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September 04, 2008 · 0 comments
Weekend Track Review Roundup
Last week, jazz.com published its 3,000th review. Since jazz.coms launch last December, our team of more than forty reviewers has made admirable progress toward our quixotic yet noble goal of covering all of the great (and less than great) jazz music recorded since blue notes first appeared in red states.
Where will it all end? Who can tell? Meanwhile, the Intel Quad-core XEON Processor 7300 Series unit (conveniently located right next to my bed) keeps humming round the clock, transmitting jazz reviews around the globe. (Right now, its humming A Night in Tunisia.)
As regular visitors to this space know, jazz.com (unlike the rest of the music media) does not review entire CDs, only individual tracks. This allows for greater specificity in our critical assessments, and allows us to guide fans who are looking to download individual songs. All reviews come with frank appraisals and a ranking based on our proprietary 100 point scale. We also include, whenever possible, links for fast (and legal) downloading. And site visitors can testify themselves at the bottom of each review.
Below are links to a few of the reviews published during the last several weeks.
Adams, Pepper: Reflectory
Reviewed by Kenny Berger
Armstrong, Louis: Sweethearts on Parade
Reviewed by Frank Murphy
Basie, Count: Half Moon Street
Reviewed by Kenny Berger
Blanchard, Terence: Taxi Driver
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Brecker, Michael: Syzygy
Reviewed by S. Victor Aaron
Cobb, Arnett: The Way You Look Tonight
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Corea, Chick: Tempus Fugit
Reviewed by Frank Murphy
Crothers, Connie & Bill Payne: The Desert and the City
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey
Curnow, Bob: Minuano (Six Eight)
Reviewed by Ted Gioia
Dave Douglas: Soul on Soul
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Ellington, Duke: St. James Infirmary
Reviewed by Jeff Sultanof
Garner, Erroll: Yesterdays
Reviewed by Mark Lomanno
Green, Bunky: Another Place
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey
Hawkins, Coleman: Quintessence
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Hefte, Hilde: Peris Scope
Reviewed by Bill Barnes
Hemphill, Julius: Shorty
Reviewed by Thierry Qunum
Johnson, J.J.: "Poem for Brass"
Reviewed by Jeff Sultanof
Kirk, Rahsaan Roland: No Tonic Prez
Reviewed by S. Victor Aaron
Larsen, Jon: Shoegazing
Reviewed by Bill Barnes
Malaby, Tony: Dos Caminos
Reviewed by Thierry Qunum
McCaslin, Donny: Late Night Gospel
Reviewed by Mark Saleski
McNeely, Jim: Ernie Banks
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Monk, Thelonious: Jackie-ing
Reviewed by Kenny Berger
Perez, Danilo: Across the Crystal Sea
Reviewed by Ted Gioia
Rollins, Sonny: "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top"
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey
Rollins, Sonny: "Tenor Madness"
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey
Russell, George: All About Rosie
Reviewed by Jeff Sultanof
Scofield, John: Big Fan
Reviewed by S. Victor Aaron
Silver, Horace: "Opus de Funk"
Reviewed by Bill Kirchner
Smith, Jabbo: More Rain, More Rest
Reviewed by Matt Leskovic
Sun Ra: Easy Street
Reviewed by Frank Murphy
Thielemans, Toots (with Milton Nascimento): Travessia
Reviewed by Ted Gioia
Torn, David: AK
Reviewed by S. Victor Aaron
Tyner, McCoy: In a Sentimental Mood
Reviewed by Ted Gioia
Tyner, McCoy: Prelude to a Kiss
Reviewed by Ted Gioia
Walton, Cedar: Bolivia
Reviewed by Thierry Qunum
Williams, Mary Lou: The Scarlet Creeper
Reviewed by Scott Albin
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