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PETRA and ANDY REWARD US
One of the many pleasures of the 2009 Jazz at Chautauqua was hearing Petra van Nuis and Andy Brown perform in front of a live audience, and I think the performance clips I’ve posted are solid ev… more →
JAZZ LIVES
PETRA and ANDY REWARD US
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jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: One of the many pleasures of the 2009 Jazz at Chautauqua was hearing Petra van Nuis and Andy Brown p … more →
"TOM-TOM, THE ELEVATOR BOY"
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jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: I admit that it is hardly a promising title. But I just stumbled upon this clip — the only vi … more →
Remembering Mr. & Mrs. Swing
BG wrote 3 months ago: When you look at the current music scene and see the various methods used to promote the performers, … more →
MICHAEL McQUAID'S GOOD WORKS
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jazzlives wrote 4 months ago: I was impressed by Michael McQuaid before I met him in person, which is always a pleasant state. A … more →
MARTY ELKINS: "IN ANOTHER LIFE"
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jazzlives wrote 6 months ago: When I get new jazz compact discs to review, a good percentage feature women jazz singers. I am sur … more →
NINA LEEN'S JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHS
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jazzlives wrote 6 months ago: I had never heard of Nina Leen until I found her wonderful photographs of jazz musicians printed in … more →
Bill Wells vs Judy Garland
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everetttrue wrote 7 months ago: In constant rotation on the borrowed CD-player at True Manors are Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Blind Bla … more →
HIS GRIEF, HIS ART: BEN WEBSTER, 1970
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jazzlives wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been listening to a new double-CD set of Ben Webster recordings assembled in honor of his … more →
Georgia on my mind...
thoughtprocessor wrote 8 months ago: I’ve been obsessed with 20’s – 30’s old jazz lately. Check out Mildred Baile … more →
LOVE AND THE BLUES, TWICE
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jazzlives wrote 9 months ago: Even though they have the most expressive faces imaginable, so many inspiring jazz players and singe … more →
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO PRAISE
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jazzlives wrote 11 months ago: My title is a slight distortion of a Willard Robison song that Mildred Bailey did beautifully, and i … more →
SONGBIRD IN THE MOONLIGHT
jazzlives wrote 11 months ago: During the Swing Era, it seemed that swinging women singers (the trade magazines called them “ … more →
GJON MILI'S 1943 JAM SESSION
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jazzlives wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to jazz scholar and old friend David Weiner, I encountered this glorious photograph two night … more →
CD OF THE MONTH (November 2008)
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jazzlives wrote 1 year ago: I’ve written approvingly of other issues on the Canadian Jazz Oracle label, originally the bel … more →
I, PODIUS
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jazzlives wrote 1 year ago: I didn’t want an iPod. There, I’ve said it. It must have been my perverse snobbery, my … more →
DAWN LAMBETH
jazzlives wrote 1 year ago: Dawn Lambeth, the quiet West Coast sensation, has just released her second CD, in the fine tradition … more →
MELISSA COLLARD
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jazzlives wrote 1 year ago: One of the great insiders of San Francisco jazz, Barb Hauser, wangled a copy of this CD for me a few … more →
