23 Jan
Tangerine by Dexter Gordon
For the most part, Dexter Gordon's most significant recordings remain the early 60s dates he led for Blue Note. This is not to stay there are not other worthy titles in his…
Although not truly defined as a jazz group, Steely Dan’s music has always been just on the fringes of what we might call, for lack of a better term, "light jazz". Two certi…
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There's a woeful paradox involved with this album because in many ways it proves to be the tale of two artists whose lives took markedly different courses following its ori…
21 May
Solid by Woody Shaw
A natural successor to the throne following the innovations of Freddie Hubbard and Booker Little, Woody Shaw had the misfortune of entering the jazz domain a few years befo…
Well, you know what they say, "better late than never." At nearly 80 years old, widespread recognition has taken its good old time in catching up with composer and band lea…
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