Search results for "Wynton Kelly"

Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly: Impressions (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

There's much to be said about the work of pianist Wynton Kelly. Yeah, everyone knows he played on Kind of Blue, but h...

Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly: Four on Six (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 20, 08

With its catchy bass intro by the unmistakable Paul Chambers, comped in perfect sync by Wynton Kelly's piano, this Mo...

Wynton Kelly: Autumn Leaves (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Wynton Kelly recorded only once with the Jazz Messengers – on an interesting 1957 session billed as The Jazz Mes...

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 ...

Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly: No Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 17, 08

Recorded "live" performances usually fail to generate the excitement that actually being there gives a listener. In t...

Stuff Smith and Dizzy Gillespie: Rio Pakistan (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 03, 09

The track "Rio Pakistan" first appeared on the 1957 album Dizzy Gillespie-Stuff Smith, and reappeared on the 1994 CD ...

Steve Lacy: Work (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 06, 09

A mere three or four years before the recording of Soprano Sax, the teen-aged Steve Lacy had been a Bechet-enthralled...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SOPRANO SAX

           Soprano Sax and Piano      Fab...

Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

Jazz waltzes were still fairly rare back in 1961, and Paul Chambers' pedal point intro keeps the meter a mystery duri...

Miles Davis: Freddie Freeloader (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 09, 09

During the first 13 months following jazz.com's launch, our team of 50 contributors reviewed nearly 4,000 tracks, inc...

Hank Mobley: Roll Call (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music June 10, 09

Hank Mobley’s “Roll Call” is an attention-grabbing, fiercely-swinging hard bop classic featuring some of the greatest...

Cannonball Adderley: Limehouse Blues (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

A friend of mine summed up The Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago as "the Miles Davis band without Miles". True e...

Wes Montgomery: Full House (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

I can't think of many jazz tunes in 3/4 that groove as hard as Wes Montgomery's "Full House." Recorded live in Califo...

Sonny Rollins: Decision (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

“Decision” demonstrates a bit of tenor giant Sonny Rollins’s acclaimed ability to use thematic variation in the const...

John Coltrane: Naima (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

1959 was jazz’s magical year – with Trane, Ornette, Evans, Mingus, and Miles issuing their clarion calls – and here i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE PERFORMANCES

John Coltrane (1926-1967) started out as a promising straight-ahead bop player who served under Thelonious Monk, Mile...

Dinah Washington: All of Me (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 08, 08

It's easy to see why novice filmmaker (and non-jazz fan) Bert Stern picked "All of Me" instead of a different Dinah W...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY

During the 1950s, the Newport Jazz Festival was an outdoor jamboree held in the exclusive environs of Rhod...

Hank Mobley: Soul Station (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

Even though Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers are most often associated with Miles Davis (along with drummer Jimmy Cobb)...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Wes Montgomery: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

Full House was Wes Montgomery’s first live album, and the album title refers both to the overflow crowd at the Berkel...

Wes Montgomery: Blue 'n' Boogie (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music December 30, 08

Wes Montgomery's Smokin' at the Half Note has always seemed to overshadow the similarly live Full House from three ye...

Paul Gonsalves: I Surrender Dear (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 13, 08

There were good reasons why Duke Ellington put up with the drug and alcohol problems of Paul Gonsalves for so many ye...

John Coltrane: Little Old Lady (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 29, 08

A sprightly, major key tune that lives up to the spirit of its title, "Little Old Lady" is more reminiscent of what J...

Hank Mobley: This I Dig of You (alternative review) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Hank MobleyArtwork by Michael SymondsSoul Station may sit atop Hank Mobley's impressive collection of records made ...

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