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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 13 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
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 15 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
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
December 20, 2019

Christmas The Magnavox Way

Faith, Life, music 1956, album, carol, choir, choral, chorus, Christmas, classic, fi, Fort Wayne, hi, Indiana, L.P., Magnavox, music, organ, pipe, Riverside Church, tradition, vintage, Virgil Fox 16 Comments J P
December 6, 2019

Here’s Something Cool – In A June Christy Kind Of Way

Jazz, music 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, Blossom Dearie, Capitol, Christy, Ella Fitzgerald, jazz, Julie London, June, Kenton, music, Peggy Lee, Pete, Rosemary Clooney, Rugulo, Sarah Vaughan, Something Cool, Stan, Weep, Willow 11 Comments J P
November 8, 2019

Claude Thornhill Plays Robbins’ Nest – Cool Jazz In Gestation

Jazz, music 1947, 1948, big band, Claude, Columbia, Evans, Gil, jazz, Konitz, Lee, music, Robbins' Nest, Robin's Nest, Snowfall, Thornhill 17 Comments J P
October 4, 2019

Duke Ellington – Main Stem

Jazz 1942, 1944, band, Ben, big, Duke, Edward, Ellington, Hodges, jazz, Johnny, Main Stem, music, Orchestra, Rex, Stewart, swing, Victor, Webster 7 Comments J P

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