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JOE RUSHTON’S JAZZ HOME MOVIES, 1943: HERBIE HAYMER, JIMMY McPARTLAND, MIFF MOLE, BILL PRIESTLEY, AND A FEW OTHER LUMINARIES
Joe Rushton was an eminent bass saxophonist and clarinetist. You can hear him on a variety of recordings — perhaps most often with Red Nichols’ later Pennies. But he also owned a home mov… more →
JAZZ LIVES
JOE RUSHTON'S JAZZ HOME MOVIES, 1943: HERBIE HAYMER, JIMMY McPARTLAND, MIFF MOLE, BILL PRIESTLEY, AND A FEW OTHER LUMINARIES
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Joe Rushton was an eminent bass saxophonist and clarinetist. You can hear him on a variety of recor … more →
Finding Bill Moore
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Bill Moore. The name seems like a joke on itself, a homophone inviting literally “more” to be said a … more →
Tuesday Tunes Day - The Letter "N" Edition
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wrote 1 month ago: Tsk, tsk, tsk! How could I forget it’s Tuesday Tunes Day?! Well, stretching this a bit to shar … more →
Saturday Matinee - Pete Candoli & Red Nichols & Al Hirt; Scott Biram, B.B. Chung King and Leon Redbone
wrote 3 months ago: Red Nichols, Pete Candoli & Al Hirt playing “Hot Lips.” If that video wasn’t s … more →
How (Not) To Listen To Early Jazz
wrote 5 months ago: All About Jazz has been very supportive of prewar jazz coverage, so I’m thrilled to see my column pu … more →
"DO SOMETHING, PLEASE!": ANDY SCHUMM, MARTY GROSZ, JOHN SHERIDAN, FRANK TATE, RICKY MALICHI at JAZZ at CHAUTAUQUA (Sept. 21, 2012)
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wrote 6 months ago: As good a group as you’ll hear . . . everyone pointed in the same direction, playing solid so … more →
The Crap of the Cream: A Jazz and Classical Lover's Apology for Being a Musical Simpleton
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wrote 6 months ago: This is meant to be the first part of a series of posts dealing with several topics that this writer … more →
What's In a Name...Not Much, Really
wrote 6 months ago: When Charles Mingus was recording for Impulse, recording staff had to practically beg the bassist an … more →
Friday's Playlist (August 3) • Red Nichols
wrote 9 months ago: Download: cr-charlestonback.mp3 // WITH THE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS: I’m Gonna Charleston Back to … more →
Red Nichols: The Grand-Uncle of Cool
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wrote 1 year ago: Cool jazz is usually assumed to have been a reaction to bebop that first appeared in the late fortie … more →
Red & Miff's Edison Records: What a Difference a Take Makes!
wrote 1 year ago: Most collectors know that Edison required three acceptable Diamond Disc takes per selection, and oft … more →
It Runs in the Music
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wrote 1 year ago: He Just Never Heard "West End Blues" The question, “How did you come up with a blog about … more →
MAURO PORRO'S PICCADILLY PLAYERS HONOR THE RHYTHMIC EIGHT at the 2011 WHITLEY BAY CLASSIC JAZZ PARTY (thanks to Elin Smith and Flemming Thorbye)
wrote 1 year ago: I suspect that the Rhythmic Eight is far better known to listeners in the United Kingdom than in the … more →
A Song By Any Other Name: The Right Amount of "Deep Henderson"
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wrote 1 year ago: “Deep Henderson” illustrates one pop tune that became just popular enough. Tom Lord’s Jazz Discograp … more →
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?
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wrote 1 year ago: I don’t celebrate Christmas, but this picture embodies what it might mean at its highest … more →
Happy Holidays and the Best of All Possible Worlds from Adrian Rollini
wrote 1 year ago: Holiday greetings bring holiday music, usually following one of those other, earlier holidays (this … more →
Glenn Miller Gets Down with His Bad Trombone Playing
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wrote 1 year ago: "Y'know, I can PLAY this thing too!" Despite the best efforts of movie soundtracks, w … more →
Nic in Fight: Jazz, "Jazz" and Nicholas Payton as the Savior of Archaic Pop
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wrote 1 year ago: Nicholas Payton Hates the Word "Jazz" Applied to His Music, and So Did Paul Whiteman Trump … more →
Why So Serious?
wrote 1 year ago: When did “protest” and “serious” become such an easy rhyme? Isn’t laughter, rather than anger, in th … more →
