Search results for "Robert Barry"

Sun Ra: Medicine for a Nightmare (Rating: 69/100) posted in Music November 29, 07

During a mid-1950s concert for mental patients at a Chicago hospital, a chronic catatonic rose from the floor, made h...

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...

Robert Fripp: NY3 (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 13, 09

The all-star band that backs Robert Fripp on "NY3" keeps the groove tight as Fripp is allowed the space to show off b...

George Russell: All About Rosie (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 12, 08

George Russell's contribution to the 1957 Brandeis University Jazz Festival of the Arts is his masterpiece. Initially...

Harris, Barry (Doyle) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist Barry Harris seamlessly blends bebop’s lyrical phrasing with an exceptional accompanying style, drawn from hi...

Anderson, Ray (Ray Robert Anderson) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Anderson, Ray (Ray Robert Anderson), trombonist, singer; b. Chicago, Illlinois, 16 October 1952. His father is Philip...

Freedman, Bruce (Robert) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Freedman, Bruce (Robert), saxophonist/composer; b. Utica, NY, 14 June 1950. He moved to Los Angeles in 1955, then mov...

Baldwin, Bob (Robert Garfield Baldwin, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Baldwin, Bob [Robert Garfield Baldwin, Jr.], piano, keyboards, producer; b. Mt. Vernon, NY, 9 December 1960. He was b...

Sun Ra: Brainville (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 10, 08

When a Sun Ra composition doesn't head directly into the land of the freaky, the spacey, the alter-destiny (which I t...

Futterman, Joel (David) posted in Encyclopedia May 26, 09

Futterman, Joel (David), pianist, curved soprano saxophone, wooden flutes, educator, author; b. Chicago, IL, 30 Apri ...

Don't Gonna Play That Kling-Kling Jazz: A Prehistory of Jazz-Rock posted in Features and Interviews June 18, 09

By Geoff Wills When rock and roll emerged in the mid 1950s, many jazz musicians were witheringly scornful about ...

In Conversation with Steve Kuhn posted in Features and Interviews September 11, 09

By Ted Panken                 ...

Melvoin, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Melvoin, Michael, keyboards, composer; b. Oshkosh, WI, 10 May 1937. Melvoin is one of the most versatile and accom...

Harris, Jerome (Estese) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Harris, Jerome (Estese), bass, guitar; b. Memorial Hospital of Queens, Flushing, NY, 5 April 1953. His family moved f...

Rapson, John posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rapson, John, trombonist, composer; b. Gary, IN, 4 February 1953. He's the son of Ira Rapson (deceased June 1993) and...

Sager, David posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Sager, David, trombonist, historian; b. Takoma Park, Maryland, 22 March 1958. His parents are Beverly Stevens (b. 192...

Paul, Howard (Raymond) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Paul, Howard (Raymond), guitarist (7-string); b. Petersburg, Virginia, 15 November 1960. His family moved to the Atla...

Wolk, Ekkehard posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Wolk, Ekkehard, pianist, arranger, and composer; b. Schleswig, Federal Republic Of Germany, 14 June 1967. His mother,...

Swell, Steve (Stephen David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Swell, Steve (Stephen David), trombonist, composer, poet, painter; b. Newark, NJ, 6 December 1954 (Presbyterian Hospi...

Flanagan, Tommy (Thomas Lee) posted in Encyclopedia July 15, 09

Pianist Tommy Flanagan’s sophisticated use of melody, sincere lyricism and bright articulations made him a superb acc...

Wilson, Flossie (Beatrice Dow) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Wilson, Flossie (Beatrice Dow), singer, educator, lyricist, composer; b. Buffalo, NY, 14 October 1941. She was the el...

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