Jazz Articles about Jim McNeely / Kelly Sill / Joel Spencer

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Jim McNeely / Kelly Sill / Joel Spencer: Boneyard

by Dan McClenaghan
January 23, 2007

I'd take the bet that a good percentage of jazz fans--those of my generation, at least--got their start in jazz via Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey and Dave Brubeck, mainly piano/bass/drum rhythm sections behind one or more horns. And I can remember wondering why Miles, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane sat out on “Billy Boy" on Miles' classic album, Milestones, (Columbia, 1958), letting pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones have their way with the ...