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Miles Davis: Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 29, 07Miles Davis, photo by Herb Snitzer Concierto de Aranjuez (1939), directed its compose...
Miles Davis-Gil Evans: Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09This is arguably the finest of Gil's and Miles' collaborations. There are countless details one could highlight, but...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MARIA SCHNEIDER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GIL EVANS TRACKS
In 2006, during a “listening session” with New York Times music writer Ben Ratliff, Maria Schneider compared Gil Evan...
Chick Webb: Liza (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music May 17, 08Jazz fans all know Ella Fitzgerald's hit recording of "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" -- but how many have checked out this ve...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM
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Duke Ellington: Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09Duke Ellington’s “Happy-Go-Lucky Local” was originally the final movement of his Deep South Suite premiered at his 19...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS
For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...
Duke Ellington (featuring Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton): It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 14, 09This rendition of "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" from the band's 1944 Carnegie Hall concert, is ...
Chick Webb: If Dreams Come True – as heard in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 04, 07Just as Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave" flaunted jazz's naughty influence on 1920s pop culture, "If Dreams Come True,...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZ SIDE OF WOODY ALLEN
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Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb: A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 06, 07Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Brown at Birdland, photo by Marcel Fleiss Ella Fitzgerald's breakth...
Ella Fitzgerald (with Chick Webb): A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music February 19, 08Endearing as this performance is by Ella, it also says a lot about her as an artist. For her the song is fun. When s...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES
Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...
Ella Fitzgerald (with Chick Webb): Chew, Chew, Chew (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music February 19, 08During her performances with Chick Webb’s orchestra, Ella not only served as featured vocalist, but also stood out as...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES
Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...
Jazz's Most Iconic Photo Is Half a Century Old posted in Features and Interviews August 11, 08by Alan Kurtz "When I found out there was going to be this big meeting for a picture in Esquire," Dizzy Gilles...
Miles Davis-Gil Evans: My Ship (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09This cut is beauty personified. There's nothing seemingly complex or unusual, but even the simple half-note pads tha...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MARIA SCHNEIDER SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GIL EVANS TRACKS
In 2006, during a “listening session” with New York Times music writer Ben Ratliff, Maria Schneider compared Gil Evan...
Miles Davis: My Ship (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 10, 09"My Ship,” helmed by arranger Gil Evans to a port of pure bliss, is the most sublime 4½ minutes in all of music. In p...
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