Search results for "Teddy Charles"
Teddy Charles Tentet: The Quiet Time (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 13, 09One of the most forward-looking musicians of his generation, Teddy Charles fell off the face of the earth after the e...
Teddy Charles: Dances With Bulls (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music March 03, 09From Emmett Hardy to Herbie Nichols to Monk before he became Monk—jazz has always had its share of geniuses who fell ...
Teddy Charles: Nostalgia In Times Square (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music March 03, 09Teddy Charles might well be the only jazz musician to have given up a successful career in music to become a sea capt...
George Russell: All About Rosie (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 12, 08George Russell's contribution to the 1957 Brandeis University Jazz Festival of the Arts is his masterpiece. Initially...
Red Norvo: Honeysuckle Rose (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music December 08, 07In his day, Red Norvo recorded and gigged with everyone -- Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Frank Sinatra, Charles Min...
John Coltrane: Route 4 (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 05, 08Among the many innovative technological failures of the mid- and late 1950s, the 16-rpm phonograph record stands as t...
Mingus, Charles (Charles Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia March 04, 08Bassist, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus juggled an array of influences that ran from gospel and blues, throug...
Christian, Charlie (Charles Henry) posted in Encyclopedia April 21, 08“Who the hell wants to hear an electric guitar player?” asked clarinetist Benny Goodman when producer John Hammond su...
A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks (Part 2) posted in Features and Interviews May 16, 09Edited by Ted Gioia We continue with our history of cool jazz in 100 tracks. Below we present the final fifty r...
A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks posted in Features and Interviews May 14, 09Edited by Ted Gioia ...
Giuffre, Jimmy (James Peter) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09Reedist, composer and musical visionary Jimmy Giuffre's career spanned six decades and many styles. Best known as the...
The Best Jazz Web Links: December 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages January 01, 09The Village Voice fires Nat Hentoff Hentoff had been with the periodical for fifty years. The...
Farmer, Art (Arthur Stewart) posted in Encyclopedia July 15, 09Art Farmer’s gentle intonation and articulation on the trumpet and flugelhorn brought a welcome contrast to the somet...
Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: August 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages September 01, 09Twenty-somethings on a jazz mission They want to build the jazz audience with money borrowed from mom. Re...
The Tale of Two Jazz Careers posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 10, 09Thomas Cunniffe, an editor and regular contributor to jazz.com, is (among other things) our expert on jazz DVDs. Rec...
Adams, "Pepper" (Park) posted in Encyclopedia October 21, 08The baritone sax can be a hard sell to jazz fans as a lead instrument: nowhere is this more evident than in the caree...
DiGregorio, Anthony Christopher (Tony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07DiGregorio, Anthony Christopher (Tony), guitarist, composer; b. Brooklyn, New York, 1 June 1958. He was raised ...
Breakstone, Joshua (Scott) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Breakstone, Joshua (Scott), guitar; b. Elizabeth, NJ, 22 July 1955. He was raised in Linden, NJ by Arthur and Priscil...
Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward); valve trombone, composer, piano; born in Kansas City, Missouri on December.19, 1929....
Alphonso Trent: Clementine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 12, 08The Alphonso Trent band worked mostly in the South and Midwest during the 1920s and early 1930s, disbanded during the...
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