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MARIANNE MANGAN REMEMBERS LEROY “SAM” PARKINS A PRINCE OF A GUY Prequel: After spending a wonderful week in Israel (during which time he had, curiously or presciently, found the spot where… more →
JAZZ LIVES
"A PRINCE OF A GUY"
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jazzlives wrote 2 days 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 days ago: Leroy “Sam” Parkins, clarinetist, raconteur, and enthusiastic friend of this blog, died … more →
OH, "PLEASE"!
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jazzlives wrote 2 days 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 4 days 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 5 days ago: When Chris Dawson told me that he had recorded a solo piano album of Christmas music, inwardly I cri … more →
LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONGS (Nov. 15, 2009)
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jazzlives wrote 5 days ago: Sunday night at The Ear Inn, the performances that moved me the most were three love songs — i … more →
GO WEST! GET HOT!
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: It might be a New Yorker’s prejudice, but I don’t associate hot jazz with Arizona. In t … more →
JAZZ MERITOCRACY. GONE?
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: No, it’s not a Jimmie Lunceford original. But I just read a newspaper profile by Rachel Swan … more →
FLASHES of BIX / "FLASHES" for BIX
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: Many YouTube videos of jazz performances are exuberant hot music, nearly violent in their emotional … more →
"WE'RE ONLY HERE TO HAVE FUN"
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: I celebrate Flemming Thorbye again for sharing this clip from Danish television (October 2008). In … more →
DARK RAPTURE (AT THE EAR INN)
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jazzlives wrote 1 week ago: My title comes from a 1939 Count Basie Decca record featuring sweet Helen Humes, wondrous Lester You … more →
AT PLAY, WORKING HARD
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jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: Randy Sandke Photographer John Herr captured some fascinating portraits at the October 2009 concert … more →
CHRIS DAWSON, SWING MASTER
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jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: I don’t use those words lightly. If you’ve never heard Chris play, go immediately to th … more →
TENOR MADNESS (Hanna, Phil, and Tom)
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jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: If you saw the title and assumed that this was a Sonny Rollins tribute band, get that thought right … more →
THE SPIRIT OF LOUIS, 2009
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jazzlives wrote 2 weeks ago: Deep thanks to my fellow jazz cinematographer, Flemming Thorbye — http://www.thorbye.net … more →
MR. TOBIAS COMES ON!
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jazzlives wrote 3 weeks ago: THE BRONZE MESSENGER, by Ericka Midiri I’m very happy to report that cornetist Danny Tobias ha … more →
MONK, KNOWN AT LAST
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jazzlives wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m only up to page 138 — which is the year 1948 — in Robin D.G. Kelley’s mo … more →
PERFECT YOUR SWING!
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jazzlives wrote 3 weeks ago: When Dan Barrett was in New York City — playing exquisitely — he offered me a flyer for … more →
CHARLES PETERSON'S GENEROUS ART, 1942
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jazzlives wrote 3 weeks ago: The photographs Charles Peterson took offer magic windows into places and emotions we would otherwis … more →
