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Cannonball Adderley: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

During a 1964 Playboy panel discussion, Cannonball Adderley contemplated jazz's economic predicament. "There is an au...

Cannonball Adderley: Hippodelphia (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 03, 09

What can be said about Cannonball Adderley? Many things, his larger than life tone, his ability to play rapid solos...

Cannonball Adderley: Sticks (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 03, 09

Amazingly, this was the only song Julian "Cannonball" Adderley composed on this groundbreaking album. This song does...

Dexter Gordon: Boston Bernie (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

In the spring of 1969, seven years before he would make his dramatic permanent return to the United States, Gordon to...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Dr. Billy Taylor: Just The Thought Of You (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 05, 09

Although the now 88 year-old Billy Taylor and the late Gerry Mulligan were close friends for decades, they had only r...

Chevan, David posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Chevan, David, electric bass; b. Philadelphia, PA, 19 September, 1960. His parents are Albert and Janet Chevan. ...

Clarke, Kim (A.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Clarke, Kim (A.), acoustic, electric upright and electric five-stringed bass, bandleader, composer, publisher, clini...

Stone, Rick (Richard John) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stone, Rick (Richard John), guitarist, educator; b. Fairview Park, Ohio, 13 August 1955. It was during the mid-sev...

Mikkola, Atro "Wade" (Kainu Yrjana) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mikkola, Atro "Wade" (Kainu Yrjana), bassist, composer, educator; b. Helsinki, Finland, 9 March 1956. His father is K...

Minasi, Dom (Dominic) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Minasi, Dom (Dominic), guitarist, composer, author; b. Queens, NY, 6 March 1943. He grew up in South Ozone Park, Quee...

Zawinul, Joe (Josef Erich) posted in Encyclopedia February 25, 08

Joe Zawinul was at the forefront of bridging jazz with world music, and one of the first to introduce electronic soun...

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