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BENNY, BUDDY, BUCKY, JIMMY, JACK, MERV
Don Robertson pointed out this video on Facebook: perhaps it is new to you, as it was to me. Nothing complicated: Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich playing together for the first time in thirty years, with… more →
JAZZ LIVES
BENNY, BUDDY, BUCKY, JIMMY, JACK, MERV
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wrote 1 week ago: Don Robertson pointed out this video on Facebook: perhaps it is new to you, as it was to me. Nothing … more →
SIDNEY CATLETT, EARLY AND LATE
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Big Sid to you. “Good deal!” The eBay seller says that the photograph came from the Bur … more →
Ben Webster - Live In Copenhagen - 1965 - Past Daily Downbeat
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Ben Webster – A breath of cool from Copenhagen tonight. Click on the link here for Audio Playe … more →
Inspector John Rebus Series - Ian Rankin
wrote 3 weeks ago: My Rating – 4.5/5 Finally I am done with John Rebus. This is first series I read back t … more →
European thrillers, of various eras and various tastes
wrote 1 month ago: Yes, I’m playing catch-up again, and perhaps these books have very little to do with one anoth … more →
MaggieMoose: April Breeze Of Love
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wrote 1 month ago: Maggie’s pawsability thought for the day: “The very thought of you makes my heart sing L … more →
A Quiet Sip ...
wrote 1 month ago: Today, I remember Mad Thad. Born on March 28th, 1923. He would have been 90 years old. A Michigan ma … more →
Ben Webster - Live In Germany - 1967 - Past Daily Downbeat.
wrote 3 months ago: Ben Webster – Rightly dubbed King Of Tenors. Click on the link here for Audio Player: BenWebst … more →
FOR LOUIS, SIDNEY, and CLARENCE: BENT PERSSON, STEPHANE GILLOT, THOMAS WINTELER, MARTIN SECK, HENRI LEMAIRE, CECILE McLORIN SALVANT at the 2012 WHITLEY BAY CLASSIC JAZZ PARTY (October 28, 2012)
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wrote 3 months ago: All jazz fans have their own versions of Jazz Camelot — one bright shining hour when the great … more →
Prisoner of Love + Russ Columbo gallery
wrote 3 months ago: _________________________ Prisoner of Love (m. Russ Columbo w. Clarence Gaskill and Leo Robin)* … more →
Art Tatum & Ben Webster - My One And Only Love (1956)
wrote 3 months ago: My One And Only Love is track number 7 on the album Art Tatum – Ben Webster: The Album. The o … more →
Art Tatum & Ben Webster - Where or When (1956)
wrote 4 months ago: Ben Webster – Tenor sax Red Callender – Bass Bill Douglas – Drums … more →
Cycling revolution in 2013?
wrote 4 months ago: Jackie Ashley in the Guardian says we should aim for a revolution in cycling in 2013, and Norwich th … more →
TREAT THE DEAD KINDLY
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wrote 4 months ago: If you come up to me, face to face, and suggest something about me — in the sweetest tone of v … more →
DIY Dumpling?!
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wrote 5 months ago: Yes, you can! Missing place? Doh! Mise en place… You might be among the many who call them … more →
The Ben Webster Quintet: Soulville
wrote 5 months ago: Ben Webster’s distinctive sound was on full display when I heard “Soulville,” a 1957 recording by Th … more →
Kate Frye's Suffrage Diary: Palmist At The Women's Freedom League Bazaar
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wrote 5 months ago: By 1909 Kate Frye was keenly involved – as a volunteer – in the women’s suffrage c … more →
DAVY MOONEY WRITES! (A NOVEL, THAT IS: "HOMETOWN HEROES")
wrote 5 months ago: When a friend gives me a first novel to read, I worry. Not that I doubt the intelligence, wit, feel … more →
Norwich Cycling Campaign
wrote 6 months ago: Last night spent in the company of the Norwich Cycling Campaign and their AGM. I haven’t been … more →
