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Masters of American Music Series: Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
The Story of Jazz Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk: American Composer The Many Faces of Billie Holiday Naxos 2010 These four DVDs--separate broadcasts of the Masters of American Music TV series, originally released in eighties--seem by today's standards, like some ...
My Best Jazz Experiences Through the Decades
by Larry Taylor
I've been a jazz fan since I was a teenager in the late forties, growing up in Southern California. From grammar school on, I listened to pop tunes of the day--the hit parade songs and big band music that were in the air on the radio. As I entered junior high, I became ...
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
by Larry Reni Thomas
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original Robin D.G. Kelley Free Press ISBN: 0684831902 2009 Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original is a meticulously documented, yet easy-to-read chronicle of the roller coaster life of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk. It took Robin Kelley, ...
Clifton Anderson: Legacy
by Maxwell Chandler
Clifton Anderson has been on a lifelong journey of artistic evolution. From his start as a child surrounded by a musical family, to formal education mixed with the practical experience of live gigs, Clifton's odyssey is ever-unfolding. Whether playing as a long-standing member of his uncle Sonny Rollins' band, helping to run the Doxy label or ...
Bossa Nova Bacchanal
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Back to the Tropics; Aconteceu; Velhos Tempos; Samba de Orfeu; Un Dia; Meci Bon Dieu; In Martinique; One for Five
Charlie Rouse: Hail The Individual
by Nic Jones
Every significant development in jazz has been the work of trailblazers. In the case of bebop of course the two most readily associated with the development have always been Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and whilst there is no little substance in this, the determinism of such a view obscures the contributions of other musicians who ...
Charlie Rouse: Bossa Nova Bacchanal
by Joshua Weiner
About eight or nine years ago, the major record labels finally realized that they could sell more copies of classic jazz CDs if they reissued them with the respect they deserved, including high-quality remastering and packaging. This has proved an unprecedented boon for the jazz fan; never have so many records by so many artists been ...
Byrd in Hand (RVG Edition)
By Donald Byrd
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Witchcraft; Here Am I; Devil Whip; Bronze Dance; Clarion Calls; The Injuns.
It's Monk's Time
Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Lulu?s Back in Town 2. Memories of You 3. Stuffy Turkey 4. Brake?s Sake 5. Nice Work If You Can
Get It 6. Shuffle Boil 7. Epistrophy 8. Nice Work If You Can Get It (alt. take) 9. Shuffle Boil (alt. take).
Harry Connick, Jr.: Other Hours
by Mark F. Turner
You might not recognize this side of Harry Conninck Jr. The entertainer and vocalist is more associated with “Old Blue Eyes" (Frank Sinatra) than Monk. He is renowned for his skill as a vocalist, but his passion for jazz piano and writing music has recently garnered him more attention in theatre and other venues. The fact ...
