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Steve Turre: Shell 'n' 'Bone Man
by Ian Patterson
Few can match Steve Turré's skill as a trombonist. His technical mastery, which has seen him win five Down Beat polls, goes hand-in-hand with a deep respect for the music that has gone before him, and over the course of forty years he has honed his skills with some of the best. Since his formative experience ...
Blossom Dearie a Songwriters Singer Passes
Blossom Dearie saw herself as a songwriters singer, performing tunes by the great Broadway and Hollywood teams and newer talents like Dave Frishberg. The singer and songwriter whose sweet soprano voice, harmonically innovative piano stylings and sophisticated performances made her a popular attraction in jazz and cabaret for nearly half a century, Blossom Dearie has died. ...
Jan Johansson: From Small Acorns...
by Ian Patterson
Upon hearing the news and in a state of disbelief, Randi Hultin the legendary Norwegian jazz journalist rang pianist Reinhold Svensson who confirmed the worst: “Yes. Swedish jazz has just died."1 Reinhold's reaction to the death in a car accident of fellow pianist Jan Johansson whilst melodramatic reflected Jan Johansson's importance in the contemporary Swedish jazz ...
Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)
by Samuel Chell
How do you criticize pianist Oscar Peterson? The two primary meanings of such a question expose the divide among those who must confront his talent--and, like it or not, no musician or supporter of the music can duck the issues raised by the most prolifically recorded pianist in jazz history. To the one camp, Peterson's playing ...
Manha de Carnaval
Featuring the music of Ray Brown
Duration: 8:04
Bassics: Best of Ray Brown Trio 1977-2000
By Ray Brown
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2006
Summer Wind
By Ray Brown
Label: Kingston Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Blues For Groundhogs; Thanks For The Memory; Medley; Hard Times; Put
Your Little Foot
Right Out; Woogie Boogie; Consider; Street Life; Swamp Fire;
Summerwind; Griff And Me;
Delaunay's Dilemma.
Brown/Alexander/Griffin/Drew: Summer Wind
by Rob Mariani
This is a collaboration of giants who swing so hard and with such incomparable assuredness that you simply cannot sit still when they are playing. And it all starts with Ray Brown. His huge, woody double-bass sound is unmistakable, as is his impeccable time feeling. So much has been written about this incredible musician; on this ...
A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: You Make Me Feel So Young / Come Dance With Me /
Learnin' the Blues / Witchcraft / The Tender Trap / Saturday Night / Just in
Time / It Happened in Monterrey / I Get a Kick Out of You / All of Me /
Birth of the Blues / How About You?
Walk On
By Ray Brown
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Disc One: America the Beautiful; Sunday; Stella By Starlight; Lined with a Groove; Honeysuckle Rose; Fried Pies; You are My Sunshine; That's All' MVT I; MVT II' MVT III; Hello Girls
Disc Two: F.S.R.; Stardust; Evidence; Woogie Boogie; In a Mellow Tone; The Nearness of You; Much in Common; This is Always; Three by Four; Down by the Riverside
