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MISS HOLIDAY, SOLD
Billie Holiday archive, Christie’s (New York), $30,000 In June 1939, Marilyn “Marly” Moore, an aspiring teenage singer living in California, wrote to the jazz singer Billie Holiday for advice; 70 ye… more →
JAZZ LIVES
tenor madness, part 1
wrote 1 month ago: the 1950s and early- to mid-1960s were surely the age of the saxophone, the tenor in particular. doz … more →
MISS HOLIDAY, SOLD
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wrote 2 months ago: Billie Holiday archive, Christie’s (New York), $30,000 In June 1939, Marilyn “Marly” Moore, an asp … more →
Disc of the day: 03-06-09
wrote 7 months ago: Jimmy Rushing: The Scene – Live In New York (High Note HC7196) The liner notes are a little va … more →
THREE WISE MEN (OF JAZZ)
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wrote 8 months ago: The wonderful reed player Frank Roberscheuten, pianist Rossano Sportiello, and drummer Martin Breins … more →
Here There & Everywhere: "Civil Rights -- Jazz Document 1963"
wrote 10 months ago: By Don Heckman I’m willing to bet that anyone who was actually around in the sixties remembers … more →
AL COHN LIVES ON
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wrote 1 year ago: The critical eye will find many flaws in the video clip below. It takes place at a jazz festival (n … more →
MY JAZZ MADELEINE
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wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday, I was sifting through one of the mountains of papers I carefully cultivate in my apartmen … more →
LIVE JAZZ AT THE OLD RED SCHOOLHOUSE
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wrote 1 year ago: The Beloved, who has a well-developed Sniffer for Things Interesting, pored over the Halifax, Nova S … more →
RETTA CHRISTIE SINGS!
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wrote 1 year ago: When I got a copy of Retta Christie’s new CD, RETTA CHRISTIE WITH DAVID EVANS AND DAVE FRISH … more →
