Showing posts with label Live Jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Live Jazz. Show all posts
Monday, July 23, 2018

New Releases: Woody Shaw Live in Tokyo, 1981

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I would like to offer my gratitude to my good friend Guy Jones for alerting me to the recent release of this excellent Woody Shaw album. ...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Spike Robinson Live in Denver, 1991

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Spike Robinson A recent post about tenorist Spike Robinson in Marc Myers 's blog JazzWax made me dust off my Robinson records and...
Friday, April 14, 2017

Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones at Basin Street East, 1961

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One of the smoothest and most successful jazz and pop vocalists of the 1940s and '50s, Billy Eckstine was also one of the most forwar...
Saturday, January 7, 2017

Bill Charlap and Guests to Play at New York's Jazz Standard, Jan. 10-15

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We've just heard that New York-based pianist Bill Charlap will be playing a one-week stint at the Jazz Standard Club, in NYC (116 Eas...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Duke Ellington at the Rainbow Grille, 1967

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While Duke Ellington often led sessions with small groups, particularly in the early years of his career, unfortunately not too many of hi...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

John Coltrane's Giant Steps at the Nashville Jazz Workshop

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Aylor, Finnie, Nardone, and Aliquo When one lives in rural northwest Tennessee, there aren't quite enough opportunities available to...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Count Basie in Stockholm with Louis Bellson, 1962

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In 1962, drummer Sonny Payne was involved in a car accident and had to bow out of the Count Basie orchestra's impending tour of Swed...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Benny Goodman Live on the West Coast, 1960

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During my recent trip to Europe, I rediscovered an album that I'd long forgotten—the outstanding Benny Goodman Swings Again , perhaps ...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

Jazz Flash News: Suncoast Jazz Classic Festival, November 18-20, 2016

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A couple of days ago I received a flyer in the mail announcing the  26th Annual Suncoast Jazz Classic , which will be held in Clearwater...
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Chris Barber Live in East Berlin, 1968

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Along with Humphrey Lyttelton , Ken Colyer , Kenny Ball , and Acker Bilk , among others, trombonist Chris Barber is one of the elder stat...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Guest Contributor: Noal Cohen on Gigi Gryce's 90th Anniversary Tribute at Smalls Jazz Club, NYC

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Noal Cohen Jazz legend Gigi Gryce would have turned 90 last Saturday, November 28, and the anniversary was celebrated at Smalls Jazz Clu...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Herbie Brock's 'Herbie's Room'

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I recently wrote an article in Spanish about Herbie Brock , who is possibly one of the most obscure pianists in jazz history and sadly fo...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Jimmy Rushing Live in New York with Zoot Sims and Al Cohn

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The first time I ever heard Jimmy Rushing , on a recording of "He Ain't Got Rhythm" he made with Benny Goodman , I was impre...