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Category Archives: Jazz

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
August 9, 2024

Jazz Where The Stars Are The Stars

Jazz, music Getz, jazz, Kamuka, Lester, Richie, saxophone, Stan, Star Dust, Star Eyes, Stella By Starlight, young 9 Comments J P
July 5, 2024

Rare Combinations in Jazz

Jazz, music 1940, 1957, Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton, Charlie Christian, Columbia, Count Basie, Freddie Green, Jo Jones, John Hammond, June Christy, Lester Young, Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, Walter Page 7 Comments J P
June 7, 2024

The Making of Ella Fitzgerald

Jazz, music 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, band, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, jazz, vocal 10 Comments J P
May 3, 2024

Battle Of The Bands: Benny Goodman And Artie Shaw Have Their Way With Sweet Sue

Jazz, music 1928, 1938, 1939, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Billy Butterfield, Bud Freeman, Buddy Rich, Dave Tough, Just You, Sweet Sue, Tony Pastor, Ziggy Elman 11 Comments J P
April 5, 2024

High-Maintenance Women In Jazz Lyrics – And The Men Who Kept Them

Jazz, music 192, 1941, 1943, 1951, 1961, Belle Mann, Ben Pollack, Benny Goodman, Bobby Troup, Emerency, Julie London, Marilyn Monroe, Nat Kin Cole, Virginia Maxey 12 Comments J P
March 8, 2024

Rhapsody In Blue – A Gershwin Classic Turns 100

Jazz, music 1924, 1927, 1935, 1937, 1945, Artur Fiedler, Ferde Grofe', George, Gershwin, Ira, Oscar Levant, Paul, Rhapsody, Rhapsody In Blue, Whiteman 18 Comments J P
February 2, 2024

Laura – A Multimedia Extravaganza

Jazz, Life, music 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, Andrews, Byas, Caspary, Clifton Webb, Dana, Don, Garner, Gene, Herman, Laura, Otto, Preminger, Tierney, Vera, Woody 13 Comments J P
January 12, 2024

Ring A Ding Ding – The Album That Made Me A Sinatra Fan

Jazz, music 20 Comments J P

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