Blogs about: Roy Eldridge
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Live Jazz: Rick Braun Upstairs at Vitello’s
By Don Heckman Listening to Rick Braun perform at Vitello’s Thursday night, I was reminded of the long jazz history of trumpet players who also sing. Start with Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge and Dizz… more →
The International Review of Music
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 →
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy get Funky on "Quasi-Boogaloo"
wrote 2 months ago: Jazz Maturity:Where It’s Coming From Roy Eldridge is an amazing trumpeter, and a guy who more … more →
Catching up with the true Jazz Masters
wrote 2 months ago: National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2013 NEA Jazz Masters, Nation’s Highest Honor in … more →
THE REAL THING: JAMES DAPOGNY and his EAST COAST CHICAGOANS in CONCERT (Nov. 16, 2012)
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wrote 3 months ago: What follows is the video record of a rewarding evening I spent observing — and being uplifted … more →
Giants at Play: LIFE With Jazz Legends
wrote 3 months ago: LIFE photographer Gjon Mili (who also directed the classic 1944 short film, Jammin’ the Blues) … more →
18 January: Did you know?
wrote 1 year ago: Did you know that on this day in 1520 King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at … more →
Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge in Europe, 1949/1950
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wrote 1 year ago: After the Don Redman concerts in autumn 1946 nothing much happened in Switzerland in regard to moder … more →
LESTER YOUNG'S MESSAGE: "BLITZKRIEG BABY"
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wrote 1 year ago: This March 10, 1941 recording is not as well-known in the Lester Young canon as it should be. Singe … more →
Claude Bolling, Rampal, Lagoya - Picnic Suite
wrote 1 year ago: Claude Bolling, Rampal, Lagoya – Picnic Suite FLAC, EAC, LOG & CUE | Lossless Artwork | Si … more →
Norman Granz Jazz in Montreux Presents Roy Eldridge '77
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wrote 1 year ago: Roy Eldridge (1911-1989) was a jazz trumpeter who rose to fame during the Swing era, and whose caree … more →
Here, There & Everywhere: Rick Braun Sings
wrote 1 year ago: By Don Heckman When Rick Braun asked me to write the liner notes for his new album a few months ago, … more →
FOR ROY: ECHOES OF SWING and FRIENDS at ASCONA
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just been delighted by the Echoes of Swing disc called MESSAGE FROM MARS — the play … more →
Singing Trumpeters
wrote 1 year ago: During the Swing Era it seemed like all trumpet soloists were required to sing, whether they had muc … more →
#94 Radio Show, September 26, 2011 - Anita O'Day
wrote 1 year ago: Here’s this weeks show that featured the music of one of the most distinctive and charismatic singer … more →
JO JONES CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL (Oct. 2 -8, 2011) on WKCR-FM
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wrote 1 year ago: Jo Jones, Coleman Hawkins, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Sir Charles Thompson, Jimmy Woode … more →
Harlem History: Small's Paradise, 1925 (video)
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wrote 1 year ago: Opened in 1925 by Ed Small during a time of Prohibition, Small’s was a sort of hot and heavy s … more →
SWING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER: DAN LEVINSON, MARK SHANE, MOLLY RYAN, BANU GIBSON, JOHN REYNOLDS at SWEET AND HOT 2011
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wrote 1 year ago: Although I had heard them on record for some years, I first encountered reedman Dan Levinson and pia … more →
#92 Radio Show, September 12, 2011 - Jimmy Witherspoon
wrote 1 year ago: Here’s this weeks show that featured the music of one of the only singers who successfully straddled … more →
CLAP HANDS, HERE COMES CHARLIE BARNET WHO JOYFULLY PROCLAIMS: "THANKS FOR 50.000.000 HITS @ BREW LITE's JAZZ TALES!!!"
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wrote 3 months ago: … ??? …Say what? …Oopz, he certainly meant 50.000+ … Anyway, a big thanks al … more →
