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Woody Herman (featuring Sonny Berman): Sidewalks of Cuba (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 28, 07

Sonny Berman was on the road as a jazz trumpeter at age sixteen and dead from a heroin overdose at 22. He worked wit...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRUMPETERS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON A FIRST NAME BASIS

We all know about Dizzy & Miles, Louis & Wynton, Bix & Brownie. Some trumpeters are so famous, that even a single na...

Woody Herman: Laura (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

This track was the first recording made for the first session in Herman's contract for Columbia Records. Herman had l...

Woody Herman: Tenderly (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 04, 09

“Tenderly” is a fascinating song, originally written in three and often played in four. It has remained a standard al...

Woody Herman: Ebony Concerto (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Emigrating to the U.S. during World War II, the world's foremost composer found himself financially strapped. Gratefu...

Woody Herman: Woodchopper's Ball (1946) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Woody Herman's "Woodchopper's Ball" (1939) was a natural hit for the native of Wisconsin, which even today is nearly...

Woody Herman: Apple Honey (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

In the mid-1940s, Woody Herman's fire-breathing Thundering Herd was the most exciting big band in jazz. Sparked by th...

Woody Herman: Goosey Gander (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

This track takes its name from a nursery rhyme, but don't let Woody Herman's First Herd anywhere near the nursery. Tr...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

Woody Herman: Woodchopper's Ball (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Thanks to his first two Herds (1945-'48), Woody Herman's place in jazz history rests secure. His biggest hit, however...

Woody Herman: Lady McGowan's Dream (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

This has to be the only composition named after a nymphomaniacal woman who held orgies in her hotel room for members ...

Woody Herman: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

If I had to pick a favorite version of “Come Rain Or Come Shine”, it would be the Woody Herman version. Despite the 1...

Woody Herman: The Goof and I (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 04, 09

Woody Herman’s second of his many herds was the most bop-oriented of all of them, and when we take into consideration...

Woody Herman: Early Autumn (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

During the 1950s, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz became the most popular of Lester Young's followers. But his breakthro...

Woody Herman (featuring Sonny Berman): Your Father's Moustache (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

"Your Father's Moustache" captures Herman's First Herd in full charge, and noticeably emerging out of the band's glor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE SONNYS OF JAZZ

Jazz Quiz: What do these names have in common? Saul Berman Herman Blount Conrad Yeatis Clark William Criss C...

Woody Herman: Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 11, 09

It consistently amazes me how arrangers could take a brand new song and create an interesting, original framework for...

Woody Herman: Wild Root (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

Once upon a time, an alternate take of "Wild Root" was the more commonly heard performance whenever the title would b...

Woody Herman: The Good Earth (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 11, 09

This was in the Herman book for almost a year before it was recorded for Columbia Records, and was originally called ...

Woody Herman (with Stan Getz): Early Autumn (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 07, 09

When asked about this solo years later, Getz noted that he didn't own copies of his old recordings, then added: "I do...

Jimmy Witherspoon: 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do(aka 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do) (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 07, 08

Famously recorded by Bessie Smith in 1923, “'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do” became a signature tune for Jimmy With...

Woody Herman: Bijou (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Recorded by Woody Herman's all-white Herd two years before Dizzy Gillespie introduced Afro-Cuban jazz, "Bijou" (subti...

Woody Herman: Everywhere (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 28, 07

The most majestic trombone solo ever recorded. After a fanfare, Woody Herman's star sideman Bill Harris assays his ow...

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