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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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A musician with knowledge, wit, chutzpah, humour. Bruno Leicht’s blog is an inspiration for every jazz fan. Great mixture of historical panorama, expertise, far-out finds, and above all, an always palpable love for jazz. Big cheers!
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– And now? Now, ya gonna be cool, and ya gonna dance to the westside o’town, an’ ya get a copy o’ the Dee-Vee-Dee & the original soundtrack … somewhere A self-critical P.S. by lyricist Stephen Sondheim can be found … Continue reading →
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