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Category Archives: Jazz

December 4, 2020

Cab Calloway – Doing It All, From The Cotton Club To The Blues Brothers (With A Hi-De-Ho And A Wah-Dee-Dah)

Jazz, music Baltimore, Cab, Cabell, Calloway, Club, Cotton, Dance, Gong, Hi-De-Ho, jazz, Kickin, Minnie, Moocher, New York, rhythm, show, swing, voice, Waa-Dee-Waa 21 Comments J P
November 6, 2020

I Like Ike – The Most Famous Ukulele Player Ever (But He’s Not Famous For That)

Jazz, music 1925, Cliff, Cricket, Disney, Edwards, Ike, jazz, Jiminy, music, Paddlin' Madeline, Paper Moon, ukelele, ukilele, Ukulele 15 Comments J P
October 9, 2020

Rex Stewart Goes All Zaza – Which Is Good

Jazz, music 1944, Big Eight, brick, Brown, Carney, Cole, Cozy, Duke, Ellington, Fleagle, Guarnieri, Harry, Johnny, Keynote, Lawrence, Rex, Sid, Smith, Stewart, Tab, Weiss, Zaza 12 Comments J P
September 11, 2020

I Can’t Get Started – Bunny On The Money

Jazz, music 1937, Berigan, Berrigan, Bunny, Gershwin, Get Started, trumpet 16 Comments J P
August 14, 2020

I Wonder – Pvt. Cecil Gant – The (Re-) Birth Of The Blues?

Jazz, music 1944, blues, Bronze, Cecel, Edge, Gant, Gilt, Grant, I Wonder, piano, Private, Pvt. 11 Comments J P
July 17, 2020

Red Top – Two Versions To Double Your Pleasure

Jazz, music 1947, 1952, 1953, Ammons, bebop, Beeks, Betty, Carter, Clarence, Gene, jazz, King, Mercury, music, Pleasure, Prestige, red, sing, singer, Top, vocal, vocalese 14 Comments J P
June 12, 2020

Wicks Kicks By The Ted Nash Quintet – An Obscure Bop That’s On The Nose

Jazz, music 1946, bebop, bop, Eric Bernay, Geoff Clarkson, Harry Lim, J.C. Heard, jazz, Joe Thomas, John Hammond, Keynote, Keynote Recordings, music, New York, Quintet, Records, Ted Nash, Trigger Alpert, Wicks Kicks 7 Comments J P
May 1, 2020

Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang – Goin’ Places

Jazz, music 1927, 1930, Beiderbecke, Bix, Cavanaugh, Columbia, Eddie, Gibson, Goin' Places, Goldkette, guitar, jazz, Jean, Joe, Lang, New York, Okeh, Paul, Philadelphia, Vanuti, violin, Whiteman 21 Comments J P
April 10, 2020

Musical Miscastings – Wherein Frank Sinatra And Ella Fitzgerald Try Trading Styles

Jazz, music 1946, 1947, 78, All Stars, Columbia, Decca, Ella, Fitzgerald, Frank, jazz, Metronome, miscast, mismatch, music, pop, record, Sinatra 9 Comments J P
March 13, 2020

Artie Shaw – So Easy. Except When It Isn’t

Jazz, music 1949, 1950, AL, Artie, band, bebop, big, bop, clarinet, Cohn, Dameron, easy, jazz, Orchestra, RCA, record, Shaw, So, Tadd, Thesaurus, transcription 20 Comments J P

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