Brought to you through the good offices of Rae Ann Berry, another brief trip to San Diego (November 27, 2009) to visit with the Yerba Buena Stompers. Make yourself to home. Coffee? Campari? Seltzer… more →
JAZZ LIVESjazzlives wrote 2 days ago: Brought to you through the good offices of Rae Ann Berry, another brief trip to San Diego (November … more →
jazzlives wrote 3 days ago: The much-loved jazzman Jim Goodwin died this year just shy of his sixty-fifth birthday. I’ve … more →
jazzlives wrote 4 days ago: Good news! The very gifted (subtle, swinging, thoughtful . . . ) trumpeter / fluegelhornist / corne … more →
jazzlives wrote 4 days ago: First, “the dear boy” is what Louis Armstrong called Bix, writing about him in 1954. An … more →
jazzlives wrote 4 days ago: My title comes from a Jelly Roll Morton record from his great Victor period — but it’s a … more →
jazzlives wrote 4 days ago: Lester Young was born in 1909 and died before he reached fifty, so when we celebrate his hundredth b … more →
jazzlives wrote 5 days ago: John Gill — hot guitarist, banjoist, trombonist, singer — has a deep love and understand … more →
jazzlives wrote 5 days ago: NEVILLE is the splendid stride and swing pianist Neville Dickie. HAL is the swinging drummer Hal Smi … more →
jazzlives wrote 5 days ago: I remember that once an interviewer, trying to find out whether Ruby Braff was playing a cornet or a … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Last Sunday at The Ear Inn, November 22, 2009, the compact, eloquent quartet — The Ear Regular … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Terry Waldo was a protege of Eubie Blake and continues to be a stomping pianist, an intriguing compo … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday I received my copy of pianist Chris Dawson’s first solo CD, STRIDIN’ THROUGH C … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Jon-Erik Kellso already has a deep repertoire of songs, as listeners know. I was especially delight … more →
jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: As I’ve written, the downtown haunt Banjo Jim’s (Avenue C and 9th Street) in New York Ci … more →
jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: MARIANNE MANGAN REMEMBERS LEROY “SAM” PARKINS A PRINCE OF A GUY Prequel: After spending … more →
jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: Leroy “Sam” Parkins, clarinetist, raconteur, and enthusiastic friend of this blog, died … more →
jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: In honor of Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin, Bing Crosby, Adam Keller, John Gill, and Jon-Erik Kellso … more →
jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: I don’t quite know how “Wolfgang’s Vault” tapped into the great store of rec … more →
jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: When Chris Dawson told me that he had recorded a solo piano album of Christmas music, inwardly I cri … more →