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SUNSET: LEROY "SAM" PARKINS
Leroy “Sam” Parkins, clarinetist, raconteur, and enthusiastic friend of this blog, died in Israel on November 18, 2009: he was 83. Sam loved beautiful photographs, so I offer this sunset,… more →
JAZZ LIVES
SUNSET: LEROY "SAM" PARKINS
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Leroy “Sam” Parkins, clarinetist, raconteur, and enthusiastic friend of this blog, died … more →
GO WEST! GET HOT!
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jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: It might be a New Yorker’s prejudice, but I don’t associate hot jazz with Arizona. In t … more →
JAM WITH DAN! (October 16, 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: DAN BARRETT’S EAST COAST TOUR (Part Three) This installment in the Barrett Chronicles 2009 tak … more →
LOOK WHO'S IN TOWN!
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jazzlives wrote 2 months ago: Dan Barrett, trombonist, cornetist, bandleader, arranger, composer, singer, musical sparkplug (and o … more →
NOW, WE'RE GETTING WARM!
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jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: I hope readers have not wearied of my chronicles of jazz-shopping . . . but another chapter took me … 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 →
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 →
PAPER EPHEMERA, CONTINUED
jazzlives wrote 5 months ago: Drummer and jazz scholar Kevin Dorn and I were discussing these historical drum ads at Birdland last … more →
LORNA SASS'S JAZZ PORTRAITS (June 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 5 months ago: People know Lorna Sass’s brilliant photographs of Sicilian wildflowers, Utah rock formations, … more →
THE JAZZ CORNUCOPIA
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jazzlives wrote 6 months ago: “Feast or famine,” my mother used to say. Looks like Wednesday and Thursday, May 6 and 7 … more →
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGE, IN ADVANCE!
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jazzlives wrote 8 months ago: The photograph on the right was taken more than a half-century ago, in the Columbia studios, where L … more →
MORE BIRDLAND BLISS (March 4, 2009)
jazzlives wrote 8 months ago: The heroes return: David Ostwald (tuba), Jon-Erik Kellso (trumpet), Dion Tucker (trombone), Anat Coh … more →
LOUIS ARMSTRONG CENTENNIAL BAND, MARCH 4, 2009
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jazzlives wrote 8 months ago: What do you get when you put David Ostwald, Jon-Erik Kellso, Dion Tucker, Anat Cohen, Mark Shane, an … more →
VAUDEVILLE / JAZZ MIGHT CURE EVERYTHING
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jazzlives wrote 8 months ago: Gelber & Manning in ‘Vaudeville’ Every Friday and Saturday!!!! Dear Friends, The 192 … more →
BARBARA ROSENE at IRIDIUM, February 17, 2009: SWEET, HOT, and SOULFUL!
jazzlives wrote 9 months ago: I first heard Barbara Rosene sing on a compact disc — the 2003 Stomp Off “Ev’rythi … more →
SHE CAME, SHE SANG, SHE SWUNG!
jazzlives wrote 9 months ago: I know that it’s not an exact translation from the Latin axiom — but it sums up what Daw … more →
WHAT THE GROUNDHOG WHISPERED: A VIGNETTE
jazzlives wrote 9 months ago: In case you weren’t paying close attention, last Monday was Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil c … more →
BARBARA ROSENE KNOWS HOW
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jazzlives wrote 10 months ago: I was reading the February issue of Jazz Improv NY and saw, to my delight, that editor Eric Neumeyer … more →
Vermont should let entrepreneurs succeed or fail on their own
jtkheiry wrote 10 months ago: Vermont’s Employment Growth Incentive (VEGI) program is designed to provide financial support … more →
