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Dave Frishberg: Slappin' The Cakes On Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

Love songs might not be Dave Frishberg’s forte, but that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t successfully explored elements o...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DAVE FRISHBERG

Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Mike Melvoin: This Is the Place (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 05, 08

"This," said a feverish Brigham Young upon glimpsing Utah's Salt Lake Valley in 1847, "is the place." Having led an e...

Dave Frishberg: Van Lingle Mungo (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 04, 09

“Van Lingle Mungo” is one of Dave Frishberg’s most famous songs, primarily because of its lyric, which consists entir...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Dave Frishberg: I'm Hip (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 07, 09

The first unwritten rule of hipdom must be that hipness is a state of being. One is hip by demonstration, not by proc...

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Dave Frishberg once offered his original song “The Underdog” to Frank Sinatra. The song told the story of a gambler...

Steve Coleman: Embryo (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 03, 08

Coleman is alone with the muffled drums for more than a minute before the other instruments join in on this poised me...

Mimi Jones: For Granted (Rating: 81/100) posted in Music August 13, 09

Mimi Jones' "For Granted" manages to entertain even though its final results are average. The first aspect of the mu...

Evans, Gil (Ian Ernest Gilmore Green) posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09

Arranger and composer Gil Evans made his mark on modern jazz by taking the sometimes-rough edges of bebop and smoothi...

Coleman, Steve posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Coleman, Steve, alto saxophonist, composer, band leader. Steve began playing music just days before his 14th birthda...

Bob Dorough: Comin' Home Baby (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 12, 08

"Comin' Home Baby" was first popularized by Herbie Mann's instrumental recording for Atlantic Records, with its compo...

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Jeff Tain Watts: 107 Steps (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 21, 09

The drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts has a fertile imagination, to say the least. How he transposed Bjork’s slow and sweepin...

Lynch, Brian (Hollister) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lynch, Brian (Hollister), trumpeter, composer,arranger; b. Urbana, IL, 12 September 1956. At an early age his family ...

Parker, Kim posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Parker, Kim, singer; b. New York City, NY, 22 August 1946. Parker was steeped in jazz from day one, having spent her ...

Leahey, Harry posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Leahey, Harry, guitar; b. Plattsburg, NY, 1 September 1935, died 12 August 1990. Harry started playing guitar in 1949...

O'Brien, Hod (Walter Howard) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

O'Brien, Hod (Walter Howard), piano; b. Chicago, IL, 19 January 1936. O'Brien's family moved to the Berkshire area...

Carol Sloane: Let's Face the Music and Dance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 30, 08

Sloane can indeed be called "a singer's singer," possessing a gorgeous vibrato, impeccable taste and keen interpretat...

Colligan, George (George Harrington Colligan IV) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Colligan, George [George Harrington Colligan IV], pianist; b. Summit, NJ, 29 December 1969. Grew up in Columbia, Mary...

Davis, Xavier (Duane) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Davis, Xavier (Duane), pianist, composer; b. Grand Rapids, MI, 13 September 1971. Xavier currently resides in West Or...

In Conversation with Mike Stern posted in Features and Interviews October 02, 09

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Sims, Peter “La Roca” posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Drummer Pete “La Roca” Sims' smooth groove, sense of swing and fantastic four-limb coordination made him ideally suit...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

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