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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1951 version) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

One of Monk’s earliest recordings, made at a time when there were fewer expectations of the eccentric pianist. (The t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL THELONIOUS MONK PERFORMANCES

The pianist Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was bebop’s mad genius. He and a handful of others created the jazz form, and...

Thelonious Monk: Criss Cross (1951 recording) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

        Thelonious Monk at Salle Pleyel (1954)            &...

Thelonious Monk: 'Round Midnight (1947) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Monk's initial cover of his best-known song came three years after Cootie Williams first recorded it with majestic tr...

Bengt-Arne Wallin: Vallåt/Folklig Visa Från Karleby-Nejden/ Uti Vår Hage (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

Bengt-Arne Wallin led the surge in the 1960s Swedish jazz scene by putting together an album of folk song material ar...

Romano, Aldo posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Romano, Aldo, drummer, composer and ensemble leader; b. Belluno, Veneto, Italy, 16 January 1941. The Romano family mo...

Bias, Gary (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bias, Gary (Anthony), saxophone; b. 3-14-58. Los Angeles, CA; His parents are Isaac Bias Sr., born 1914 in Crowley, L...

Cavaseno, Joseph "G-Clef" (Harry) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cavaseno, Joseph "G-Clef" (Harry), saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, singer, composer; b. Mineola, NY, 2 June 1967....

Dixon, Ben (Harold) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Dixon, Ben (Harold), drummer, composer, arranger, teacher, clinician; b. Gaffney, SC, 25 December 1934.  As an i...

Manzecchi, Franco (Gian) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Manzecchi, Franco (Gian), drummer; b. Ravenna, Italy, Sept.10,1931; d. Konstanz, Germany, March 25, 1979. The name of...

Mayhew, Virginia posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mayhew, Virginia, saxophonist, composer, arranger; b. Palo Alto, CA, 14 May 1959. Her parents and grandparents are am...

Vinding, Mads posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Vinding, Mads, bassist; b. Coopenhagen, Denmark, 7 December 1948. An itinerant example of Danish jazz in world cla...

Hopps, Jimmy (James Edward Hopps Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hopps, Jimmy [James Edward Hopps Jr.], drummer; b. Washington, DC, 18 June 1939. His mother, Louella T.W. Hopps, was ...

Wynton Kelly: Autumn Leaves (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Wynton Kelly recorded only once with the Jazz Messengers – on an interesting 1957 session billed as The Jazz Mes...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BEST OF THE ART BLAKEY ALUMS

There are post-Swing Era bandleaders, and then there is Art Blakey. After a brief time spent developing his craft by ...

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...

Pettiford, Oscar posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09

Oscar Pettiford set the standard for bassists in bebop by drawing out the melodic and solo potential of his instrumen...

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