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"BIRDLAND," or "TWEET AND LOVELY"
Although I have been guilty of bad-mannered satire about compressing any worthwhile utterance into 140 characters or less, I’ve finally succumbed to the blandishments of the newest form of … more →
JAZZ LIVES
"BIRDLAND," or "TWEET AND LOVELY"
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Although I have been guilty of bad-mannered satire about compressing any worthwhile utterance into 1 … more →
WHITLEY BAY 2010 IS COMING!
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wrote 2 months ago: It’s never too early to look at plane fares, to see how many euro you might have saved from th … more →
LES RED HOT REEDWARMERS, OH MY! (July 11, 2009)
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wrote 4 months ago: By popular demand, here are five more hot numbers from Les Red Hot Reedwarmers, the band that lives … more →
THREE PODS OF PEPPER, July 10, 2009
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wrote 4 months ago: I’ve posted the second half of this performance, where the Three Pods of Pepper were joined by … more →
RED HOT and BENT
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wrote 4 months ago: I couldn’t resist the title. Nor could I resist the music. Readers who have been following m … more →
BENT PERSSON PLAYS LOUIS, Part One
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wrote 5 months ago: One of the highlights of the 2009 Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival (July 12, 2009) was the tw … more →
WHO'S THAT MAN?
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wrote 5 months ago: Much earlier in 2009, a number of jazz photographs came up for sale on eBay. They were taken at Stu … more →
MICHAEL McQUAID'S GOOD WORKS
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wrote 5 months ago: I was impressed by Michael McQuaid before I met him in person, which is always a pleasant state. A … more →
MATTHIAS SEUFFERT'S MANY SELVES
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wrote 5 months ago: I was first impressed by the playing of reedman Matthias Seuffert on a few Stomp Off releases severa … more →
I'M MORE THAN SATISFIED! (Whitley Bay, July 10, 2009)
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wrote 5 months ago: The Three Pods of Pepper (reedman Norman Field, plectrist and singer Spats Langham, and bass saxopho … more →
I'M MORE THAN SATISFIED! (Whitley Bay, July 10, 2009)
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wrote 5 months ago: The Three Pods of Pepper (reedman Norman Field, plectrist and singer Spats Langham, and bass saxopho … more →
PORTRAITS: WHITLEY BAY, 2009
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wrote 5 months ago: Whose honey are you? In the hotel breakfast bar, Billie oversees the butter, buttery spread, jam, an … more →
O RARE BENT PERSSON (and FRIENDS)!
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wrote 5 months ago: Last night — Thursday, July 9, 2009 — I witnessed the kind of jazz creativity and brave … more →
PLAYING THE FOOL OUT OF "UKULELE LADY"
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wrote 7 months ago: I read Whitney Balliet’s New Yorker Profile of King Oliver, “For the Comfort of the Peop … more →
NEXT STOP, WHITLEY BAY!
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wrote 8 months ago: For someone who spent the better part of his life venturing no more than a hundred miles from his bi … more →
HOT REUNION! THE UNION RHYTHM KINGS on CD
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wrote 8 months ago: On April 17, when I wrote a few lines about this wonderful hot band (see UNION RHYTHM KINGS) I had a … more →
UNION RHYTHM KINGS
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wrote 8 months ago: Bent Persson, the amazing trumpeter / cornetist, has a new band. It includes Frans Sjostrom, the ge … more →
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS JULY 9-12?
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wrote 9 months ago: I’ve read about this festival . . . but always after it’s ended. I want to go to Whitl … more →
REMEMBERING GOSTA HAGGLOF
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wrote 9 months ago: You know the man on the right in this 1965 picture, taken in Sweden. The man shaking Louis’ ha … more →
