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Article: Jazz That Scratches, Swings and Pops

Vince Giordano: Toe-Tapping and Timeless

Read "Vince Giordano: Toe-Tapping and Timeless" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut


Welcome to the inaugural column “Jazz That Scratches, Swings and Pops We've all heard King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke on the Smithsonian Jazz Collection. We know the names because they're “important," but do we ever listen because they're just plain good? What about Papa Celestin, Red ...

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From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington

Label: Miles High Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Kissing Bug; New York City Blues; Old King Dooji; Morning Glory; Are You Stickin'?; The Beautiful Indians; Suburbanite; Ballad Medley (All Heart / Change My Ways); Portrait of Bert Williams; Mt Harrissa; Creole Blues; Cotton Club Stomp; Rocks in my Bed; Second Line.

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Article: Album Review

Dan Block: From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington

Read "From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Dan Block is an exceptionally talented reed player, a stylish arranger and composer, a skilful bandleader and a valued sideman. He's worked with Michael Feinstein, Rosemary Clooney and Clark Terry, among others, and has also performed for Broadway shows and Hollywood movies, but he has never achieved the widespread recognition his talent deserves. From His World ...

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News: Recording

Dan Block's Vivid Imaginations

Dan Block is a peerless reed player, arranger, composer, bandleader. A new CD captures his many imaginations whole. The picture (by Dan's daughter Emma) adorns the cover of his Ellington tribute, FROM HIS WORLD TO MINE. Tributes to Ellington, hoever well-intentioned, have often become self-limiting, even formulaic. Some musicians try to duplicate the sound of famous ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Dan Block: Solid Sideman

Read "Dan Block: Solid Sideman" reviewed by Ken Dryden


The Andrew Scott Quartet Meets Jon-Erik Kellso & Dan Block Nostalgia Sackville 2009 Marty Grosz Hot Winds, The Classic Sessions Arbors 2009 Dan Block has worked in a variety of musical settings during his long career and has been a ...

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Love

Label: Resensitize Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1 - All The Sudden 05:25 2- Hold Me Tonight 05:28 3 - Wild Dreams 05:38 4 - Greed, Self-Worship, and Love 04:01 5 - I Am Love 04:33 6 - Knock Knock 04:10 7 -Tell Me 08:20 8 - Thank You 03:58 9 - Little Flower 04:19 10 - Sweet Summer Nights 06:19


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