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Tag Archives: jazz

May 1, 2026

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 24 Comments J P
April 3, 2026

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
March 6, 2026

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
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 19, 2025

JP’s Book Report – End Of Summer Edition

Life Aeneid, Beach Boys, big band, Black Dahlia, book-review, books, Brian Wilson, brothers, Chernow, Count Basie, David Leaf, Duke Ellington, Fairy Tales, fantasy, fiction, George, God Only Knows, Grey, James Ellroy, jazz, Jazz Men, L.A. Quartet, Larry Tye, Louis Armstrong, Purple Sage, Riders, Satchmo, Trojan, Virgil, Washington, Zane Grey 34 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
May 16, 2025

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
April 18, 2025

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
February 14, 2025

Glenn Miller And The Army Air Force Band Of 1943-44: The Major Goes Out At The Top Of His Game

Jazz, music 1943, 1944, Air Corps, Air Force, Army, band, Glenn Miller, jazz, Jerry Gray, Mel Powell, Ray McKinley, Trigger Alpert 21 Comments J P
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

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