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Tag Archives: jazz

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 11 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 19 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 14 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 18 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 8 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 17 Comments J P
February 14, 2020

Button Up Your Overcoat – Or How To Keep An Old Song Perpetually Young

Jazz, music 1928, 1929, 1945, 1955, 1968, 1999, 2000, 2017, Brown, button, Button Up Your Overcoat, Chelsea, coat, DeSilva, Dorsey, Eddie, Etting, Frank, Freelon, Henderson, Hi-Lo's, jazz, Lang, Mel, Nnenna, over, Pied Pipers, record, Ruth, Sinatra, song, songbook, standard, Tin Pan Alley, Tommy, Torme, Williams 27 Comments J P
January 17, 2020

Ella Fitzgerald – Lucky So And So: The Other Lady Sings The Blues

Jazz, music 1946, Basie, Billy, blues, Chick, Count, Decca, Duke, Ella, Ellington, First Lady, Fitzgerald, I'm Just A Lucky So And So, jazz, Jimmy, Junior, Kyle, lucky, Miss Ella, Payne, Raglin, Shirley, So and So, Sonny, Webb 10 Comments J P

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