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August 06, 2009 · 0 comments
A Batch of Track Reviews
As regular visitors to the site know, jazz.com reviews individual tracks not entire CDs. A team of more than 50 writers has been working toward the perhaps unrealistic yet honorable goal of reviewing all the important performances in the history of jazz.
As of this morning at 9 AM, some 5,359 tracks had been reviewed. But more are arriving every day! (You can always find out the latest and most popular reviews by checking the sidebar on jazz.com's Music page—which we may rename as the Tal Wilkenfeld Sidebar at some future point.)
Below are a few of the tracks reviewed during the last several weeks. Each title links to the review, where readers can find a full assessment of the music, a snappy judgment (in the form of jazz.com’s proprietary 0 to 100 rating scale), full personnel and recording info, and a link for legal downloading.
Happy listening!
Coleman Hawkins: “Hawk's Variation Parts 1 & 2”
Reviewed by Kenny Berger
Charlie Parker: “K.C. Blues”
Reviewed by Marcus Singletary
Wynton Marsalis: “Black Codes”
Reviewed by Jared Pauley
Roy Eldridge: “Melange”
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Freddie Keppard: “Stock Yards Strut”
Reviewed by Ted Gioia
Horace Silver: “Que Pasa”
Reviewed by Jared Pauley
Stan Getz: “I Can’t Get Started”
Reviewed by Bill Barnes
Billy Eckstine: “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
Reviewed by Thomas Cunniffe
Les Brown: “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”
Reviewed by Jeff Sultanof
Jack Teagarden with Louis Armstrong: “Stars Fell on Alabama”
Reviewed by Alex W. Rodriguez
Buddy Rich: “Cardin Blue”
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Toshiko Akiyoshi-Charles Mariano: “Deep River”
Reviewed by Scott Albin
Eric Dolphy: “Body and Soul”
Reviewed by Chris Kelsey
Andy Kirk (with Mary Lou Williams): “Walkin’ and Swingin’”
Reviewed by Kenny Berger
Mal Waldron: “Rat Now”
Reviewed by Eric Novod
This blog article posted by Ted Gioia.
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