Search results for "Walter Blanding"

Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis: Stardust (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

This Hoagy Carmichael song may be a venerable jazz standard, but country star Willie Nelson has recorded a version th...

Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 22, 07

Wynton Marsalis has built a career on high ambitions—including (for a start) assimilating the music vocabulary from H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Wynton Marsalis: The Sun and the Moon (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 23, 09

If the people who invented New Orleans jazz had played in 15/8, they might have composed songs like this one. As it ...

In Conversation with Roy Hargrove posted in Features and Interviews September 18, 09

By Ted Panken                 ...

Wynton Marsalis and the JALC Orchestra Play Monk posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 24, 08

Chris Kelsey, an editor and writer for jazz.com, recently contributed a two-part article in this space on the Blue...

Wynton Marsalis: Cherokee (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Putting aside our collectively diverse opinions on Marsalis's extra-musical contributions to jazz, it is nearly impos...

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 ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center Goes Global posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 02, 08

Tim Wilkins contributes this review of last Friday’s concert featuring pianist Chano Dominguez and the Flamenco Jazz...

Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis: Basin Street Blues (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

Wynton Marsalis's credentials as an exponent of New Orleans jazz are well known. But Willie Nelson sounds like he ha...

A Cappella Kind of Blue? posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 22, 09

Tomas Peña has conducted more than twenty interviews for jazz.com since site launch in December 2007. But when ...

In Conversation With Mulgrew Miller posted in Features and Interviews April 07, 09

By Tomas Peña When I caught up with Mulgrew Miller, he was on his way to a rehearsal for a concert celebrating...

Ivery, Marchel (Lee) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ivery, Marchel (Lee), saxophonist; b. Ennis, TX, 13 September 1938. His father is Hawkins Ivery and his mother is Mar...

Sanders, Pharoah (Farrell) posted in Encyclopedia January 20, 09

Tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders has built his career on showcasing the complete voice of the saxophone with all its...

Shorter, Alan posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Alan Shorter, like, his younger brother, Wayne Shorter, started out on the saxophone, then switched to the trumpet an...

Previous Page | Next Page