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RIP, Joe Morello (March 12, 2011) Jazz Drummer For Dave Brubeck
Joe Morello July 17, 1928 – March 12, 2011 Joe Morello was a world renowned jazz drummer who is perhaps best remembered for his 12-year run with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Born in Springfield, M… more →
The Music's Over
Picks of the Week: Mar. 27 – 31.
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wrote 1 month ago: By Don Heckman Los Angeles Sascha’s Bloc Band - Mar. 27. (Wed.) Sascha’s Bloc. A gifted grou … more →
Stan Kenton - Live From Dayton, Ohio - 1952 - Past Daily Downbeat.
wrote 2 months ago: Stan Kenton – resuscitated the flagging Big Band genre in the early 1950s. Click on the link h … more →
One night in Berlin
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wrote 2 months ago: At the start of the film of the Berlin concert which forms a bonus DVD to three audio CDs of the rec … more →
As a pre-Christmas gift, an update of one of my most viewed articles: ALL 'ROUND CHEROKEE
wrote 5 months ago: Dear folks – It’s the day before Christmas Eve, which is one of the coziest evenings, es … more →
Feeling Like an Old Hippie Today!
wrote 5 months ago: And that’ll be just alright with me. What would you expect? I cannot deny my citizenship in “Woodsto … more →
EXTRA UPDATE: BIRD 'n' DIZ, Or: Why it didn't work no more. -- Two 'Live' Sets from New York's Carnegie Hall (1952) & from Portland's Civic Auditorium (1954)
wrote 5 months ago: This is an extra update to my article from November 17 on Lee Konitz’s brilliant solo features … more →
Boyd Raeburn - 1944 - Nights At The Roundtable
wrote 6 months ago: Boyd Raeburn – one of that crop of 1940′s upstarts who laid the foundations for Modern J … more →
Live Jazz: The Bill Holman Big Band Upstairs at Vitello's
wrote 6 months ago: By Don Heckman Bill Holman and his big band made one of their rare but always welcome Southland appe … more →
The Record Collection
wrote 7 months ago: ***** The Ultimate Jazz Archive: Set 37 ***** Membran Music ***** 37-1: Duke Ellington (1941-47) Tra … more →
Sounds on a Mellow Rainy Evening
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#3 Stan Kenton plays Bob Graettinger - City of Glass/ This Modern World
wrote 7 months ago: Stanley Newcomb “Stan” Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was a pianist, compo … more →
Jazz Improvisation
wrote 7 months ago: I really should have minored in music at school. I don’t know many music hours I took … more →
New Vinyl- Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012.
wrote 8 months ago: I really love to collect vinyl records and the cheaper I can get them the better. I spent the first … more →
Saturday Matinee - Good, Bad & the Ugly Showdown, Wildebeest, Iron Butterfly, Stan Kenton, Bunny Berigan & Jimmy Dorsey
wrote 8 months ago: Aside from the more serious rhetorical oratory of the GOP Convention (previously discussed on The Bl … more →
Live Jazz: The Duke Ellington Orchestra and the Stan Centennial Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl
wrote 9 months ago: By Don Heckman It was big band night on Wednesday’s jazz program at the Hollywood Bowl. And one cou … more →
Picks of the Week: Aug. 7 – 12
wrote 9 months ago: By Don Heckman Los Angeles - Aug. 7. (Tues.) Yo Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel. Two of the most charism … more →
The Full "Faster, Higher, Stronger" Catastrophe - 28th July 2012
wrote 9 months ago: Hosted & posted by Andy Bell & Hikaru Freeman The flame was burning bright, the rings were … more →
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
wrote 10 months ago: “Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer,” is a 91-minute film dating from 2007, directed by Robbie C … more →
UNT Jazz Winds Workshop (Saxophone, trumpet and trombone) - July 9-14, 2012
wrote 10 months ago: From University of North Texas Jazz Studies Website http://jazz.unt.edu/workshops The UNT Jazz Winds … more →
