Search results for "Tommy Flanagan"

Tommy Flanagan: Bird Song (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

It's fitting that a man who spent a lifetime playing superb jazz piano celebrated his 67th birthday gigging at t...

Bobby Hutcherson: I Am In Love (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

The 1968 Monterey Jazz Festival presented a concert entitled "A Generation of Vibers" (a nod to Philip Wylie), featur...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: GREAT VIBES

Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, in the notes to his 1989 Overview release, made the following observations about his in...

Pepper Adams: I've Just Seen Her (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 10, 09

The album title Encounter! refers mainly to the rare joining of Pepper Adams with Zoot Sims in the front line. But Ad...

Gene Ammons: Hittin' the Jug (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 29, 08

There's nothing better than hearing Gene Ammons play a slow ballad, except perhaps for a slow blues like "Hittin' the...

Wes Montgomery: West Coast Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 28, 08

Probably the greatest jazz solo ever played on the guitar, Wes Montgomery's legendary 9-chorus improvisation on "West...

Roy Haynes: Snap Crackle (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 01, 09

In the late 1950s and '60s, Roy Haynes rededicated himself to the New York freelance scene. He took a walk on the wil...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ROY HAYNES

The century mark is a uniquely exciting time in the development of a major musical style. History is unearthed, co...

Eric Dolphy: Body & Soul (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 02, 09

A recording that features Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus in the company of Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones is worth any amo...

Benny Carter: Blue Star (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 22, 08

Much like J.J. Johnson, Benny Carter virtually disappeared from the active jazz scene for a number of years in order ...

J.J. Johnson: Hello Young Lovers (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 22, 07

Few trombonists came anywhere near J.J.'s light-speed technique, and even those who did failed to match his tonal pur...

Sonny Criss: Sonny's Dream (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 30, 08

A fast minor waltz has Sonny wailing from the first notes of his solo, as Tapscott's tune and arrangement inspire him...

Benny Golson: My Romance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

The ever-underrated tenor saxophonist Benny Golson has written some of modern jazz's best known standards ("I Remembe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BEST OF THE ART BLAKEY ALUMS

There are post-Swing Era bandleaders, and then there is Art Blakey. After a brief time spent developing his craft by ...

Pepper Adams: Valse Celtique (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

After the beautiful solo piano intro, the entrance of the rest of the band sounds a bit like a pack of bulls charging...

Sonny Rollins: You Don't Know What Love Is (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 10, 08

From the moment Rollins barks out the opening note of his unaccompanied intro, the listener understands that this won...

Oscar Pettiford: Nica's Tempo (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 26, 08

Though Oscar Pettiford is well remembered as one of the fathers of modern jazz bass playing, his unique, short-lived ...

Kenny Dorham: Blue Spring Shuffle (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music August 22, 08

Maybe it's because I'm a bassist, but there's just something so authoritative about the way Paul Chambers dishes out ...

Coleman Hawkins: Quintessence (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 29, 08

Coleman Hawkins could indeed make filet mignon out of chopped liver, much like Sonny Rollins. On Today and Now, Bean ...

Art Farmer: Goodbye, Old Girl (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Before concluding his early-1960s transition from trumpet to flugelhorn, Art Farmer set a goal for his swan song as a...

Wes Montgomery: Four on Six (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

During an era of album-title hyperbole where every tenorman was a Colossus and each new release marked the Change of ...

Sonny Rollins: Moritat (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

Rollins's dedication to the Great American Songbook is extended to this German chestnut, by Weill-Brecht, which most ...

John Coltrane: Giant Steps (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Jazzmen call improvisation based on underlying harmonic progressions "running the changes." Coltrane doesn't just run...

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