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DARK RAPTURE (AT THE EAR INN)
Jazz Lives —
Authority: 135
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 ...6 days ago -
THE ELUSIVE MR. WILSON
Jazz Lives —
Authority: 135
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 ...1 week ago -
Round Midnight
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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. ...2 weeks ago -
Hats Off
For The Sake Of The Song —
Authority: 115
"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 ...2 weeks ago -
PETRA and ANDY REWARD US
Jazz Lives —
Authority: 135
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 ...2 weeks ago -
ONE LAST LOOK, PERHAPS?
Jazz Lives —
Authority: 135
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 ...3 weeks ago -
SHARP AS A TACK
Jazz Lives —
Authority: 135
Through the good offices of Swing Era scholar David Weiner, whom I’ve known since the mid-Seventies, and the indefabtigable Will Friedwald, I’ve become a member of a Yahoo group, “Toast of New York,” or ToNY , whose members swap information, music, film clips, and questions about the period online. The ...3 weeks ago -
Jammin’ the Blues por Gjon Mili
Quixotando —
Authority: 126
Marie Bryant & Illinois Jacquet Red Callender Lester Young Marie Bryant & Red Callendar Harry Edison & Illinois Jacquet Papa Jo Jones Marlowe Morris & Harry Edison Illinois Jacquet Sid Catlit Gjon Mili, Red Callender & Lester Young Posted in ...3 weeks ago -
ANDY SCHUMM SHINES!
Jazz Lives —
Authority: 135
I didn’t stumble upon the title for its alliterative possibilities, for that’s just what Andy did, side by side with his Noble Friends — Bob Havens, Scott Robinson, Andy Stein, James Dapogny, Marty Grosz, Vince Giordano, and Arnie Kinsella (a peerless rhythm section there) — recorded at Jazz at Chautauqua, ...3 weeks ago -
A SOARING “SKYLARK”
Jazz Lives —
Authority: 135
Hoagy Carmichael’s SKYLARK is not the usual ballad — it has Beiderbeckian twists and turns; its harmonic structure is far from the usual sequence. But Duke Heitger, Dan Block, Bob Havens, Ehud Asherie, Jon Burr, and Arnie Kinsella gave it a wonderful reading at the 2009 Jazz at Chautauqua. You’ll notice that ...4 weeks ago -
On This Date (September 15, 1985) Cootie Williams / Jazz Great
The Music's Over —
Authority: 439
Charles “Cootie” WilliamsJuly 24, 1910 – September 15, 1985Cootie Williams is considered by many to be the greatest jazz trumpeter of the 1930s. His career began at age 14 when he played alongside saxophonist Lester Young in the Young Family Band. Williams went on to play in Duke Ellington’s orchestra and ...8 weeks ago
