Search results for "Slam Stewart"

Slim and Slam: The Flat Foot Floogie (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 28, 07

In the 1930s, jive talk acquired artful connotations. No longer patter, it was now patois. Its preeminent practitione...

Red Norvo: Congo Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 08

In the 1950s, best-selling author Jack Kerouac godfathered the Beat Generation, an unwashed gaggle of ofay deadb...

Lester Young: Just You, Just Me (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

Lester Young Photo by Herb Snitzer This track includes Slam Stewart's usual shtick—singing wordl...

Dizzy Gillespie: Groovin' High (1945) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

Dizzy Gillepsie, photo by Herb Snitzer For his second recording of "Groovin' High" within three weeks and with sim...

Cozy Cole: Take It On Back (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

The universality and collective adaptability of this rhythm section allowed its various members to entertain with Cab...

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

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Don Byas: Riffin' and Jivin' (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 26, 07

Given Charlie Parker's dominance, "bebop saxophone" instantly conjures alto, not tenor sax. Even the great Coleman Ha...

Art Tatum: I Got Rhythm (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 10, 08

Jazzmen have recorded "I Got Rhythm" >600 times, and based so many of their own tunes on its chord progressions that ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS

                  Nat King...

Stewart, Slam (Leroy Elliot) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09

The most recorded jazz bassist of the 1940s, Slam Stewart had perfect pitch and intonation, impeccable time, and a sw...

Art Tatum: Tea for Two (1952) (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 04, 08

Tatum recorded this tune several times, often as a solo performance. With his trio, he arranges the original melody b...

Garner, Erroll (Louis) posted in Encyclopedia June 20, 08

Pianist Erroll Garner established himself out of the rag tradition and created a sound all his own. In an era of pia...

Maricle, Sherrie (Sharon L.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Maricle, Sherrie (Sharon L.), drums, percussion, composition; b. Buffalo, NY, 2 September 1963. She grew up in End...

Catlett, Big Sid (Sidney) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer “Big” Sid Catlett's beat was steady and infectious, and made him one of the more complete drummers of the Swi...

Pizzarelli, Bucky (John Paul) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli's superior range of harmonic qualities has made him equally effective as a soloist as with...

Jacquet, Illinois ( Jean-Baptiste) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Illinois Jacquet’s full-bodied sound expanded possibilities for the modern saxophonist. The original "Texas Tenor," J...

Thompson, Lucky (Eli) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Lucky Thompson had a rare ability to combine swing sensibilities with the melodic conce...

Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Wetmore, Dick (Richard Byron), violin, cornet, baritone horn, double bass, composer; b. Glens Falls, NY, 13 January 1...

Ridley, Larry posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ridley, Larry, bassist, educator; b. Indianapolis, IN, 3 September 1937. Ridley received his Master of Arts, Cultu...

Simon, Alan (Joseph) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Simon, Alan (Joseph), pianist, educator, arranger, composer; b.  New York City, NY, 11 January 1955. His parents...

Wilson, Teddy (Theodore Shaw) posted in Encyclopedia May 23, 08

Pianist Teddy Wilson's astonishing technique and uncompromising sense of swing made him the perfect foil to Billie ...

Norvo, Red (Kenneth Norville) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08

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