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Larry Coryell: Spaces Revisited (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music January 14, 09

Spaces Revisited reunites jazz legends Larry Coryell and Billy Cobham in a sequel to Coryell's classic album Spaces. ...

Larry Coryell: Spaces (Infinite) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

According to the book Milestones 2: the Music and Times of Miles Davis Since 1960 by Jack Chambers, up-and-coming gui...

Dewey Redman (featuring Elvin Jones): Spoonin' (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 03, 08

Momentum Space, a trio date featuring Dewey Redman, Elvin Jones and Cecil Taylor, features more solo and duet tracks ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ELVIN JONES

     Elvin Jones, artwork by Michael Symonds While Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes...

Larry Coryell: Rene's Theme (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

"Rene's Theme" was written by the Belgian Rene Thomas, a gifted guitarist who caught the attention of such jazz stars...

George Russell: Chromatic Universe (Parts 1, 2 and 3) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Space-themed dual-piano albums were briefly fashionable in the late 1950s. Ferrante & Teicher mixed schmaltzy arrange...

John Coltrane: Mars (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

        John Coltrane     Photo by Herb Snitzer Coltrane stri...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE PERFORMANCES

John Coltrane (1926-1967) started out as a promising straight-ahead bop player who served under Thelonious Monk, Mile...

John Coltrane: Venus (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

This is a duet with Rashied Ali on drums, playing brushes. It’s a ballad-like, lyrical, rubato piece, and the way the...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOE LOVANO SELECTS ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE

                     Joe Lovano,...

Quincy Jones: Killer Joe (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

According to an interview I saw with Quincy maybe 6 or 7 years ago, “Killer Joe” was the last straight-ahead tune tha...

Reid Anderson: Prehensile Dream (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

It's easy to overlook Reid Anderson in The Bad Plus. Ethan Iverson is most often the lead voice, both with his piano ...

Larry Coryell: Variations on Good-Bye Pork Pie Hat (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music April 01, 08

In 1969, Larry Coryell gathered together future fusion superstars John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea and Miro...

Larry Coryell: Wrong Is Right (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Nothing here backs the song title, but, consistent with the disc's intended concept, each soloist is given the space ...

Nels Cline & Gregg Bendian: Venus (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 18, 08

Some folks might think it takes a lot of guts to brave the mountain that is Coltrane's Interstellar Space. Maybe so. ...

Larry Coryell: The Dragon Gate (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 31, 08

The idea behind Spaces Revisited was to produce music that echoed Coryell's landmark jazz-rock album Spaces from thre...

James Sudakow & Eric Zimmermann: The Greatest Life I've Even Known (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

I was sure I found a typo in the title "The Greatest Life I've Even Known." I went out on the net and found some othe...

Booker Ervin: Number Two (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 08, 08

By the time this album was recorded in 1964, tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin had achieved some renown as a member of t...

Quincy Jones: Dead End (Rating: 78/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

"Dead End" is taken from a Grammy-winning album, and, as expected, the personnel is illustrious. The track features s...

James Sudakow & Eric Zimmermann: When I Am King (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

Violinist James Sudakow's music is not for the faint of heart. He lists Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Jean Luc Ponty...

Digable Planets: Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music August 07, 08

In 1994 it was impossible to get away from this song. The opening bassline is as recognizable and jazzy as anything t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HIP-HOP MEETS JAZZ

For well over forty years, jazz music and hip-hop music have flirted with each other on numerous occasions. When...

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