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SWEET AS A SONG: MISS CONNIE BOSWELL
My most recent eBay purchase — prewar, I assume, since Miss Boswell had not yet become Connee. Beautiful, no matter how she spelled it. Both the inscription and the signature look authentic, a… more →
JAZZ LIVES
SWEET AS A SONG: MISS CONNIE BOSWELL
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wrote 8 hours ago: My most recent eBay purchase — prewar, I assume, since Miss Boswell had not yet become Connee. … more →
DICK HYMAN, FRIENDS, and FAMILY, MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
wrote 11 hours ago: Dick Hyman not only makes beautiful surprising music on his own — as he has for sixty years … more →
FREE AND JOYOUS: TAMAR KORN AND FRIENDS at THE LOST CHURCH (June 8, 2013): GORDON AU, DENNIS LICHTMAN, CRAIG VENTRESCO, JARED ENGEL (Part One)
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wrote 1 day ago: Tamar Korn was a remarkable singer, musician, and presence when I first heard her some six years ago … more →
THE ODDS ARE ON OBJECTS
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wrote 1 day ago: Brendan Gill told the story in his book HERE AT THE NEW YORKER of handing a Roman coin to his fellow … more →
MUSIC FOR JUNE 16: "THANK YOUR FATHER"
wrote 2 days ago: From Ben Selvin, 1930, with surprises from Jack Teagarden (twice), Jimmy Dorsey, and a beautiful hot … more →
WHEN SWING BECOMES BLISS: ADVENTURES WITH ENGELBERT WROBEL and FRIENDS
wrote 3 days ago: The man smiling at you might not be a familiar sight, but he is a superb reed player named Engelbert … more →
URBANELY, WITH FEELING: HILARY GARDNER SINGS OF CITY LIVES (with EHUD ASHERIE) at SMALLS, April 7, 2013
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wrote 5 days ago: Hilary Gardner is not only a fine singer but she has an original turn of mind. She wouldn’t h … more →
MARTY AT THE MERMAID (Part Two), or CHESTNUT HILL CAPERS with DANNY TOBIAS, DAN BLOCK, ED WISE (May 17, 2013)
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wrote 1 week ago: “Worth a trip from anywhere!” was the tagline of a radio advertisement: I thought of it … more →
FORTY-FOUR CENTS ADMISSION, AND DINNER FROM A DOLLAR: FRANK NEWTON, VIC DICKENSON, FRANZ JACKSON, ARTHUR HERBERT and OTHER LUMINARIES (October 1942, Boston)
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wrote 1 week ago: In a radio interview with a very young Nat Hentoff, Newton said this was a very happy experience. A … more →
AN AFTERNOON WITH YAALA BALLIN (and PASQUALE GRASSO and JOHN LANG): May 19, 2013
wrote 1 week ago: It was a rainy Sunday afternoon in May — on the East Side of New York City — but Yaala B … more →
MAUD HIXSON, SINGER
wrote 1 week ago: I don’t mean my very simple title to be taken lightly. Many people sing. Very few of them ar … more →
MATT MUNISTERI, WESTWARD! (June 24, 2013)
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wrote 1 week ago: The ever-surprising guitarist, singer, composer Matt Munisteri is coming to California for his first … more →
JAZZ WALKED IN: DAN BLOCK, ED WISE, DANNY TOBIAS at THE MERMAID INN (May 17, 2013)
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wrote 1 week ago: Here’s a sweet surprise, courtesy of George Gershwin and improvisatory impulses that won … more →
SWEETLY INTIMATE SWING: MICHAEL GROH and NED BOYNTON at AMNESIA (June 2, 2013)
wrote 1 week ago: One of the pleasures of this 2013 California summer has been discovering this intimate, swinging duo … more →
A GATHERING OF GIANTS: LOUIS, SIDNEY, LIONEL, BUDDY and FRIENDS
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wrote 1 week ago: This photograph from the Burt Goldblatt collection was recently for sale on eBay. Sidney Catlett, L … more →
SISTER KALLY PRICE PREACHES THE SERMON and THE CONGREGATION (LEON OAKLEY, ROB REICH, JOHN WITTALA, STEVE APPLE) SAYS "AMEN!" at AMNESIA (June 2, 2013)
wrote 1 week ago: One of the delights of visiting the Bay Area is being able to hear and experience the delightfully i … more →
GYPSIES, CONTINUED: THE FAUX FRENCHMEN at JAZZ AT CHAUTAUQUA 2012
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wrote 2 weeks ago: JAZZ LIVES doesn’t always take requests, but after I’d written this about two impressive … more →
GYPSY JAZZ PLEASURES: "DJANGOLOGIE" and "SOME LIKE IT HOT CLUB"
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I have been fussy about modern re-enactments of “Gypsy jazz” in the past, but here are t … more →
THANK YOU, MARTY NAPOLEON -- CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY
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wrote 2 weeks ago: On Sunday, June 2, 2013, pianist /singer / composer / raconteur Marty Napoleon turns 92. He is stil … more →
