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December 25, 2008 · 0 comments
Celebrating Classic Jazz Tracks
Five days per week, jazz.com highlights a memorable track from the past as part of a regular feature called A Classic Revisited. In order to qualify for inclusion, a performance must stand out as a work of exceptional merit and be at least twenty-five years old. Below are links to our reviews of the tracks selected during the last two months.
Jimmy McGriff: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Duke Ellington: Caravan
John Handy: Spanish Lady
Gene Krupa & Roy Eldridge: Rockin' Chair
Dave Brubeck: Take Five
Vince Guaraldi: O Tannenbaum
Moe Koffman: The Swinging Shepherd Blues
Ornette Coleman: Beauty is a Rare Thing
Machito: Tanga
Jim Hall: Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Frank Sinatra: Jingle Bells
Coleman Hawkins: Honeysuckle Rose
John Abercrombie: Red and Orange
Bob Dorough: Baltimore Oriole
Wayne Shorter: Infant Eyes
Chet Baker: Winter Wonderland
Sun Ra: Enlightenment
Sonny Rollins: The Freedom Suite
Lester Young: All of Me
Red Allen All-Stars: Wild Man Blues
Freddie Hubbard: Red Clay
Joni Mitchell: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
John Carter: Dauwhe
Don Byas: Riffin' and Jivin'
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Summertime
Shakti: Joy
Enrico Rava: The Pilgrim and the Stars
Oliver Nelson: Stolen Moments
Weather Report: Teen Town
Donald Byrd: Here Am I
Bill Evans: Reflections in D
Herbie Mann: Comin' Home, Baby
Louis Armstrong: Potato Head Blues
Jelly Roll Morton: Doctor Jazz
Paul Bley: When Will the Blues Leave
Frank Zappa: Peaches en Regalia
Max Roach: All Africa (from Freedom Now Suite)
Arsenio Rodriguez: Adivinalo
Nat King Cole: Straighten Up and Fly Right
J.J. Johnson: Poem for Brass
For a complete list of all of the tracks chosen as A Classic Revisited since the launch of jazz.com, click here.
This blog article posted by Ted Gioia.
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