Category Archives: Bebop

R.I.P. Roy Hargrove (1969 – 2018)

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Brew

It’s so very sad to learn that Roy Hargrove is gone. He was a real jazz man, a fantastic improvisor who loved to play it rough and risky. He really gave more than 100%, as he said in this video. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018, Bebop, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Obituary | Tagged Civil Rights, cool, drugs, Freedom, Roy Hargrove | Comments Off

JIVIN’ IN BE-BOP (1947)

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Brew

Jivin’ In Be-Bop (1947) Learn more HERE. Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra: Dave Burns, Dizzy Gillespie, Elmon Wright, Matthew McKay, Ray Orr (tp) Taswell Baird, Bill Shepherd (tb) Howard Johnson, John Brown (as) George “Big Nick” Nicholas, Joe Gayles (ts) … Continue reading →

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DIZZY QUOTES & FROGS ;)

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Brew

Learn more HERE. My favorite quote by John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie: “As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.” This sounds almost like my personal motto: “Forward … Continue reading →

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If you wanna learn something about John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie…

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Brew

…feel free to watch this documentary from 1990. By the way, the tune at 18:15 is “Oop-Bop-Sh’Bam”. And Diz is eating most of the time 😉

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Bebop trumpeter HOWARD McGHEE: “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out”

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Brew

Trumpeter Howard McGhee, among young jazz adepts unjustly almost forgotten today, was a reliable man if you’re following his steadily flowing recorded output between 1942 & 1948, which were the heydays of the bebop era. And ‘Maggie’, so his nickname … Continue reading →

Posted in 1942, 1946, 1961, Avantgarde, Bebop, Dedication, Howard McGhee | Tagged bad habits, bebop, big band, great solo, harmon mute, jazz ballad, living jazz history, trumpet feature | Comments Off

BREW LITE’s MADHATTAN FOUR on BIRD’s “BIG FOOT” — ‘Live’ @ Litho, October 16, 2010

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Brew

Feel free to click to enlarge 😉 First a quote from my old blog: Some of countless blues now, “Big Foot”, as broadcasted live from the Royal Roost on December 11, 1948. I was speechless when I heard Charlie’s solo … Continue reading →