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Horace Silver: Song for My Father (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 24, 07Although Horace Silver was a mainstay of the hard-bop/soul movement in the 1950s as both pianist and composer, he did...
Horace Silver: Song For My Father (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 27, 08This is the title track of what is arguably Horace Silver's greatest album, and undoubtedly his biggest hit as well. ...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HORACE SILVER
Perceptive commentators such as Martin Williams and Bob Blumenthal have written about the creative craftsmanship of...
Teddy Edwards: Midnight Creeper (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music July 06, 09Edwards was 73 years-old at the time of this session in 1997, and his appealing style was captured vividly throughout...
Red Norvo: Congo Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 15, 08In the 1950s, best-selling author Jack Kerouac godfathered the Beat Generation, an unwashed gaggle of ofay deadb...
Sidney Bechet: Summertime (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 29, 08Sidney Bechet's version of "Summertime" is one of the great recordings in jazz history. Bechet takes the Gershwin son...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SUMMERTIME
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Nat King Cole: I Know That You Know (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 27, 09Although Cole was an influential jazz pianist, it was his vocals that ensured his popularity, and around 1950 he beca...
Dixon, Ben (Harold) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Dixon, Ben (Harold), drummer, composer, arranger, teacher, clinician; b. Gaffney, SC, 25 December 1934. As an i...
Louis Armstrong: St. Louis Blues (1929) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 21, 08On Friday the 13th, six weeks after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Louis Armstrong was singing the blues—to be precis...
Shepp, Archie posted in Encyclopedia March 03, 08Saxophonist Archie Shepp’s bracing, ambitious solos cement his reputation as a leading light of the jazz avant-garde....
Henderson, Joe posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 08Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson's playing has a distinctively tender sense of swing, which can be heard on dozens of ...
A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...
OctoJAZZarian Profile: Dick Hyman posted in Features and Interviews July 20, 09For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Octo...
Revisiting Classic Jazz Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 30, 08Regular visitors to jazz.com know that we highlight a great track from the past every day as part of a regular featur...
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...
A Conversation With Mike LeDonne posted in Features and Interviews February 27, 09By Tomas Peña ...
The King of Swing at 100 posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 01, 09Don't be fooled by the lower case name. Everything else about arnold jay smith deserves to be in all caps and bo...
Melvoin, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Melvoin, Michael, keyboards, composer; b. Oshkosh, WI, 10 May 1937. Melvoin is one of the most versatile and accom...
Wiley, Lee (Lee Willey) posted in Encyclopedia December 17, 08Lee Wiley’s move from girl band singer to nightclub chanteuse brought her into her own sound, which incorporates styl...
Dickenson, Vic (Victor) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09Vic Dickenson's whimsical and conversational trombone style, coupled with a keen sense of musical humor, made him o...
Webster, Ben (Benjamin Francis) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster was known as "The Beautiful” and ”The Brute." Both names fit him well. The beauty of hi...
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