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• Rose City Swing Presents Holiday Affair VIII this Saturday!

  
  Blog Out - Just Out Newspaper — Authority: 144
  Jonesin’ for a venue to groove and swing to the timeless tunes of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and more? Free this Saturday, December 5th from 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.? Then we’re gonna have to ask you to get your jumpin’, [...]
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• SOMETHING FOR LESTER

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 131
  Lester Young was born in 1909 and died before he reached fifty, so when we celebrate his hundredth birthday, it is with the wonder that he existed at all — and the sadness that his feelings were often “bruised,” to use his evocative word. Just recently (Nov. 27, 2009) the drummer and swing master Hal Smith ...
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• Died On This Date (November 24, 1985) Big Joe Turner

  
  The Music's Over — 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 [...]
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• Died On This Date (November 23, 2001) O.C. Smith

  
  The Music's Over — Authority: 143
  Ocia SmithJune 21, 1932 – November 23, 2001O.C. Smith was an R&B and jazz vocalist whose recording career began with a cover of Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” in 1955.  In 1961, Smith was hired by Count Basie to sing lead in his band.  He did so until 1965.  Smith continued to perform and record on ...
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• Confirmation: Weekly News & Notes

  
  Plastic Sax — Authority: 460
  *The Majestic Steakhouse has reopened! Id love to celebrate this great news by integrating their jazz bookings into my Kansas City Jazz Calendar , but the downtown venues entertainment schedule seems to be a secret. *Did you know that the Count Basie Orchestra released a new album in August? I didnt either. Heres ...
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• 27 Live Recordings From The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival

  
  Graham English Official Site — Authority: 110
  Here’s a few of the musicians you can listen to: Count Basie & His Orchestra , Dizzy Gillespie , The Modern Jazz Quartet , Oscar Peterson Trio and Thelonious Monk . Registration is required but it’s oh so worth it. The New York Times has the backstory of how these recordings ended up at Wolfgang’s ...
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• Live Recordings from the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 740
  27 live recordings from the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival can be streamed for free at Wolfgangs Vault. Heres a few of the musicians you can listen to: Count Basie & His Orchestra , Dizzy Gillespie , The Modern Jazz Quartet , Oscar Peterson Trio and Thelonious Monk . Registration is required but its oh so worth ...
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• Died On This Date (November 13, 1996) Bill Doggett

  
  The Music's Over — Authority: 143
  Bill DoggettFebruary 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996Bill Doggett was a respected Jazz and R&B keyboardist who came to prominence in the late ’30s.  During the early part of his career, he played for the Ink Spots and Louis Jordan.  During the ’50s, Doggett formed his own band with whom he recorded a few hits, ...
  3 weeks ago

• JAZZ TREASURES IN CYBERSPACE

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 131
  I spend more than enough time in front of the computer (my neck can testify to this) but I’ve recently encountered two websites that might prove promising for jazz fanciers.  One, Wolfgang’s Vault, initially awakened all my snobbery: lips that touch Black Sabbath will never touch mine.  And I’m not terribly ...
  3 weeks ago

• 1959 Newport Jazz Festival

  
  Potrzebie — Authority: 411
  Streaming of the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival begins today with Joe Williams, Count Basie, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross! For previous LH&R posts here, click on "vocalese" in the labels below. Just as the Basie set had built to an ecstatic peak, Williams introduces special guests Lambert, Hendricks and ...
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• DARK RAPTURE (AT THE EAR INN)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 131
  My title comes from a 1939 Count Basie Decca record featuring sweet Helen Humes, wondrous Lester Young, odd lyrics, and a difficult arrangement that Jo Jones said that gave the band trouble.  But this post is about the DARK RAPTURE found Sunday nights at the Ear Inn (326 Spring Street, 8-11 PM) when Jon-Erik ...
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• Todd Schefflin Performs With Frank Wess: 11/08/09

  
  Knickerbocker Village — Authority: 136
  Todd, pictured on the left above, performed with the great Frank Wess at William Patterson College. Saxophonist/flutist Frank Wess, a longtime featured soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra for more than a decade, brings his powerful solo voice and his well-known arrangements to the stage as he joins forces with ...
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• THE ELUSIVE MR. WILSON

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 131
  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 ...
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• Jump Jump Jump

  
  SqueezeMyLemon — Authority: 435
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