Search results for "Tommy Williams"

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...

Stan Getz: Corcovado (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

What do Perry Como, Miles Davis, and James Galway have in common? They’ve all covered Jobim’s “Corcovado” -- only “I...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Stan Getz & João Gilberto: Doralice (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 16, 09

While familiar, "Doralice" still sounds fresh today. This version, recorded for the seminal jazz album Getz/Gilberto...

Stan Getz: The Girl from Ipanema (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

The bouncy “Girl from Ipanema” is Jobim’s most universally recognized composition; one of the most recorded tunes of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Stan Getz: Insensatez (How Insensitive) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

This track is the gleaming gem of an otherwise lackluster album. One of Jobim’s most recorded compositions, this “In...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Quincy Jones: Rack 'Em Up (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music May 08, 09

The speedy "Rack 'em Up" energizes its way through a maze of electric jazz guitar, predominant piano overdubs (panned...

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys: Basin Street Blues (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 17, 09

Bob Wills's syndicated radio show distributed by Tiffany Music in 1946-47 found his Texas Playboys tackling a wide ra...

Sidney Bechet: I've Found a New Baby (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 18, 07

Bechet's band, at this celebrated session, was called the "New Orleans Feetwarmers"—but it's clear from the opening c...

The Boswell Sisters: Shout, Sister, Shout (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 19, 07

In his book Jazz Singing (1990), Will Friedwald calls The Boswell Sisters "the greatest of all jazz vocal groups." Pr...

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 ...

Flanagan, Tommy (Thomas Lee) posted in Encyclopedia July 15, 09

Pianist Tommy Flanagan’s sophisticated use of melody, sincere lyricism and bright articulations made him a superb acc...

Campbell, Tommy posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Campbell, Tommy [Thomas Walter Campbell III], drums; b. Norristown,  PA, 14 February 1957. He grew up up in W...

Williams, Mary Lou (Mary Alfrieda Scruggs) posted in Encyclopedia July 19, 08

From Kansas City in the twenties to New York in the forties and beyond, pianist, arranger and composer Mary Lou Willi...

Smith, Willie 'The Lion' (William Henry Joseph Berthol Bonaparte Bertholoff) posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09

Willie "The Lion" Smith was a founding father of Harlem Stride piano who combined elements of ragtime, barrelhouse, a...

Dixon, Bill (William Robert) posted in Encyclopedia December 18, 08

In his work as a trumpeter and composer over the past sixty years, Bill Dixon has endeavored to create a singular bod...

Sullivan, Maxine (Marietta Williams) posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

Known for her swing versions of Scottish folk tunes, singer Maxine Sullivan's hits did not always do justice to her i...

Webb, William Henry “Chick” posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09

Swing music literally emerged before Chick Webb's eyes as he sat on his drummer's throne on the stage of the Home of ...

In Conversation with Steve Kuhn posted in Features and Interviews September 11, 09

By Ted Panken                 ...

Gilberto, João (Prado Pereira de Oliveira) posted in Encyclopedia March 18, 09

Early in his career, singer and guitarist João Gilberto stepped out of Brazilian popular music. Unable to find work o...

Billy Cobham: The Pleasant Pheasant (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 12, 08

Billy Cobham made a 90º turn after his highly successful Spectrum fusion album. When the follow-up Crosswinds was rel...

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