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Duke Ellington: Washington Wobble (Rating: 62/100) posted in Music February 10, 08

As a tribute, this track serves double duty. "Washington Wobble" can refer to the Evergreen State, with its Cascadia ...

Duke Ellington: Black and Tan Fantasy (OKeh) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

Ellington's growing musical maturity from the 1920s through the 1940s is one of the most remarkable stories in the hi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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An Interview with Javon Jackson posted in Features and Interviews January 16, 08

by Ralph A. Miriello With a long list of credentials to validate his considerable talent, Javon Jackson ha...

Duke Ellington: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (OKeh) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 19, 07

The quintessential document of Duke’s "jungle music," this 1927 theme was so letter-perfect that Steely Dan paid it g...

Duke Ellington: Black and Tan Fantasy (Victor) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

The second of Ellington's three 1927 "Black and Tan Fantasy" recordings disproves the adage that the Third Time'...

Jazz's Most Iconic Photo Is Half a Century Old posted in Features and Interviews August 11, 08

by Alan Kurtz "When I found out there was going to be this big meeting for a picture in Esquire," Dizzy Gilles...

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...

Turrentine, Stanley posted in Encyclopedia October 19, 08

Stanley Turrentine, it has been said, could make the telephone book sound soulful. His elegant brawn in the lower reg...

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...

Raglan, Wayne (Steven) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Raglan, Wayne (Steven), electric bass guitar, guitar; b. Jamaica, Queens, NY, 18 April 1955. His father was Arthur Ra...

Urcola, Diego posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Urcola, Diego, trumpeter; b. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5 November 1965. He began his musical studies at the age of 9, ...

Lateef, Yusef Abdul (William Evans) posted in Encyclopedia March 31, 08

Saxophonist and flutist Yusef Lateef is a prolific iconoclast who doubles on a number of instruments from around the ...

Henderson, Chuck (Charles) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Henderson, Chuck (Charles), soprano saxophonist; b. Princeton, NJ, 12 December 1955. He started taking alto saxophone...

Carole King (featuring Wynton Marsalis): I Wasn't Gonna Fall In Love (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music February 13, 09

Wynton Marsalis's vast legacy isn't about to be diluted by a single appearance on a superstar pop artist's track. Sti...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WHEN JAZZ CATS MEET ROCKERS

Jazz musicians performing sidemen roles on recording dates of non-jazz performances is a practice nearly as old as ja...

Teddy Edwards: Midnight Creeper (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music July 06, 09

Edwards was 73 years-old at the time of this session in 1997, and his appealing style was captured vividly throughout...

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