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Wynton Marsalis: The Ways of Love (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 03, 09

Marsalis's evocative writing for the score of the 1990 film Tune in Tomorrow was a further indication of his progress...

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 Majesty of the Blues (The Puheeman Strut) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 15, 08

This performance marks a major turning point in the career of Wynton Marsalis. Before this recording, Marsalis was a...

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: In This House, On This Morning (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 23, 09

There are many tempting pigeonholes in which to place this 2-hour work by Mr. Marsalis. You could call it his perso...

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. ...

Fred Anderson: Hamid's On Fire (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 03, 09

Tell us something we don't know, Mr. Anderson. Drummer Hamid Drake's a regular Johnny Storm, The Human Torch. He can'...

Duke Ellington: Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Duke Ellington’s “Happy-Go-Lucky Local” was originally the final movement of his Deep South Suite premiered at his 19...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

Maria Schneider: The 'Pretty' Road (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 28, 07

Maria Schneider continues to impress with her 13-minute "The 'Pretty' Road" from her Sky Blue CD. Frank Kimbrou...

Maria Schneider: Cerulean Skies (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 08, 08

We have come to expect grand things from Maria Schneider, and she delivers again on "Cerulean Skies" -- a 22-minute t...

The Stryker / Slagle Band: Bird Flew (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 25, 08

A catchy tune based on "Confirmation" changes. Special guest Joe Lovano's thoughtful solo toys with the rhythm, stacc...

Johnny Hodges: Everybody Knows (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

The main theme of this tune is one of those catchy ones that keep doing instant replays in your head; it is played wi...

Gian Tornatore: Hearing Triangles (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 10, 09

The long and circuitous sax/guitar unison passage that opens this track is just killer. It's spiky angles show up lat...

Sonny Rollins: More Than You Know (Live) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 22, 08

Tenorist Sonny Rollins is the closest thing the jazz world has to a force of nature. And like tornadoes and earthqua...

Pat Martino: Waltz for Geri (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music March 27, 09

Since the vast majority of Martino’s recordings as a leader are outside the realm of organ-jazz, his solo debut El Ho...

Duke Ellington: Solitude (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

Ellington Indigos is one of my favorite Ellington albums. Recorded right after Such Sweet Thunder, it was designed to...

In Conversation With Clifton Anderson posted in Features and Interviews January 24, 09

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Herbie Hancock, Chris Anderson & the Chicago School of Modern Jazz Piano posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 12, 08

The last time a jazz recording earned the Grammy for album of the year was 43 years ago. Can you guess the album? ...

Anderson, Jay posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Anderson, Jay, bassist, composer; b. Ontario, California, 24 October 1955. He grew up in Long Beach, CA. His parents ...

Sturm, Rolf (Anderson) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Sturm, Rolf (Anderson), guitarist, educator; b. Danville, PA, 18 June 1962.  Raised in Lewisburg, PA.  Fath...

Myers, Ron (Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Myers, Ron [Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D], piano and trumpet; b. Cook County, Chicago, IL, 29 February 1956. He mar...

Duke Ellington (featuring Paul Gonsalves): Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

(Editor's note: Duke Ellington introduced this tune at Newport ’56 by stating the following: “And now we would like ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE

In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...

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