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PLAY IT AGAIN, BOYS!
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 LIVES
PLAY IT AGAIN, BOYS!
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jazzlives wrote 2 days ago: Brought to you through the good offices of Rae Ann Berry, another brief trip to San Diego (November … more →
JIM GOODWIN, HOT MAN
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jazzlives wrote 3 days ago: The much-loved jazzman Jim Goodwin died this year just shy of his sixty-fifth birthday. I’ve … more →
PETER ECKLUND / BLUE SUITCASE (Dec. 9, 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 4 days ago: Good news! The very gifted (subtle, swinging, thoughtful . . . ) trumpeter / fluegelhornist / corne … more →
"THE DEAR BOY": BIXFEST 2010 (March 11-14)
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jazzlives wrote 4 days ago: First, “the dear boy” is what Louis Armstrong called Bix, writing about him in 1954. An … more →
THAT'S LIKE IT OUGHT TO BE
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jazzlives wrote 4 days ago: My title comes from a Jelly Roll Morton record from his great Victor period — but it’s a … more →
SOMETHING FOR LESTER
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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 →
DEEP FEELING: GILL SINGS CROSBY (Nov. 28, 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 5 days ago: John Gill — hot guitarist, banjoist, trombonist, singer — has a deep love and understand … more →
SWING with NEVILLE, HAL, and TOM!
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jazzlives wrote 5 days ago: NEVILLE is the splendid stride and swing pianist Neville Dickie. HAL is the swinging drummer Hal Smi … more →
A LITTLE JAM! (Nov. 29, 2009)
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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 →
"HOT" on SPRING STREET (Nov. 22, 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Last Sunday at The Ear Inn, November 22, 2009, the compact, eloquent quartet — The Ear Regular … more →
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR TERRY WALDO (Nov. 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Terry Waldo was a protege of Eubie Blake and continues to be a stomping pianist, an intriguing compo … more →
CHRIS DAWSON: STRIDE FOR CHRISTMAS!
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday I received my copy of pianist Chris Dawson’s first solo CD, STRIDIN’ THROUGH C … more →
SINGING PRETTY SONGS at The Ear Inn (Nov. 22, 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Jon-Erik Kellso already has a deep repertoire of songs, as listeners know. I was especially delight … more →
TEA WITH THE CARDS (Nov. 16, 2009)
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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 →
"A PRINCE OF A GUY"
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jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: MARIANNE MANGAN REMEMBERS LEROY “SAM” PARKINS A PRINCE OF A GUY Prequel: After spending … more →
SUNSET: LEROY "SAM" PARKINS
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jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: Leroy “Sam” Parkins, clarinetist, raconteur, and enthusiastic friend of this blog, died … more →
OH, "PLEASE"!
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jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: In honor of Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin, Bing Crosby, Adam Keller, John Gill, and Jon-Erik Kellso … more →
1959: JACK, BOBBY, GENE, KENNY
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jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: I don’t quite know how “Wolfgang’s Vault” tapped into the great store of rec … more →
AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT!
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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 →
