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Artie Shaw: The Chaser (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

Shaw was a conflicted, restless perfectionist who did not equate fame and fortune with artistic achievement, but ofte...

Stan Getz: Hershey Bar (studio version) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Cool jazz, said Dizzy Gillespie, was "white people's music," played by musicians who, Diz scoffed, "never sweated on ...

Miles Davis: Conception (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Smack in the middle of his self-described "four-year horror show" of heroin addiction, and a year after disguising Ge...

Charlie Parker: Crazeology (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

In 1946, after strolling naked through his L.A. hotel lobby, then igniting a fire while smoking in bed, Charlie Parke...

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...

Charlie Parker: White Christmas (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

Two turtle doves (an indecisive species; are they turtles or doves?) happened to perch one Christmas night at Manhatt...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RUDY REINDEER'S FAVORITE JAZZ

First, about the name. The whole "Rudolph" thing started as a joke. To friends and family, I've always been Rudy. The...

Charlie Parker: Bird Gets the Worm (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

This track has no pretense of melody. The red light comes on, Parker sets a furious tempo, and the musicians take off...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

Bud Powell (featuring Fats Navarro): Wail (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 25, 07

"Wail" is one of my favorite bebop recordings. This three minute gem has it all -- a great melody by Bud Powell (why...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Charlie Parker: Embraceable You (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 09, 07

We tend to remember 1940s bebop as fast and furious music, full of intricate melodies and hard-edged solos. But here...

Charlie Parker: Don't Blame Me (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music April 29, 08

This track may not be as well known as Bird's version of "Embraceable You," recorded a few days earlier, but it still...

Lennie Tristano: Don't Blame Me (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 17, 08

Charlie Parker was in the studio the day this was recorded (as part of an all-star band assembled by Barry Ulanov), a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LENNIE TRISTANO

Few jazz pianists have demonstrated a more expansive and awe-inspiring vision of the improvisational arts than Lenn...

Bud Powell: Wail (Alternate Take) (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 01, 09

Though he'd already garnered a solid swing-to-bop reputation during his stint with Lester Young, Roy Haynes's ensuing...

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...

Charlie Parker: 52nd Street Theme #275, #238, #218, #214 (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

These various performances of Parker, recorded by saxophonist Dean Benedetti, demonstrate the combination of loosenes...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Charlie Parker: Bird of Paradise (Take C) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

[Note: Also discussed below is "All the Things Your #220" from The Complete Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker o...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STEVE COLEMAN ON CHARLIE PARKER

The music of Charles Christopher Parker—as well as the music of many other musicians—probably has the greatest infl...

Charlie Parker: Donna Lee (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 15, 09

I could have accessed so many pieces from this era, but I really like “Donna Lee.” It’s a great band, a revolutionary...

Powell, Bud (Earl Rudolph) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

Pianist Bud Powell's lyrical style seemed to effortlessly blend arpeggios with chromatic notes, which he topped off w...

Taylor, Art (Arthur S., Junior) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Arthur Taylor's strong sense of swing, expert control of dynamics and deep melodic sensibility placed him in the elit...

Parker, Charlie posted in Encyclopedia February 25, 08

Saxophonist Charlie Parker was a reckless virtuoso, whose music embodies the contradictions of the man. He demonstrat...

Pee Wee Russell: That Old Feeling (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music May 19, 08

Journalists in the 1950s adored Pee Wee Russell as much for his looks (think dyspeptic basset hound with a mustache) ...

McLean, Jackie posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean was one of the most talented young Harlemites who followed Charlie Parker down the pat...

Dorham, Kenny (McKinley Howard) posted in Encyclopedia February 18, 09

Kenny Dorham has been scandalously undervalued in the jazz trumpet lineage. His breathy tone was not the immediate wa...

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