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ON THE JAZZ TRAIN, MIRACULOUSLY, WITH GEORGE WEIN’S NEWPORT JAZZ ALL-STARS (April 17-19, 1961): RUBY BRAFF, VIC DICKENSON, PEE WEE RUSSELL, JIMMY WOODE, BUZZY DROOTIN
Thanks to the indefatigable Franz Hoffmann, this treasure! Twenty-four minutes and thirty-five seconds of live music (and rare conversation) recorded between April 17 and 19, 1961, in Baden-Baden, Ge… more →
JAZZ LIVES
Louis Armstrong: Good Evening Ev'rybody
wrote 3 weeks ago: Though not Jazz Fest NOLA this must rate one of the greatest performances ever captured on film. Two … more →
Louis Armstrong Never Got It Wrong - Part 2 of 4
wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been meditating on Pops lately for a variety of reasons. I’ve been watching a wonde … more →
JVC Jazz Festival review (JazzTimes, September 1987)
wrote 1 month ago: April is Jazz Appreciation Month! In honor of which, every day during this month I will dig into the … more →
2013 Saratoga Jazz Festival Offers a Week's Worth of Music over June 29-30 Weekend
wrote 1 month ago: Tony Bennet is a Saratoga headliner. Photo by Dion Beebe The Wonders of the 2013 Saratoga Jazz Festi … more →
ON THE JAZZ TRAIN, MIRACULOUSLY, WITH GEORGE WEIN'S NEWPORT JAZZ ALL-STARS (April 17-19, 1961): RUBY BRAFF, VIC DICKENSON, PEE WEE RUSSELL, JIMMY WOODE, BUZZY DROOTIN
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wrote 1 month ago: Thanks to the indefatigable Franz Hoffmann, this treasure! Twenty-four minutes and thirty-five seco … more →
Harlem's Thelma Golden At The Museum of Modern Art Honor Of Spike Lee
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wrote 5 months ago: The Studio Museum’s Thelma Golden, Paper magazine’s Kim Hastreiter, and Joshua Siegel, A … more →
Manager: Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck dies.
wrote 5 months ago: Enlarge GalleryDave Brubeck sits next to a piano in Monterey, California, in this file image from Se … more →
St. Peter and 57th Street on Sale NOW!
wrote 7 months ago: Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Live at Carnegie Hall album: St. Peter & 57th St. (Released Septem … more →
HARRY ALLEN AND FRIENDS SWING OUT: The Fourth Set at Feinstein's (June 10, 2012)
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wrote 10 months ago: For the closing set at Feinstein’s at the Regency on Sunday, June 10, 2012, Harry Allen and hi … more →
SUNDAY, MONDAY, and ALWAYS: THE HARRY ALLEN QUARTET at FEINSTEIN'S: The First Set (June 10, 2012)
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wrote 11 months ago: Harry Allen is one of those rare musicians who needs only his horn to get something started — … more →
A Great Night In Harlem - The 11th Annual
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wrote 1 year ago: This Thursday night on May 17th the 11th Annual “A Great Night In Harlem” concert will b … more →
A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO CELEBRATE MISS BARBARA LEA (April 16, 2012)
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wrote 1 year ago: We miss Barbara Lea, who died at the end of 2011. Her dear friend Jeanie Wilson has planned a memori … more →
August 3,4 & 5 2012 - Newport Jazz Festival
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wrote 1 year ago: Fort Adams State Park, site of the Newport Jazz Festival (Photo credit: leewrightonflickr) The lineu … more →
Book Review: Myself Among Others, by George Wein
wrote 1 year ago: ‘One of the Nicer Guys’: Jazz Legend Riffs on Life (Originally published August 22, 2003, The … more →
A master of subtlety, cabaret singer Barbara Lea, 82, found a second life in acting
wrote 1 year ago: RALEIGH, N.C. – Barbara Lea, a jazz-influenced cabaret singer known for an intense fealty to w … more →
THE WORD FOR THAT IS "STYLE": JO JONES and HIS MAGIC HI-HAT, July 7, 1973
wrote 1 year ago: It’s not how much equipment you have, it’s what you do with it. Ida Cox knew this, so d … more →
EXCLUSIVE: The Andover Shop Pops Up in Newport
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wrote 1 year ago: When I heard The Andover Shop was expanding to Newport recently, I did a double-take. “THE Andover S … more →
Lourdes Delgado's Photos Reveal an Intimate Side of the NYC Jazz World
wrote 1 year ago: This is how the other half lives. Lourdes Delgado’s photographs currently on display at the In … more →
David Goloshchokin talking about jazz during Soviet times
wrote 1 year ago: David Goloshchokin, musician, professor and Artistic Director of Jazz Philharmonic Hall, talks about … more →
