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Category Archives: Jazz

October 31, 2025

Sidemen In The Spotlight – Four Classic Jazz Performances Where The Leader Defers To A Featured Soloist

Jazz, music 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945, Artie Shaw, band, bandleader, Benny Goodman, big, Charlie Christian, cornet, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, leader, Lester Young, Rex Stewart, Roy Eldridge, saxophone, side men, sideman, trumpet 16 Comments J P
October 3, 2025

Forgotten Jazz From The 1950’s

Jazz, music 1950's, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, album, Eddie Heywood, Ellington, Gene Krupa, Harry James, hi-fi, How High The Moon, jazz, Long Play, LP, Lush Life, music, Soft Summer Breeze, Stereo, Strayhorn 22 Comments J P
September 5, 2025

A Happy 100th Birthday to Sweet Georgia Brown

Jazz, music 1925, Ben Bernie, Brother Bones, Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia, Goodman, jazz, Joscho Stephan, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard, music, Peterson, pop, Sweet, Sweet Georgia Brown 24 Comments J P
May 16, 2025

McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – The Detroit Band That Schooled The World

Jazz, music 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Cotton Pickers, Dave Wilborn, Don Redman, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, jazz, John Nesbitt, McKinney, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, music, swing 18 Comments J P
April 18, 2025

The Microphone Century – The Electric Revolution In Sound Recording

Jazz, music 1925, Columbia, electric, electrical, jazz, microphone, Orthophonic, record, speaker, Victor, Viva Tone, Western Electric, Westrex 21 Comments J P
March 14, 2025

Count Basie, 1937-38 Edition – A Big Band That Played No-Excuses Jazz

Jazz, music 1937, 1938, Buck Clayton, Count Basie, Decca, Freddie Green, Herschel Evans, Jack Washington, Jimmie Rushing, Jimmy Rushing, Jo Jones, Lester Young, Walter Page 12 Comments J P
February 14, 2025

Glenn Miller And The Army Air Force Band Of 1943-44: The Major Goes Out At The Top Of His Game

Jazz, music 1943, 1944, Air Corps, Air Force, Army, band, Glenn Miller, jazz, Jerry Gray, Mel Powell, Ray McKinley, Trigger Alpert 21 Comments J P
December 13, 2024

Christmas + Jazz = Three (Well, Four) Early Holiday Records

Jazz, music 1934, 1935, 1936, Benny Goodman, Comin', Coming, Fats Waller, Jingle Bells, Santa Clause, Ted Weems, to Town, Tommy Dorsey, Winter Wonderland 17 Comments J P
October 4, 2024

Two Records From 1940: How To Combine Social Criticism, A Good Sense Of Humor and First Rate Jazz Music.

Jazz, music Armstrong, Basie, blues, brothers, Count, jazz, Jesse Stone, Jimmy Rushing, Louis, Meet The People, Mills, Same Old, Satchmo, South, swing, W.P.A. 18 Comments J P
September 6, 2024

The Short But Melodious Life of Clifford Brown

Jazz, music, Uncategorized 1954;, 1955, 1956, Clifford Brown, EmArcy, George Morrow, Harold Laird, Joy Spring, Max Roach, Quintet, Richie Powell, Sandu 15 Comments J P

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