Found on eBay! I see Eddie, Pee Wee, Bobby Hackett, George Wettling, Bud Freeman, Wild Bill Davison, George Brunis, and other brilliant stars shining in the jazz firmament or simply sitting in on a T… more →
JAZZ LIVESwrote 10 hours ago: Found on eBay! I see Eddie, Pee Wee, Bobby Hackett, George Wettling, Bud Freeman, Wild Bill Davison … more →
wrote 12 hours ago: Although Wolfgang’s Vault (www.wolfgangsvault.com), that surprising online cornucopia, offers … more →
wrote 23 hours ago: From the Joe Bushkin website — www.joebushkin.com — a galaxy of stars, seated in a club: … more →
wrote 1 day ago: I don’t exactly know the source of the videos below — except that they’ve been pos … more →
wrote 2 days ago: My readers will catch the reference in the title to one of the great recordings of the early LP era … more →
wrote 6 days ago: From Bill Haesler, the Australian jazz scholar, and courtesy of Denis King, I learned that Harry Oak … more →
wrote 6 days ago: There’s a Stephen Sondheim song — BOUNCE — from the musical of the same name. I h … more →
wrote 6 days ago: When you have a blog — this one or any other kind — you find out the words and phrases t … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Who knew that the ethereally gutty Ms. Korn, an irreplaceable singer, was also a nifty photographer? … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Three clips from a vanished era — when movies were introduced by black-and-white newsreels (an … more →
wrote 1 week ago: That title isn’t to be taken lightly, for several times last night when The Ear Regulars (with … more →
wrote 1 week ago: This biography of Sidney Catlett comes directly from http://www.jazzandroots.com/big-sid-catlett.ht … more →
wrote 1 week ago: The Beloved and I made our way uptown on a very cold Friday night (January 29, 2010) to Roth’s … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Ten inches square (or in diameter) in fact. Often of late I have noted jazz treasures for sale on eB … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Living on the East Coast, I only knew about the Reynolds Brothers (that’s Ralf on washboard; J … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Thanks to Enrico Borsetti, who pointed me in this direction, here are two versions of FROM MONDAY ON … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Django Reinhardt in peak form, captured on film with Stephane Grappelli and the rest of the Hot Club … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Excerpts from his piece, “JAZZ IS DEAD. LONG LIVE JAZZ.” (From NEWSWEEK, Dec 21, 2009. … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: I have a problem. Having posted an excerpt from the short film by Walt Roesner and the Capitolians, … more →