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• MR. LEYLAND CONSENTS!

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  Thanks to Tom Warner, generous videographer, you and I can revel in the solo piano of Carl Sonny Leyland.  Here he is here levitating ‘DEED I DO at the 2009 West Coast Ragtime Festival in Sacramento, California.  Mr. Leyland would not be insulted, I am sure, if I mention the now-departed pianists his ...
  4 days ago

• Congratulations to …

  
  Leah Fraser — Authority: 131
  …. my colleague, Cllr Denis Knowles who took part in a 5k fun run yesterday in support of the ‘Help the Heroes’ fund which was set up in 2007 so ordinary people can do something practical to help our injured servicemen and women.  Denis managed to raise £160 – read more here . It was a fun run and ...
  5 days ago

• THOSE VERSATILE NIGHTHAWKS!

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  It’s become a wonderful holiday tradition — that Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks play a Sunday afternoon tea dance in the Park Avenue Arcade in Manhattan, courtesy of the owner of Chartwell Books, Barry Singer.  The Beloved and I were there last December and made a date to be there again on December 12, 2009.  ...
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• FELONIOUS JUNK!

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  Thanks to scrubs123.com Jazz scholar and friend David Schacker provided this news story.  All I thought was, “Where does this man’s doctor practice?  I want to be part of that medical group.  Perhaps (s)he can write me a prescription to ward off what I hear booming from the SUV in the next lane.” ...
  6 days ago

• TEA WITH VINCE AND HEIDI

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  Saturday, December 12th 3:00pm – 6:00pm Chartwell Booksellers presents HOLIDAY TEA at THREE VINCE GIORDANO AND HIS NIGHTHAWKS Eleven-piece band playing music of the 1920s & ’30s for your dancing pleasure In the Arcade of the Park Avenue Plaza Building 55 East 52nd Street (between Park & Madison), ...
  1 week ago

• Here’s To The Heroes: A Military Tribute

  
  Black Bear Blog — Authority: 483
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• “CONCERNING POPS”

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  This passage comes from an article about Louis Armstrong by the Swiss jazz historian Johnny Simmen; the article appeared in a 1973 issue of CODA  devoted to Louis.  “Herman” is Herman Autrey, the trumpet star of Fats Waller and his Rhythm. One night, in October 1961, a friend of Herman’s quoted some ...
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• TWO SHADES OF “BLUE”

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  Jazz is full of songs that have BLUE in the title that aren’t actually blues, whether 8, 12, or 16 bars.  And the EarRegulars played two of the nicest ones last Sunday night, December 6, 2009, at The Ear Inn (that’s 326 Spring Street, New York City). For that night, the EarRegulars were anchored by their ...
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• JAMMIN’ AT SOFIA’S (Dec. 7, 2009)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  One of the happy facets of New York City life is the extended Monday night gig that Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks have at Club Cache, in Sofia’s Ristorante, downstairs at the Hotel Edison.  Look for the tuba in front of 221 West 46th Street; the Nighthawks play from 8-11.  Last Monday, I went there with ...
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• “KEEP HOT!”

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  In THE SPIRIT OF LOUIS, 2009, not long ago, I posted three video performances where the Scandinavian Rhythm Boys were joined by one of the remaining Elders, clarinetist Joe Muranyi.  ( http://jazzlives.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/the-spirit-of-louis-2009/ ) If those videos eluded you, or the SRB are new to you, here ...
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• “THE RECORD RACK”

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  About ten days ago, the Beloved and I took a day trip to Lambertville, New Jersey — a town known to some for its proximity to Bucks County, Pennsylvania. But the Beloved and I like flea markets, and although we have never made it to Lambertville’s flea market at the right just-after-sunrise time to see all its ...
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• HOT STORIES, LIMITED EDITION

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
    I confess that the title of this post might be seen by some as intentionally misleading.  But when a Hot Man like Jim Goodwin writes a book, it should be Hot, too.  I’m taking it on faith.  Here’s the word from my friend Barb Hauser of San Francisco (and I’ve already placed my order): As you know, Jim ...
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• PLAY IT AGAIN, BOYS!

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  Brought to you through the good offices of Rae Ann Berry, another brief trip to San Diego (November 27, 2009) to visit with the Yerba Buena Stompers. Make yourself to home.  Coffee?  Campari?  Seltzer?  A great deal of music strikes me as pleasant and competent, but I need to hear it only once.  “That’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• JIM GOODWIN, HOT MAN

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  The much-loved jazzman Jim Goodwin died this year just shy of his sixty-fifth birthday.  I’ve written elsewhere on this blog about his talents, but what struck me when I first heard him on record was his surpassing heat, a pushing intensity that drove the musicians around him.  Red Allen had it, as did Roy ...
  2 weeks ago

• ,,, gently weeps– again…

  
  BuelahMan's Redstate Revolt — Authority: 424
  When George Harrison passed away in November 2001, the music world paid tribute to him through the now infamous, Concert for George. Held at the Royal Albert Hall a year after Harrison’s death, it was organized by Eric Clapton and contained performances from several of Harrison’s friends including Clapton, Tom ...
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• PETER ECKLUND / BLUE SUITCASE (Dec. 9, 2009)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  Good news!  The very gifted (subtle, swinging, thoughtful . . . ) trumpeter / fluegelhornist / cornetist / plectrist / whistler Peter Ecklund has a new website — http://peterecklundmusic.com.   There, you can hear enticing musical samples.  And he also has an upcoming Manhattan engagement at the Greenwich ...
  2 weeks ago

• “THE DEAR BOY”: BIXFEST 2010 (March 11-14)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  First, “the dear boy” is what Louis Armstrong called Bix, writing about him in 1954.  And Bix Beiderbecke remains dear to many, as man and musician.    Phil Pospychala is once again arranging his Tribute to Bix, to be held in the Marriott in Racine, Wisconsin.  Details can be found — along with ...
  2 weeks ago

• THAT’S LIKE IT OUGHT TO BE

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  My title comes from a Jelly Roll Morton record from his great Victor period — but it’s a close approximation of the phrase that came into my mind when I watched and heard this great small band from the recent San Diego Dixieland Jazz Festival, with these November 27, 2009 video clips coming to us through the ...
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• SOMETHING FOR LESTER

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  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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• DEEP FEELING: GILL SINGS CROSBY (Nov. 28, 2009)

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 129
  John Gill — hot guitarist, banjoist, trombonist, singer — has a deep love and understanding of Bing Crosby, as you can hear on his Stomp Off CD, LEARN TO CROON, where he and a wonderful New York band (his “Sentimental Serenaders”) pay heartfelt tribute to Bing. I’m delighted that SFRaeAnn captured John and ...
  2 weeks ago

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