Search results for "Sam Jones"

Sam Jones: Visitation (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 09, 09

With the application of the cello into the jazz ensemble, many used the instrument to explore new melodic terrain. Sa...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ CELLO

Can the cello swing? Can the cello be as melodically sophisticated as traditional jazz instruments? Is the cell...

Joe Williams: Night Time is the Right Time (to be with the One You Love) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 31, 09

Evaluating the relative merits of Joe Williams' recorded tracks with Count Basie in the '50's, as compared to those h...

Clark Terry: In Orbit (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music May 03, 09

Terry's unfairly neglected In Orbit album is notable not only for his warmly expressive fluegelhorn and clever origin...

Ben Webster & Joe Zawinul: Frog Legs (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 05, 09

Though the pairing of Ben Webster and Joe Zawinul may at first seem odd, the two were friends and for awhile roommate...

Blue Mitchell: Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

Blue Mitchell assembled a stellar hard-bop band for his Blue Soul LP. But there is not much soul or bluesiness on th...

Thelonious Monk: Jackie-ing (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 14, 08

The 1950s and '60s were a time when many jazz giants walked the earth, but there was also an abundance of distinctive...

Sonny Stitt: I Got Rhythm (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

The two albums that Sonny Stitt recorded in 1972 for respected producer Don Schlitten's Cobblestone label were among ...

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...

Cannonball Adderley: Love for Sale (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Cannonball Adderley joined Miles Davis’s band a few months before this session, and Davis played a major part in the ...

Cannonball Adderley: Autumn Leaves (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Because Somethin’ Else was recorded not long after Cannonball Adderley joined the Miles Davis Sextet, there was specu...

Bill Evans: Young and Foolish (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

At largo pace, with minimal flourish and maximal feeling, Bill Evans transforms a 1955 Broadway show tune into a deep...

Cannonball Adderley: One For Daddy-O (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 16, 09

Flying down a freeway of clear skies and very little traffic, all systems are set to "go" as the sax revs the engine ...

Dizzy Gillespie: St. Louis Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Dizzy Gillepsie, photo by Herb Snitzer W.C. Handy wrote "St. Louis Blues" after witnessing the British bombardme...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARMON-IZED TRUMPETS

"It has heretofore been a great annoyance for the neighborhood if a person commences to practice on a brass inst...

Donald Byrd: Here Am I (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

When the New York Herald Tribune coined the term “hard bop,” it was like saying “wet water.” Bop had always been har...

Cannonball Adderley: This Here (Dis Here) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

At the beginning of this live performance at San Francisco’s Jazz Workshop, Cannonball Adderley introduces pianist Bo...

Red Garland: He's a Real Gone Guy (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

"He's a Real Gone Guy" was a jumpin' 1947 R&B hit by singer-pianist Nellie Lutcher. In those days, "gone" meant supe...

Cannonball Adderley: Fiddler on the Roof (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

An album of Broadway hits could easily become a lackluster commercial concession, but Adderley’s Fiddler on the Roof ...

Cannonball Adderley: Azule Serape (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

This crystal-clear live recording from the long-running West Coast Lighthouse club puts the listener up close to the ...

Tina Brooks: Good Ole Soul (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

A week after Tina Brooks played on Freddie Hubbard's debut recording as a leader, Open Sesame, Hubbard returned the f...

Von Freeman: Portrait of John Young (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music June 04, 08

Like father, like son? Not so in this case. Von Freeman's son, Chico, began recording regularly at age 27, but Von's ...

Paul Gonsalves: I Surrender Dear (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 13, 08

There were good reasons why Duke Ellington put up with the drug and alcohol problems of Paul Gonsalves for so many ye...

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