Search results for "Wardell Gray"

Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray: The Hunt (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Two of Wardell Gray’s and Dexter Gordon’s tenor duels, “The Chase” and “The Hunt,” rank among the all-time highlights...

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

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Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray: The Chase (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Bebop was an East Coast innovation, but much of the early bop tenor sax idiom was developed on the West Coast – shape...

Charlie Parker: Carvin' the Bird (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Just weeks after his release from Camarillo State Hospital, Parker was back in Dial’s studios to record with trumpete...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: CHARLIE PARKER'S OVERLOOKED GEMS

There are no bad Charlie Parker recordings. Everything Bird recorded had the blues and soul baked right in. So to ass...

Gray, Wardell (Carl Wardell) posted in Encyclopedia February 20, 09

Tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray, along with his friendly rival Dexter Gordon, was one of the few instrumentalists who ...

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Twisted (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

In 1952, Annie Ross's hip vocalese narrative of a crazy chick and her outmatched shrink, set to tenorman Wardell Gray...

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...

The Disciples of Lester Young: A Recommended Playlist posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 27, 09

I was in my 20s, and giving a lecture on Lester Young to a large assembly of Stanford students, when Stan Getz stro...

Gordon, Dexter (Keith) posted in Encyclopedia April 21, 08

Balanced perfectly between the swing and bebop eras, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon played a major role in linking t...

OctoJAZZarian Profile: Buddy DeFranco posted in Features and Interviews October 16, 09

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

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...

Hawes, Hampton (Hampton Barnet, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia February 18, 09

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Building the World's Largest Online Jazz Encyclopedia posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 12, 09

If I thought writing a blog was demanding, little did I guess how challenging it would be to construct an encyc...

Stitt, Sonny (Edward) posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09

Saxophonist Sonny Stitt combined bebop, blues, and swing into a sound that took chances. A versatile player of alto, ...

Octajazzarians Profile: Jon Hendricks posted in Features and Interviews August 15, 09

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

Sonny Stitt: Blues for Pres, Sweets, Ben and All the Other Funky Ones (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

Sonny Stitt was in prime form during his 1959 recording session with the Oscar Peterson Trio, perhaps partly because ...

Callender, Red (George Sylvester) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

Red Callender could lay down a huge walking bass line as easily as he made his upright sing like a violin. An incredi...

Alex Riel: On Again, Off Again (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Lester Young vs. Coleman Hawkins. Dexter Gordon vs. Wardell Gray. Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt. The tenor saxopho...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

Adams, "Pepper" (Park) posted in Encyclopedia October 21, 08

The baritone sax can be a hard sell to jazz fans as a lead instrument: nowhere is this more evident than in the caree...

101—Count 'Em!—Classic Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 09

I give you some credit. Every day you take your vitamins, go to the gym for a workout, take the dog for a walk, ...

Lateef, Yusef Abdul (William Evans) posted in Encyclopedia March 31, 08

Saxophonist and flutist Yusef Lateef is a prolific iconoclast who doubles on a number of instruments from around the ...

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