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• SOMETHING FOR LESTER

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 130
  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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• [Fine And Mellow] 1944 Billie Holiday

  
  Travel, Travel Vacations, Travel City, European Travel and more Informations — Authority: 444
  Fine And Mellow -1957, Billie Holiday With Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge.Luxury cast.thanks:bluerob.
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• Billie Holiday – Fine and Mellow (1957)

  
  Travel, Travel Vacations, Travel City, European Travel and more Informations — Authority: 444
  Reunited after many years with tenor saxophonist Lester Young, Billie’s visual reaction to his moving solo remains as eloquent as anything she ever sang; a touching finale to their historic musical partnership. Introduced by Robert Herridge (producer/host of CBS’ “The Sound of Jazz”), this is perhaps the ...
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• “HOT” on SPRING STREET (Nov. 22, 2009)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 130
  Last Sunday at The Ear Inn, November 22, 2009, the compact, eloquent quartet — The Ear Regulars or the Earregulars, depending on what region you come from — performed two lovely Ralph Rainger ballads, PLEASE and WITH EVERY BREATH I TAKE.   (In case you are new to this scene, The Ear Inn is at 326 Spring Street ...
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• SINGING PRETTY SONGS at The Ear Inn (Nov. 22, 2009)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 130
  Jon-Erik Kellso already has a deep repertoire of songs, as listeners know.  I was especially delighted when he decided to add Ralph Rainger’s PLEASE to his list, which he did last Sunday night (November 22, 2009) at the Ear Inn.  The EarRegulars were an especially compatible quartet: Jon-Erik on trumpet, Matt ...
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• LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONGS (Nov. 15, 2009)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 130
  Sunday night at The Ear Inn, the performances that moved me the most were three love songs — interspersed with up-tempo romps on I NEVER KNEW, LINGER AWHILE, WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS, and THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE.  The EarRegulars were Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet and moral guidance; Mark Lopeman, ...
  3 weeks ago

• DARK RAPTURE (AT THE EAR INN)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 130
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• THE ELUSIVE MR. WILSON

  
  Jazz Lives — 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 ...
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• Round Midnight

  
  dk presents... — Authority: 127
  This 1986 film stars Dexter Gordon as fictional jazz saxophonist Dale Turner, a hopeless alcoholic who makes beautiful music in Paris and New York City during the 1950’s – when he’s not busy drinking himself into a stupor. Turner’s character was a composite of the troubled lives of Lester Young and Bud Powell. ...
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• Hats Off

  
  For The Sake Of The Song — Authority: 117
  "When Charlie speaks of Lester, you know someone great has gone... The sweetest swingin´ music man, had a Porkie Pig hat on..." Here´s three versions of Goodbye Pork Pie Hat , the immortal ´59 tribute to recently deceased tenor great Lester ´Pres´ Young by ´angry man of jazz´ Charles Mingus. The bassist´s ...
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• PETRA and ANDY REWARD US

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 130
  One of the many pleasures of the 2009 Jazz at Chautauqua was hearing Petra van Nuis and Andy Brown perform in front of a live audience, and I think the performance clips I’ve posted are solid evidence of their talents.  I was hoping that the duo’s new CD would provide the same experience.  Sometimes, of ...
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• ONE LAST LOOK, PERHAPS?

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 130
  In the great stories, looking back over your shoulder is emotionally understandable.  But it often ends up badly.  Ask Eurydice; ask Lot’s wife.  But I am having a hard time parting from my videos of the 2009 Jazz at Chautauqua, so I thought I would post yet another set, recorded at 10:30 ...
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