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Clark Terry: Cotton Tail (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 18, 08

As first recorded by Duke Ellington's 15-piece band in 1940, "Cotton Tail" tore through the cabbage patch quicker tha...

Duke Ellington (featuring Al Hibbler): Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

As most Ellington fans know, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" was the pop song version of Duke's 1940 instrumental "Ne...

Duke Ellington: Mood Indigo (1950) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

The advent of the long-playing record finally released Duke Ellington from the time constraints that had previously f...

Duke Ellington: The Tattooed Bride (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

Ellington was ahead of his time, and not just for preferring his brides with tattoos. This extended piece, premiered...

Cab Calloway (featuring Chu Berry): Ghost of a Chance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

If he hadn't died from a car crash at 31, Chu Berry might've joined the great first-generation triumvirate of tenorme...

OctoJAZZarians Profile: Dr. Billy Taylor posted in Features and Interviews November 03, 07

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. Oct...

Cab Calloway (featuring Dizzy Gillespie): Pickin' the Cabbage (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 04, 08

Originally released on the Vocalion label, "Pickin' the Cabbage" is often referred to as Gillespie's first attempt at...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A DIZZY DOZEN GILLESPIE CLASSICS

From his seminal work with Charlie Parker to his collaborations with Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie continually br...

Gillespie, Dizzy (John Birks) posted in Encyclopedia February 11, 08

Dizzy Gillespie always broke new ground. His collaborations with Charlie Parker in the forties set the benchmark by w...

Jazz's Most Iconic Photo Is Half a Century Old posted in Features and Interviews August 11, 08

by Alan Kurtz "When I found out there was going to be this big meeting for a picture in Esquire," Dizzy Gilles...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Hank Jones posted in Features and Interviews July 30, 08

For the first time in jazz’s brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their 8th decade. OctoJ...

Jones, Hank (Henry) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Pianist Hank Jones’s use of space and sophisticated lyricism has been documented on the hundreds of albums he has rec...

Young, Trummy (James Oliver) posted in Encyclopedia June 17, 09

Trombonist Trummy Young developed a bright, energetic sound with unprecedented facility in the upper register which...

Nanton, Tricky Sam (Joseph N. Irish) posted in Encyclopedia July 17, 09

Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, a member of Duke Ellington's famed trombone section for nearly two decades, exemplified an...

Louis Armstrong: Tin Roof Blues (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 17, 09

In his spoken introduction to "Tin Roof Blues", Louis Armstrong tells the crowd at Los Angeles' Crescendo Club that t...

Dorough, Bob (Robert Lrod) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Bob Dorough's light and amiable vocals, with a slight Arkansas twang, come across as those of a hip and uninhibited ...

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