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Charles Mingus: All the Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

"All of us who stay sane," reflected Charles Mingus after seeking treatment at Bellevue and being locked up for his n...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KRAZY KATS

"America is a mistake," declared Sigmund Freud after visiting the U.S. in 1909. The contempt was not mutual. With typ...

Charles Mingus: Stormy Weather (1960) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 08, 08

If any jazzman's psyche epitomized "Stormy Weather," it was Charles Mingus's. Which makes this track's tranquility al...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STORMY WEATHER

Ethel Waters induced "Stormy Weather" in 1933 at the Cotton Club, an oasis of prosperity in Depression- era Harlem wh...

Charles Mingus: Half-Mast Inhibition (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Mingus began "Half-Mast Inhibition" at age 18, but left it unfinished for 20 years. As tempting as it might be to cal...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Charles Mingus: Original Faubus Fables (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

Everyone on my "Desert Island Dozens" list (Ellington, Coleman, Jarrett, Haden, Davis, Monk, Hill, Holland, Rollins) ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: BEN ALLISON

Ben Allison, recently featured in an interview and concert review on jazz.com, now participates in our "Desert Islan...

Charles Mingus: Original Faubus Fables (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

In 1957, as a defiant white mob at Little Rock's Central High School chanted "Two, four, six, eight; we don't want to...

Grimes, HenryAlonzo posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Grimes, Henry Alonzo, bassist, violinist, poet, educator, b. Philadelphia, PA, 3 November 1935.  His twin brothe...

Friesen, David (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Friesen, David (Douglas), bass; b. Tacoma, WA, 6 May 1942. He grew up in Spokane, WA and Seattle, WA. His parents are...

Reece, Dizzy (Alfonso Son) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

An immensely gifted trumpeter and composer, Dizzy Reece's career in jazz is a puzzle. Also a writer, painter and phil...

Nussbaum, Adam posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Nussbaum, Adam, drums; b. New York City, 29 November 1955. Raised in Norwalk CT from 4. Nussbaum studied piano fro...

Johnson, Dean (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Johnson, Dean (Douglas), bassist; b. Renton, WA, 12 September 1956. Grew up in Renton and Bellevue, WA, and also 5 ea...

In Conversation with Greg Osby posted in Features and Interviews November 16, 08

By Ted Panken “When you look the music's lineage, the people that stand out have something that's their ow...

Williams, Jeff (Jeffrey Lawrence) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Williams, Jeff (Jeffrey Lawrence), drummer, composer, b. Mount Vernon, OH, 6 July 1950.  His mother is Ann Willi...

Barron, Kenneth "Kenny" posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Barron, Kenneth "Kenny", piano; b. Philadelphia, June 9, 1943. His father William was a quiet man who worked in const...

Pieronczyk, Adam posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Pieronczyk, Adam, saxopohones, zoucra (folk double-reed), composer; b. Elblag, Poland, January 24 1970. His father, P...

White, Chris (Christopher Wesley) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

White, Chris (Christopher Wesley), bass, educator; b. Harlem, NY, 6 July 1936. He grew up in Brooklyn. Attended P.S. ...

Gertz, Bruce (David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gertz, Bruce (David), bass; b. Providence, RI, 15 December 1952. He grew up in Cranston, RI. His parents Minnie (b. J...

Griffith, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Griffith, Mark, drummer, educator, author; b. Pitman, NJ, 17 February 1970. He was born a "drumsticks throw" from Phi...

Gross, Mark (Mark Ivan Gross Sr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Gross, Mark [Mark Ivan Gross Sr.], alto saxophone; b. Baltimore, MD, 20 February 1966. His parents are Lucy Cornelia ...

Richmond, Mike (Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Richmond, Mike (Michael), bassist, educator, author; b. Philadelphia, PA, 26 February 1948. His mother was Anna (born...

Ruiz, Otmaro posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ruiz, Otmaro, keyboardist, composer; b. Caracas, Venezuela, 27 June 1964. His parents, Oscar Ruiz (b.1930) and Omaira...

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