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Clifton Anderson: Z (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 03, 09

Clifton Anderson has been standing on a stage or bandstand next to his uncle Sonny Rollins since 1983. Such is the ty...

Ron Carter: My Funny Valentine (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 29, 07

How many different ways can a bass player handle a ballad in 4/4 time? Listen to this track and you will find Ron Ca...

This track review is included in: Reviews of Tracks from Ron Carter's Dear Miles

Ron Carter's recent Dear Miles CD finds the bassist in a rare retrospective frame of mind, looking back at his stint ...

Ron Carter: Someday My Prince Will Come (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 01, 07

Ron Carter's ensembles often bring a wry sense of humor to their performances. This song is especially susceptible t...

This track review is included in: Reviews of Tracks from Ron Carter's Dear Miles

Ron Carter's recent Dear Miles CD finds the bassist in a rare retrospective frame of mind, looking back at his stint ...

Ron Carter: Seven Steps to Heaven (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 29, 07

Victor Feldman's stint with Miles Davis was little more than a one-night stand (although his ballad accompaniment on ...

This track review is included in: Reviews of Tracks from Ron Carter's Dear Miles

Ron Carter's recent Dear Miles CD finds the bassist in a rare retrospective frame of mind, looking back at his stint ...

Ron Carter: Stella by Starlight (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

This is all bass, from beginning to end. Carter takes the melody, stretches out for a lengthy solo and handles the r...

This track review is included in: Reviews of Tracks from Ron Carter's Dear Miles

Ron Carter's recent Dear Miles CD finds the bassist in a rare retrospective frame of mind, looking back at his stint ...

Scott, Stephen posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist Stephen Scott’s polished tone, impressive articulation and elegant phrasing have drawn attention since his ar...

Motian, Paul (Stephen Paul) posted in Encyclopedia March 04, 08

Paul Motian is an American jazz drummer who splits his time evenly and effectively between the postwar styles of bebo...

Fields, Scott posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fields, Scott, composer, guitarist; b. Chicago, IL, 30 September 1952. His mother is Barbara Rueckert. His father was...

Swell, Steve (Stephen David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Swell, Steve (Stephen David), trombonist, composer, poet, painter; b. Newark, NJ, 6 December 1954 (Presbyterian Hospi...

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...

Sonny Rollins: Change Partners (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music June 27, 08

Sonny Rollins takes a quartet through a pleasant rendering of this Irving Berlin classic written for the 1938 film Ca...

Ron Carter: Cubano Chant (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 14, 08

This jazz standard from the Fifties gets the Ron Carter treatment, and it couldn't be in better hands. It's great to ...

Ron Carter: A Selected Discography posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 03, 07

Ron Carter is the consummate sideman, and one of the most active accompanists in the history of jazz. But Carter has...

An Interview with Ron Carter posted in Features and Interviews October 19, 07

by Andy Karp 2007 has shaped up as one of the most extraordinary years in Ron Carter’s remarkable four-an...

Nash, Lewis (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09

Drummer Lewis Nash rose to prominence alongside Betty Carter and Branford Marsalis in the 1980s. While he has since b...

Abadey, Nasar (John Malcolm Mabry) posted in Encyclopedia December 03, 07

Abadey, Nasar [John Malcolm Mabry], drummer and composer; b. Pittsburgh, PA, 26, April 1947. His parents are Robert M...

Weiss, David (A.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Weiss, David (A.), trumpeter, composer, arranger; b. New York City, 21 October 1964. Began piano lessons at the age o...

McBride, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McBride, Christian, bassist; b. Philadelphia, PA, 31 May 1972. His mother is Renee McBride and his father is Lee Smit...

Malone, Russell posted in Encyclopedia July 16, 09

Russell Malone has proven time and again how the guitar can enlarge the harmonic palette of an ensemble. As a leader ...

In Conversation with Sonny Rollins posted in Features and Interviews November 13, 09

By Stuart Nicholson                ...

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