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Jazz CD Review: The Daniel Bennett Group

irom wrote 1 week ago: The Daniel Bennett Group Clockhead Goes to Camp (Manhattan Daylight Media Group)  By Brian Arsenault … more →

Tags: cd jazz, CD - Music, Brazil, Brian Arsenault, Charles Mingus, charlie parker, Daniel Bennett, lester young, Mark Cocheo

SIDNEY CATLETT, EARLY AND LATE2 comments

jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: Big Sid to you. “Good deal!” The eBay seller  says that the photograph came from the Bur … more →

Tags: Thanks-A-Million, Bliss, GENEROSITIES, Hotter Than That, Irreplaceable, Jazz Titans, Pay attention, Swing You Cats!, That was Fun

Candy Dulfer - On & On

tenthltr2u wrote 2 weeks ago: … more →

Tags: Sounds from my stoop, Smooth Jazz, Video, Entertainment, Dutch Jazz Scene, Sonny Rollins, Prince, David Sandborn

Let the pro's lip sync...

pw0rd wrote 3 weeks ago: Milli and Vanilli For a little Sunday fun it’s always good to see your heroes not “selli … more →

Tags: ray brown, charlie parker, keith moon, Milli Vanilli, Buddy Rich, John Entwistle, The Who, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey

The Sound of Dobells3 comments

harvey70plus wrote 1 month ago: Dobells, when I first knew it, was a tiny record shop in Charing Cross Road, with, if I remember cor … more →

Tags: Music, memoir, Dobell’s Jazz Record Shop, "Session at Riverside", Peanuts Hucko, Chelsea Space, British Record Shop Archive

Review: Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus

scottmanleyhadley wrote 1 month ago: Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus (1971) Anyone who has read this blog before and is both obser … more →

Tags: Book Review, jazz, sex, Charles Mingus, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, Pithecanthropus Erectus, tijuana moods, the black saint and the sinner lady, Mingus Ah Um

Coleman Hawkins, "Body and Soul"

KevinK wrote 2 months ago: Before watching Ken Burns’ “Jazz” miniseries, which aired over 10 consecutive week … more →

Tags: Music, Best Songs, Review, jazz, Ken Burns, BeBop, Swing, dave brubeck, Take Five

mesime wrote 2 months ago: awesomepeoplehangingouttogether: “A Great Day in Harlem”: A lot of famous jazz musicians, including … more →

Tags: Musical, musical genius, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, lester young

Body and Soul Suite World Premier

allenmyers wrote 3 months ago: My Suite on the famous Coleman Hawkins recording Body and Soul is to be premiered at this free conce … more →

Tags: News, Al Pierson, Count Basie, bobby watson, body and soul

"DOOZY"!: MATTHIAS SEUFFERT SALUTES BENNY CARTER at the 2012 WHITLEY BAY CLASSIC JAZZ PARTY (October 28, 2012): MATTHIAS SEUFFERT, RENE HAGMANN, ALISTAIR ALLAN, MARTIN LITTON, SPATS LANGHAM, HENRI LEMAIRE, RICHARD PITE

jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: Matthias Seuffert, that splendid chameleon so adept at becoming others while retaining his own shini … more →

Tags: Ideal Places, The Heroes Among Us, Jazz Titans, The Things We Love, the real thing, Swing You Cats!, Thanks-A-Million, Pay attention, Irreplaceable

"FORTY YEARS OF JAZZ": MATTHIAS SEUFFERT, ORIGINAL THINKER -- at the 2012 WHITLEY BAY CLASSIC JAZZ PARTY (October 28, 2012)

jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: Many of the most admired jazz improvisers don’t sit down and “compose” music on ma … more →

Tags: Thanks-A-Million, Bliss, GENEROSITIES, Hotter Than That, Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, Jazz Titans, mmmmmmmmmmmmm, Pay attention

Prisoner of Love + Russ Columbo gallery

doc wrote 3 months ago: _________________________ Prisoner of Love (m. Russ Columbo w. Clarence Gaskill and Leo Robin)* … more →

Tags: 1931, Songbook, Standard, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Bing Crosby, Carroll Gibbons, Clarence Gaskill, Herbert Rehbein

"EVERY NICKEL HELPS A LOT"13 comments

jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: If you’ve been reading the dolorous saga of the Red Knapsack, you know that I have come to a d … more →

Tags: Awful Sad, Thanks-A-Million, GENEROSITIES, Help 2!, louis armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Michael Steinman, joe smith, Jazz Lives

A taste of Thelonius Monk Jazz @ Sweetwater2 comments

mcfar57 wrote 3 months ago: TONIGHT -  Tuesday, January 29:  Evidence: The Music of Thelonius Monk at Sweetwater Grill & Tav … more →

Tags: Jazz Venues, Jazz skeds & events, Musicians / Bands, Jazz History, Denton Jazz Reviews, denton texas, Sweetwater Grill & Tavern, Dave Zoller, Thelonious Monk

Under a Blanket of Blue3 comments

doc wrote 3 months ago: __________________________ Under a Blanket of Blue (m. Jerry Livingston*, w. Al J. Neiburg and Marty … more →

Tags: 1933, Songbook, Standard, Al J. Neiburg, Anita O'Day, Bobby Hackett, Cal Tjader, Carroll Gibbons, Casa Loma Orchestra

Have You Heard (and seen)? - (32) Billie Holiday singing "Fine and Mellow"2 comments

John S wrote 3 months ago: I’m on to a chapter about jazz in my book at the moment and earlier this evening I was just re … more →

Tags: Music - Have You Heard?, Music, jazz, Blues, Saxophone, Billie Holiday, fine and mellow, Gerry Mulligan, lester young

HOME, JAZZ. JAZZ, HOME: RAY SKJELBRED'S FIRST THURSDAY BAND (RAY SKJELBRED, STEVE WRIGHT, DAVE BROWN, JAKE POWEL: December 6, 2012)2 comments

jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: Wherever there’s music like this — sweet, warm, hot, impassioned but restrained in its b … more →

Tags: Ideal Places, The Heroes Among Us, Jazz Titans, The Things We Love, the real thing, Swing You Cats!, mmmmmmmmmmmmm, Thanks-A-Million, Pay attention

Django Reinhardt: Great Gypsy Jazz3 comments

mcfar57 wrote 3 months ago: Django Reinhardt Powered by Oxford University Press. NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Django … more →

Tags: Musicians / Bands, Denton Jazz Connection, Jazz History, Denton Jazz Reviews, Django, django reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Hubert Rostaing, jazz

BLUE-BLOWING IN THE BLOGOSPHERE: ANDY SCHUMM HONORS THE MOUND CITY BLUE BLOWERS at WHITLEY BAY 2012

jazzlives wrote 4 months ago: During this set at the 2012 Whitley Bay Classic Jazz Party, it began to snow, but Andy Schumm and hi … more →

Tags: Ideal Places, The Heroes Among Us, Jazz Titans, The Things We Love, the real thing, Swing You Cats!, Thanks-A-Million, Pay attention, Irreplaceable


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