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Jordan Officer and His Kelvinator (?)
Nicolai Foss In an earlier post, I wondered whether any serious contemporary jazz player regularly used one of the cheapo US-produced archtops of the post-war period. Here is Jordan Officer delivering… more →
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Jordan Officer and His Kelvinator (?)
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Nicolai Foss wrote 3 months ago: Nicolai Foss In an earlier post, I wondered whether any serious contemporary jazz player regularly u … more →
Music Quote for the Week
bizmusician wrote 3 months ago: “Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It’s not the thing itse … more →
Darth Vader plays Barney Kessel Be Bop Tune On Concertina
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On This Date (March 2, 1942) Charlie Christian
themusicsover.com wrote 9 months ago: Charlie Christian July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942 It can be said without exaggeration that virtu … more →
Sunday Jazz - Barney Kessel
thehelplessdancer wrote 9 months ago: This week’s Sunday Jazz is Barney Kessel’s instrumental version of one of my favourite s … more →
THE PIANIST IN QUESTION
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jazzlives wrote 9 months ago: I was in the middle of writing an ambivalent review for All About Jazz of the Mosaic reissue of Geor … more →
Barney Kessel Anecdotes
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Nicolai Foss wrote 9 months ago: Nicolai Foss Here is a nice bio of Barney with some personal reminiscences by the author, Larry Grin … more →
Barney Kessel: A Jazz Legend
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Nicolai Foss wrote 1 year ago: Nicolai Foss Maurice Summerfield first came to my attention when as a 16 year old (in 1980) kid, I w … more →
musicology #228
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themusicologist wrote 1 year ago: communication #6 (Sam Cooke – Please Don’t Drive Me Away) didnt throw one down yesterday … more →
Barney Kessel gives the lowdown on his guitar
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Blue Mist - Barney Kessel, Grant Green and Kenny Burrell
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I THOUGHT I HEARD RUBY BRAFF SAY
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jazzlives wrote 1 year ago: In 1971, when I read in The New Yorker that cornetist Ruby Braff was going to play a week at the Hal … more →
Feeling Free - Barney Kessel
glowsinthedark wrote 1 year ago: So at the risk of sounding like some sort of square, I can say that Barney Kessel is one of my favor … more →
More Barney
Nicolai Foss wrote 1 year ago: Nicolai Foss Here is an interview with Les Tomkins that Barney gave in 1969. Barney on Hendrix: … more →
Memories of Barney Kessel and More
Nicolai Foss wrote 1 year ago: Nicolai Foss Jerry Pippin has established a memorial page for Barney. Very nice. Some interesting in … more →
Julie Is Her Name
Nicolai Foss wrote 2 years ago: Nicolai Foss I just received my copy of Julie Is Her Name from Amazon. The Julie in question is Juli … more →
Barney the Hardbopper
Nicolai Foss wrote 2 years ago: Nicolai Foss In my post below on hardbop I listed Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery and Geo … more →
