Search results for "Scott LaFaro"

Victor Feldman: Too Blue (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Transplanted Londoner Victor Feldman was 23 when he recorded "Too Blue" with 22-year-old Scott LaFaro, the Earl Scrug...

Bill Evans: Waltz for Debby (live version, 1961) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

Because of this historic evening of music, “Waltz for Debby” has become one of the most familiar tunes in jazz. Openi...

Bill Evans: Autumn Leaves (1959 - take two) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Four years after Roger Williams’s vertiginously arpeggiated #1 hit, Bill Evans redid “Autumn Leaves” with vertigo sup...

Bill Evans: Gloria's Step (take 2) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

Fans who want to appreciate the artistry of Bill Evans must start with the great live Village Vanguard session from J...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BILL EVANS

Bill Evans’s career as a jazz pianist started with little fanfare. His first leader date, New Jazz Conceptions fro...

Bill Evans: Elsa (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 04, 07

During the final studio session by a short-lived but long-loved trio, Evans and LaFaro were reportedly so miffed at o...

Hampton Hawes: I Love You (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 03, 09

If your concept of mid-50s California jazz is of unrelenting cool, take a good listen to Hampton Hawes’ album For Rea...

Bill Evans: Peri's Scope (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

The first album featuring this groundbreaking trio opens up like a window into the future. By freeing up the traditio...

Bill Evans: Some Other Time (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

The summer and fall of 1961 at the Village Vanguard marked one of the greatest musical runs in jazz history. In just ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Bill Evans: My Foolish Heart (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

"My Foolish Heart" is another landmark performance from the June 25, 1961 live recording at the Village Vanguard. Th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BILL EVANS

Bill Evans’s career as a jazz pianist started with little fanfare. His first leader date, New Jazz Conceptions fro...

Hampton Hawes: Hip (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 30, 08

A divine head start if there ever was one, Hampton Hawes was born with six fingers on each hand. The extra digits wer...

Ornette Coleman: First Take (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 11, 08

It is certainly no coincidence that the development of the rhythm section coincides with the progression of the great...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Gunther Schuller (featuring Ornette Coleman): Abstraction (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

"Abstraction," explained its composer, combines "the most advanced [circa 1960] stylistic manifestations of both jazz...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Jim Hall: Piece for Guitar & Strings (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Jim Hall's pre-1960 written output had been, as was the guitarist himself, modest. Hall the composer came out of left...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Bill Evans: Spring Is Here (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 17, 08

A romantic nature is implied in this trio's sensitivity, even as everything about "Spring Is Here" points to an ...

Bill Evans: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

In many ways, Bill Evans’ version of “Come Rain Or Come Shine” is about abstraction and dissonance. The dissonances s...

LaFaro, Scott (Rocco) posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

Scott LaFaro helped bring the bass out of the rhythm section's mix to make it an independent melodic instrument. In a...

Danny Gottlieb: Gloria's Step (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

For such a fragile instrument, the flute sure can dominate the proceedings. This is especially so of Jeremy Steig's f...

Cannonball Adderley: Waltz For Debby (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 18, 09

The transitional Know What I Mean? is too often overlooked when assessing the résumés of Cannonball Adderley and his ...

Christian McBride: Theme for Kareem (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 04, 09

At the annual bass players convention, the meeting divides into two camps. The melodic, play-bass-like-a-big-guitar ...

How Bass Solos Ruined Jazz posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 19, 08

What's wrong with jazz? Could it be that unwieldy string instrument hiding out next to the drummer? Alan Kurtz,...

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