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  • Died On This Date (November 24, 1985) Big Joe Turner


    The Music's Over — Authority Authority: 143
    Big Joe TurnerMay 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985Big Joe Turner was a jump blues singer who has been rightfully called “The Boss of the Blues.”  He is also considered to be one of the direct influences on early rock ‘n roll.  Turner’s career began during the 1920s as a singing bartender in around his [...]
    1 week ago

  • Art Tatum Never Sweated, and So, Wasnt Loved


    Readuponit: Travel and voracious reading — Authority Authority: 131
    Art Tatum is a childhood memory, his piano playing was always a part of my dads very important music collection. Music experts consider Tatum to be the most admired jazz pianist who ever lived. In yesterdays WSJ, Terry Teachout discussed just what it is that makes someone memorable, famous and loved...and its not ...
    2 weeks ago

  • THE VANGUARD SESSIONS


    Jazz Lives — Authority Authority: 130
    Between 1953 and 1957, John Hammond supervised a series of record dates for the Vanguard label.  I first heard one of those records — the second volume of the THE VIC DICKENSON SHOWCASE — at my local library in the late Sixties, and fell in love.  The Vanguard sessions featured Ruby Braff, Shad Collins, Buck ...
    2 weeks ago

  • THE ELUSIVE MR. WILSON


    Jazz Lives — Authority Authority: 130
    Although I have tried to hear all the recordings Teddy Wilson ever made over more than half a century, the man himself was harder to find.  True, I did hear him in person several times at Newport Jazz Festival concerts in New York City, once at the Highlights in Jazz concert series, at The New School (alongside ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Died On This Date (November 5, 1956) Art Tatum / Jazz Great


    The Music's Over — Authority Authority: 143
    Art TatumOctober 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956Even though he was mostly blind, Art Tatum was one of jazz’s greatest pianists.  Tatum was considered a child prodigy and was able to pick up the fine art of piano playing by copying what he heard on the radio or player-piano rolls.  As a child with perfect [...]
    3 weeks ago

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