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"Many jazz musicians prefer recording their own original songs and rarely want to feature a song by anyone outside of their band—unless the composer is dead and gone.
A few major jazz musicians are bucking this trend, and I applaud them. I just wish more improvisers would follow their lead."
Ted Gioia, jazz historian & trumpet colleague, in an interview @ Marc Myers' JazzWax about his new book The Jazz StandardsAnother lovely Lady named Diana
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
NOT ONLY FOR MY EAST COAST FRIENDS: Herbie Hancock’s “The Eye Of The Hurricane” (1965)
Herbie Hancock (piano) Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) George Coleman (tenor sax) Ron Carter (bass) Tony Williams (drums) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey — March 17, 1965 Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if … Continue reading →
RHEINE IMPROVISATIONEN — Frühling & Sommer am Rhein — Für meine deutschen Leser
Keine Worte, nur Sounds & Bilder. Viel Vergnügen beim Schauen & Lauschen wünscht, Brewsk ⓒ Rolf Adam
SUMMERTIME 3 X’s by “The Prince Of Darkness”, “The Maharaja” & the “MJQ”
The next three Summertime’s are so very famous that they also don’t need any textual fanfares. It’s really Summer in Cologne now. Finally! No lover could claim ‘baby, it’s cold outside’ for keeping her or his sweetheart inside. There is … Continue reading →
A Summerly 47th Anniversary: STAN GETZ QUARTET — SUMMERTIME @ CAFÉ AU GO GO — August 19, 1964
For my dear German readers: About the Café Au Go Go on 152 Bleecker Street/ Thompson St., Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NYC. Here’s much more reading pleasure about the legendary joint in ENGLISH. This meditative, reflective version of Summertime (transferred from … Continue reading →
Updated Article
Hi folks – Found a great picture, and enhanced this very article: Feel free to go HERE Here’s the enhancement, a scan from the below LP:




