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Article: Album Review

Mike Longo Trio: Sting Like A Bee

Read "Sting Like A Bee" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Pianist Mike Longo has a couple of things in common with legendary heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali: first, they both employed the same phrase throughout their careers--"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"--and second,, they both deliver quite a punch, Ali with his fists and Longo on the keys. Sting Like a Bee--dedicated to Longo's father, ...

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Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle

Label: Telarc
Released: 2009

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Kind Of Peterson

Label: Telarc
Released: 2009

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Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Sessions of the Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)

Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Turtle Neck; It's Easy to Remember; Pooper; Love for Sale; Until the Real Thing Comes Along; You Go To My Head; They Can't Take That Away From Me; There's A Small Hotel; You Turned The Tables On Me; These Foolish Things; I Can't Get Started; Blue Moon; East of the Sun; The Astaire Blues; Tea for Two; Slow Down; Oh, Lady Be Good; Body and Soul; Stompin' at the Savoy; Rough Ridin'; Just One of Those Things; Too Marvelous for Words; But Not For Me; That Made A Difference To Me; Autumn in New York; Pettiford's Tune (Little Boy); You Go To My Head; Thou Swell; Willow Weep for Me; Minor Blues; Pick Yourself Up; Long Ago and Far Away; Love Walked In; I Got Rhythm; A Fine Romance; A Foggy Day; Strike Up the Band; The Man I Love; Let's Do It; It Ain't Necessarily So; I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm; I've Got A Crush On You; Night and Day; Isn't This A Lovely Day?; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Willow Weep For Me; Oh, Lady Be Good; S'Wonderful; Anything Goes; I've Got You Under My Skin; Fascinatin' Rhythm; Cheek to Cheek; I Got It Bad; In A Mellow Tone; I Love You; Somebody Loves Me; I Was Doin' All Right; In the Still of the Night; Every Time We Say Goodbye; Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'; Begin the Beguine; So Near and Yet So Far; Blue Skies; Take the A Train; Sophisticated Lady; Cotton Tail; Prelude to a Kiss; Things Ain't What They Used to Be; Rockin' in Rhythm; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; John Hardy's Wife; Always; Easter Parade; Alexander's Ragtime Band; The Song is Ended; Say It Isn't So; Remember; If I Had You; How Deep Is The Ocean?; I'm Glad There Is You; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; One for My Baby; I Hear Music; Autumn in New York; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; Spring Is Here; The Things We Did Last Summer; Streets Boogie; Booker T. Blues; Pompton Turnpike; Cherokee; Soft Winds; The Carioca; The Continental; Tea for Two; I Know That You Know; Hallelujah; Yesterdays; You Are Too Beautiful; Isn't It Romantic?; The Sheik of Araby; There'll Be Some Changes Made; Pompton Turnpike; Soft Winds; The Continental; Without A Song; Sometimes I'm Happy; Time On My Hands; More Than You Know; This Can't Be Love; Blue Moon; The Lady is A Tramp; It Might As Well Be Spring; Bewitched; The Way You Look Tonight; Ol' Man River; Can't Help Lovin' That Man; The Song Is You; Lovely to Look At; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Bill; Look for the Silver Lining; The Surrey With the Fringe on Top; Lover.

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Terry Clarke: It's About Time

Read "It's About Time" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Drummer Terry Clarke has had a long and illustrious career. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Clarke moved to San Francisco in 1965 to play with John Handy III. Jazz at the time was not an all-encompassing passion, and when the opportunity to play with pop vocal group The Fifth Dimension came about, he took it. Five years ...

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Todd Barkan: Continuation and Augmentation

Read "Todd Barkan: Continuation and Augmentation" reviewed by Wayne Zade


Todd Barkan has been one of the most important and versatile producers of jazz concerts and records around the globe for almost 30 years. The list of artists whose projects he has produced reads like a veritable Who's Who of jazz. Barkan has managed many artists, including the Boys Choir of Harlem, Chico O'Farrill and Freddy ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Three Jazz Pianists Pay Tribute to Oscar Peterson

Three Jazz Pianists Pay Tribute to Oscar Peterson

By Tad Hendrickson Oscar Peterson will always be remembered as one of jazz's greatest pianists thanks to an indelible career that spanned seven decades. An artist of prodigious technique, Peterson was influenced by the great Art Tatum, turning the stride master's voracious style into something workable for bebop. One of the most-recorded pianists in jazz history, ...

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The Dave Young Quartet: Mean What You Say

Read "Mean What You Say" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Dave Young has had a long career as a classical music and jazz bassist. Before he found his niche in jazz, Young was the principal bassist with the Winnipeg and Edmonton Symphony Orchestras as well as the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. As a jazz musician, he brought his sense of rhythm and intuition to groups led by ...

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Oscar Peterson: The Quintessence & Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle

Read "Oscar Peterson: The Quintessence & Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle" reviewed by Graham L. Flanagan


Oscar PetersonThe QuintessenceFremeaux2009 Oscar Peterson and Nelson RiddleOscar Peterson/Nelson RiddleRecord Label #2Year This month marks the two-year anniversary of Oscar Peterson's passing. The jazz legend continued to perform live until ...

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The Jeff Hamilton Trio: Symbiosis

Read "Symbiosis" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Jeff Hamilton's presence as a drummer is pervasive both with his trio and as part of the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra which he co-leads with bassist John Clayton. Hamilton's reach as a drummer goes well beyond these two outfits, his history as a musician complementing Oscar Peterson, Warren Vache, and Phil Upchurch among others. Style and approach ...


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