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Category Archives: Jazz

Battle Of The Bands – Chick Webb And Benny Goodman Stomp At The Savoy.

Jazz, music 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, Ballroom, Bands, Battle, Benny, Chick, Columbia, Gene Krupa, Goodman, Harlem, jazz, Mario Bauza, record, recording, Savoy, swing, Victor, Webb 21 Comments J P

Charlie Barnet – “The Blackest White Band In America”

Jazz, music 1943, 1948, 1949, Barnet, Barnett, Basie, books, Charley, Charlie, Cherokee, Doc, East Side West Side, jazz, Moose, music, Other Aunt, Palomar, rock, Severinsen, swing, writing 22 Comments J P

The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of George Van Eps

Jazz, music 1949, 7-string, Epiphone, George Van Eps, guitar, I Wrote It For Jo, jazz, jump, Kay's Fantasy, music, new-music, Once In A While, piano, Records, review, reviews, rock, solo, Van Epps 23 Comments J P

February 6, 2026

Red Norvo And Mildred Bailey – Mr. & Mrs. Swing

Jazz, music 1936, 1937, 1938, Bailey, Mildred, Norvo, red 39 Comments J P

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 18 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 26 Comments J P

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 22 Comments J P

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

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

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