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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Brian Wilson Jazzed: Ten Essential Wilson Covers

by Ian Patterson
June 17, 2025

Brian Wilson is widely hailed as one of the most significant songwriters of the 20th century--the master craftsman behind The Beach Boys' music. Inspired by rock 'n' roll, doo-wop, George Gershwin, vocal quartet The Four Freshmen and Burt Bacharach, he developed sophisticated harmonies and a signature sound that sold millions of records. His singular ...

Article: Liner Notes

David Kikoski: Surf's Up

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 17, 2023

It seems that the show tunes of the '30s, '40s, and '50s have served as fodder for several generations of jazz musicians, either providing their own melodies for subsequent development or lending their harmonic framework for the jazz writer to use as a basis for an original tune. Most recently, we've seen attention begin to shift ...

Album

Surf's Up

By Jeremy Steinkoler

Label: Evander Music
Released: 2017

Album

Surf's Up

By Mo'Fone

Label: Evander Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Black Market, Crosswind, Flowers for Albert, On Call, Kool, Mera Dil Yeh Pukare / Man Dole Mera, Big Chief, View of the Valley, Surf's Up, African Market

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Article: Album Review

Mo'Fone: Surf's Up

by Jim Nelson
April 2, 2004

Picking over my review of my first encounter with Mo'Fone way back in 2002, I come across this bone-grating comparison: “I mistook one piece as a cover of 'Pick Up the Pieces' without all that Average White Band aftertaste." I'm compelled to apologize to Mo'Fone for this mistake because, in hindsight, I see it's so patronizing. ...

Album

Surf's Up

By David Kikoski

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2001
Track listing: Oh No; Cardboard; Four In One; A Noite Do Meu Bem; Little Melonae; Surf's Up; Bird Feathers; Muito A Vontade.