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Art Blakey: Moanin' (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Although pianist Bobby Timmons composed several well-known and often-played tunes in the funky/soul jazz mode, none b...

Art Blakey: Moanin' (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

For decades, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers was a breeding ground for hard-bop talent. Countless numbers of future supe...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL MODERN JAZZ TRUMPET SOLOS

                 Trumpeter by...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: The Drum Thunder Suite (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

While Art Blakey's earlier sessions with, respectively, Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk were essential in developin...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Art Blakey: Blues March (1958) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

    Art Blakey at Birdland, photo by Marcel Fleiss Benny Golson wrote four compositions for the al...

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

I’m not sure who wrote this groovy little arrangement of “Come Rain Or Come Shine” (and while musical director Benny ...

Art Blakey: Along Came Betty (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

    Art Blakey at Birdland, photo by Marcel Fleiss Golson’s composition with its simple yet haunting...

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