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SWING with NEVILLE, HAL, and TOM!
NEVILLE is the splendid stride and swing pianist Neville Dickie. HAL is the swinging drummer Hal Smith. And TOM is Tom Warner — dedicated videographer who caught them at the 2009 West Coast Ragt… more →
JAZZ LIVES
SWING with NEVILLE, HAL, and TOM!
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jazzlives wrote 4 days ago: NEVILLE is the splendid stride and swing pianist Neville Dickie. HAL is the swinging drummer Hal Smi … more →
DARK RAPTURE (AT THE EAR INN)
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jazzlives wrote 3 weeks ago: My title comes from a 1939 Count Basie Decca record featuring sweet Helen Humes, wondrous Lester You … more →
A NIGHT AT THE EMBERS
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jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: Although I keep muttering to myself, “I really don’t like jazz violin all that much, … more →
ONE LAST LOOK, PERHAPS?
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jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: In the great stories, looking back over your shoulder is emotionally understandable. But it often e … more →
SIGN IN, PLEASE
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jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: At the risk of turning JAZZ LIVES into a blog wholly devoted to jazz “paper ephemera,” I … more →
JON-ERIK LEADS THE BAND (Sept. 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: Over the past five years, Jon-Erik Kellso is the musician I’ve had the most frequent opportuni … more →
INSPIRED ABANDON! (Thanks to Dan Barrett)
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jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: DAN BARRETT’S NEW YORK CITY TOUR, Part One Thursday, October 15, 2009, was a depressing night … more →
ANDY SCHUMM and FRIENDS! (Sept. 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 2 months ago: I don’t think I have to praise young Mr. Schumm in this post — the video clips I’v … more →
MORTON'S LAW
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jazzlives wrote 2 months ago: “Jazz music is to be played sweet. Soft, plenty rhythm. When you have your plenty rhythm wi … more →
EDDIE LOCKE (1930-2009)
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jazzlives wrote 2 months ago: The great players of a certain generation are leaving us in body, although what remains in sound and … more →
AUTUMN SERENADES
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jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: AB FABLE ABCD1-022 JOE BUSHKIN AND STUFF SMITH Live Embers 1964 and c.1966 Violin Solos Released for … more →
CHRIS ALBERTSON'S NEW BLOG
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jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: http://stomp-off.blogspot.com/2009/08/chris-albertson-credits-artistdirect.html If Chris Albertson … more →
From "INFINITE PLAYLIST," by Alex Ross
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jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: From The New Yorker, August 10/17. 2009: For a century or so, the life of a home listener was simpl … more →
NOT SO NICE, 2009
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jazzlives wrote 4 months ago: World traveler Bill Gallagher sent along his photograph of the latest Nice Jazz Festival lineup: Som … more →
LOVELY TO LOOK AT
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jazzlives wrote 4 months ago: People who have never held an original 78 rpm recording from the great jazz past might not understan … more →
NICK WARD: PERCUSSION'S KNIGHT
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jazzlives wrote 4 months ago: I had heard the British jazz drummer Nick Ward on several compact discs before visiting the most rec … more →
TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS!
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jazzlives wrote 5 months ago: As a characteristically generous response to my post on the trumpeter Joe Thomas, my longtime friend … more →
BENNY VISITS "AVALON"
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jazzlives wrote 6 months ago: In the last few days I’ve been listening to the Benny Goodman Festival being broadcast on WKCR … more →
Christian Books: Amazon Versus Christian Bookshops
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Dave Faulkner wrote 6 months ago: I’ve decided to draft a few thoughts after Phil Groom’s comment and pingback on the last … more →
