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Category Archives: music

February 12, 2021

Louis Armstrong Plays West End Blues – And Therein Invents Modern Jazz

Jazz, music 1928, Chicago, cornet, Earl Hines, greatest, Hot Five, Hot Seven, jazz, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, music, Satchmo, trumpet, West End Blues 14 Comments J P
January 15, 2021

Nagasaki: Four Guys Named Mills Sing Some (Not Very) Japanese Jazz

Jazz, music 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, American, boys, Brunswick, CBS, Decca, Donald, four, guitar, Harry, jazz, John, Mills, Nagasaki, Ohio, Piqua, swing 16 Comments J P
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 17 Comments J P
August 28, 2020

The Original Audio Format War: Cylinder vs. Disc

Life, music, Uncategorized 78, Amberol, Bell, Berliner, black, blue, Brown, Columbia, crank, cylinder, disc, Edison, Emile, Gold, Gramophone, Graphophone, history, Moulded, music, phonograph, record, shellac, stylus, Thomas, Victor, Victrola, wax, wind-up 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 16 Comments J P
July 10, 2020

This: A Little Bit Of Beauty In A Troubled World

Faith, Life, music antiphon, beautiful, beauty, catholic, chant, Christian, faith, Gregorian, heroes, Kings Return, latin, polyphony, tradition, truth, Ubi Caritas 11 Comments J P

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