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Willie 'The Lion' Smith: Echoes of Spring (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

The “Lion” liked to act and talk real tough, but paradoxically he was the Harlem stride master most interested in gau...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ETHAN IVERSON ON STRIDE PIANO

Editor's Note: Music fans, jazz-oriented or otherwise, may know Ethan Iverson solely as the pianist in The Bad Plus—t...

Mamie Smith: Crazy Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

"Crazy Blues" was a million seller for OKeh Records and struck gold for black artists, whose works were now marketed ...

Duke Ellington: A Tone Parallel To Harlem (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

Many fans back in the early 1950s thought that the arrival of the LP -- youngsters, that stands for "Long Playing" re...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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Jimmie Lunceford: For Dancers Only (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 12, 07

Sometimes history reflects its target like binoculars turned back to front. Objects, instead of appearing closer, see...

Jimmie Lunceford: Harlem Shout (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 16, 08

Jimmie Lunceford is the odd man out in jazz history. This bandleader made no waves with his musicianship – his prefe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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Willie 'The Lion' Smith: Echoes of Spring (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 16, 08

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is justly celebrated for its flowering of African-American artistic and intellect...

Willie 'The Lion' Smith: Concentratin' (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 16, 08

We tend to remember Harlem jazz for its rent parties or 'jungle music' at the Cotton Club. But there was a concert h...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARLEM

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Sidney Bechet: Strange Fruit (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 06, 09

The Billie Holiday recording of this song is justly famous. By contrast, this version is not well known outside the l...

Smith, Willie 'The Lion' (William Henry Joseph Berthol Bonaparte Bertholoff) posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09

Willie "The Lion" Smith was a founding father of Harlem Stride piano who combined elements of ragtime, barrelhouse, a...

Hentoff on Jazz: The Jewish Soul of Willie "The Lion" Smith posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 08, 09

Nat Hentoff, a regular contributor to this column, not only writes about the legendary figures of jazz, he also knew ...

Wynton Marsalis & Willie Nelson: Can Country Music and Jazz Peacefully Co-Exist? posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 08, 08

Today Blue Note releases an unusual collaboration between Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson. The CD, entitled Two...

Young, Lester (Willis) posted in Encyclopedia April 21, 08

If originality is the measuring stick of musical genius, then few measure up to Lester Young. From his light ...

Smith, Putter (Patrick Verne) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Smith, Putter (Patrick Verne), bass; b. Bell, CA, 19 January 1941. Smith is the younger brother of Carson Smith. H...

Murphy, Rose posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09

If you never heard Rose Murphy, you would be completely mystified when Ella Fitzgerald, at mid-fifties concerts like ...

Terry, Clark posted in Encyclopedia November 19, 08

Trumpeter Clark Terry's lyrical imagination and virtuosity have brought him worldwide acclaim in a career which spans...

Geller, Herb (Herbert) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Geller, Herb (Herbert), alto, soprano saxes, flutes, clarinet, piano, arranger and composer; b. Los Angeles, CA, 2 No...

Lovano, Joe posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lovano, Joe, tenor saxophone; b. Cleveland, Ohio, 29 December 29, 1952. His father Tony "Big T" Lovano (b. September ...

Stan Kenton: Hav-a-Havana (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

From a jazz standpoint, the ensemble Kenton led that featured the music of Willis Holman is the highpoint of Stan’s c...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL STAN KENTON PERFORMANCES

Stanley Newcomb Kenton led one of the most controversial big bands in the history of American music. People either lo...

Gerald Wilson: Dissonance in Blues (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

Gerald Wilson's band was beginning to reach the highest rungs of popularity and stardom when the leader decided to di...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON

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James, Harry (Haag) posted in Encyclopedia September 22, 08

Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James forged a reputation as one of the hottest horn blowers in Swing, and scored some...

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