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Best Tenors Ever, Says Nick
The ten best tenor saxophone players in all of jazz. Says me.
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Music Review: Branford Marsalis - Bloomington
Branford's message was simple: "We're going on a ride, guys. Why don't you take a seat, strap yourself in, and hold on."
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Forgotten Series: Coleman Hawkins
Hawkins took a chance by stirring in some talented unknowns that had yet to reach a mainstream audience. The gamble paid off.
If you could have only one Beatles album, which one would it be?
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Sleeper Picks: Johnnie Johnson - Blue Hand Johnnie
Every legend has at least one sideman who made him great. For Chuck Berry, that sideman was Johnnie Johnson.
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Music Review: Peter Gabriel - Us
After a good bit of digesting, I found Us to be one of my favorites by this most challenging artist.
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Forgotten Series: Bill Evans - The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings
Evans found, with his bassist Scott LaFaro, an improbable relationship, one based on simultaneous composition and improvisation.
You listen in slack-jawed wonder — realizing that "Come Down in Time," alone, could have established the legend of any lesser artist.
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Forgotten Series: Leon Russell
A quick look at the career of perhaps the last of the bird-flipping genre-busters.
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