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Woody Shaw: Rahsaan's Run (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

Woody Shaw re-recorded this up-tempo minor blues, dedicated to the great Rahsaan Roland Kirk, on his first studio dat...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Woody Shaw: All the Things You Are (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 08, 08

Half of the band featured on Night Music, one of Woody Shaw's final recordings, is alumni of the "Blakey School." Sha...

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 ...

Dexter Gordon: 'Round Midnight (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

Due in large part to the concluding chapter of Ken Burns’s engaging yet contentious documentary Jazz, the return of D...

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 ...

Dexter Gordon: Fried Bananas (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 06, 08

After being cast against everyone's advice, Dexter Gordon was nominated for a "Best Actor" Oscar for his perform...

Woody Shaw: Hello to the Wind (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

Woody Shaw’s series of Muse records from 1974 to 1979 really heralded his arrival as the “next cat” on the trumpet to...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Dexter Gordon: Gingerbread Boy (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

This recording contains all the feeling of New York in the ’70s. It was a big event in jazz when Dexter Gordon return...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Woody Shaw: Isabel the Liberator (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 17, 08

In the late 1970s and early 1980s Woody Shaw had arguably the finest touring jazz (straight ahead) small group on the...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BRIAN LYNCH SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL WOODY SHAW TRACKS

Editor's Note: From the nature of his remarks on these dozen choice tracks by the iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw (1944-1...

Dexter Gordon: It’s You or No One (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

After thirty-plus years in the business with a respected yet somehow undervalued reputation, Dexter Gordon received a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Frank Wess: Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

During his tenure with Count Basie in the 1950s and '60s, tenor saxophonist/flutist Frank Wess probably had occasion ...

Jackson, Gene posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Jackson, Gene, drums; b. West Philadelphia, PA, 16 October 1961. Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Billy Hig...

Shaw, Woody (Herman) posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

      Woody Shaw, artwork by Suzanne Cerny A vital link in the chain of modern...

Hodge, Derrick posted in Encyclopedia August 21, 09

Part a generation of young musicians who move back and forth between jazz and hip hop with ease, bassist Derrick H...

Faddis, Jon (Jonathan) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Trumpeter Jon Faddis burst onto the New York jazz scene at age seventeen with a firm foundation learned from his ment...

Queen, Alvin posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Queen, Alvin, drummer, producer; b. Bronx, NY, 16 August 1950. His family relocated to Mt. Vernon when he was 2 years...

Miller, Mulgrew posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Pianist Mulgrew Miller performs with truthful invention, harmonic intellectualism and a keen sense of sophistication ...

The Best Jazz Web Links: July 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages August 01, 08

Yogi Berra on Jazz "If you play it too right, it's wrong." Remembering Frankie Newton J...

Brown, Lawrence posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

Lawrence Brown rounded out Duke Ellington's innovative trombone trifecta in the 1930s and 1940s, and he played in a ...

Octajazzarians Profile: Jon Hendricks posted in Features and Interviews August 15, 09

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Dick Hyman posted in Features and Interviews July 20, 09

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...

Fielder, William (Butler) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fielder, William (Butler), trumpeter, educator; b. July 2, 1938, Meridian, Mississippi. His father was Dr. Alvin Fiel...

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