red Norvo was a fascinating jazz musician. On the one hand, he primarily played the out-of-fashion and limited xyloph...

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...

Red Norvo: In a Mist (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

Few jazz musicians have mastered a wider range of the music's history than the now unfairly forgotten Red Norvo. His ...

Red Norvo: Dance of the Octopus (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

Music, declared Surrealist Manifesto author André Breton, is "the most deeply confusing of all art forms." He might'v...

Red Norvo: Dance of the Octopus (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

This strange piece of music sounds like . . . hmm, how about a dancing octopus? In a clever piece of program music, ...

Mildred Bailey: The Weekend of a Private Secretary (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

This novelty song depicts a shy clerk who comes alive on a weekend trip to Havana. Mildred Bailey seems to get a kick...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MILDRED BAILEY

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Mildred Bailey: St. Louis Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

Mildred Bailey and Red Norvo are the key players in this light take on the old standard with an element of seduction....

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The Esquire All Stars: I Got Rhythm (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music May 24, 08

The time was January 1944, and the first bebop band (led by Dizzy Gillespie) had just been hired on 52nd Street. Mea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ART TATUM AT 100

Art Tatum would be celebrating his 100th birthday this week. His death at age 47 back in 1956 is now a distant eve...

Mildred Bailey: Rockin' Chair (1932) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 13, 08

Hoagy Carmichael first heard Mildred Bailey with Paul Whiteman's orchestra in 1929 and later taught her this song, wh...

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Woody Herman (featuring Sonny Berman): Your Father's Moustache (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

"Your Father's Moustache" captures Herman's First Herd in full charge, and noticeably emerging out of the band's glor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE SONNYS OF JAZZ

Jazz Quiz: What do these names have in common? Saul Berman Herman Blount Conrad Yeatis Clark William Criss C...

Mildred Bailey: These Foolish Things (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 14, 08

After Decca failed to renew her recording contract in 1942, Mildred Bailey had a difficult time finding another compa...

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Norvo, Red (Kenneth Norville) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08

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Callender, Red (George Sylvester) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Red Callender could lay down a huge walking bass line as easily as he made his upright sing like a violin. An incredi...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks posted in Features and Interviews May 14, 09

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Wilson, Teddy (Theodore Shaw) posted in Encyclopedia May 23, 08

Pianist Teddy Wilson's astonishing technique and uncompromising sense of swing made him the perfect foil to Billie ...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

Bailey, Mildred (Mildred Rinker) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08

Mildred Bailey was known as “Mrs. Swing” to her fans in the thirties and forties, and rightly so. She and fellow Wash...

Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David) posted in Encyclopedia June 20, 08

Clarinetist Benny Goodman's clear, ripe tone inspired a generation of dancers, and earned him the title of “The King ...

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