Category Archives: Blogging is swell!

Pre-9/11/2001: New CD – The Streetfighters Quartet

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Brew

Hello Fans! Our CD “The Streetfighters Quartet” has been finally released. Go and listen/ buy at BandCamp. Let’s make music great again! Cheers, Swingingly yours truly, Brew

Posted in 2001, Avantgarde, Blogging is swell!, CD review, Celebration, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Standard, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jazz Waltz, July | Tagged cup mute, from swing to bop, great american songbook, jazz ballad, jazz quartet, trumpet feature, up tempo | Comments Off

If it weren’t reserved for Pres, it would have been his unique feature: Coolness — HAPPY 100th ANNIVERSARY, MITCH!

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Brew

Not many words, just a couple of links for further reading, watching and listening. Enjoy! — One of my favorite films with Bob Mitchum is Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957). — On Robert Mitchum in the Los Angeles Times (August … Continue reading →

Posted in 1917, 2017, Anniversary, Avantgarde, Blogging is swell!, Calypso, Celebration, coolness, D-Day, Dedication, Hollywood | Tagged 100th anniversary, 1917, 2017, Calypso, cool, Hollywood, robert mitchum | Comments Off

Since (almost!) absolutely nothing will change, a re-re-re-repost: FOR SOME REASON MOSTLY ALL BUT NOT IN THE KEY OF ‘C’ a.k.a. COLOGNE CARNIVAL 2017

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Brew

Oh yeah! — That’s all (as last year!) still very, very, I mean: Absolutely kinda like super-duuper-funny. It’s actually just laughably-ridiculously deeelightful. …LOLL. And so: Enjoy once again! CARNIVALESQUE BLUES & JAZZ FOLKS 1. While We Danced At The Mardi Gras … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Band Vocalist, Blogging is swell!, Carnival, Delikatessen...LOLL., Etymology, Exoticism, It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Madness, Mardi Gras, Swing Era | Tagged bad habits, big band, Clarinet, great american songbook, jazz, jazz vocal, oldie | 2 Comments

BREW BAKER’s HOLIDAY THREE – ‘Live’ @Nunk Music – June 4, 2016

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Brew

Here’s to you, KD, my love Cheers! “THE TRANSLUCENT BLOOZE OF THE RUSSIAN MUSE” by Bruno Leicht (trumpet & composition) & Band: “MISS K.-ATTYA, MY DEAREST” by Bruno Leicht (trumpet & composition) & Band:

Posted in Blogging is swell!, Blues, Chet Baker, Dedication, Exoticism, It's been a ball!, Jazz Rhumba, Jazz Standard, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, June, Love, Minor Blues, Poetry, Portrait, Tongue In Cheek | Tagged great american songbook, guitar, harmon mute, jazz, jazz ballad, love, standard | Comments Off

HAPPY 95th ANNIVERSARY, CHARLIE “BIRD” PARKER! ∽ RE: KLACT-OVEESEDS-TENE

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Brew

PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My special thanks goes to Doug Ramsey for having reminded me of Charlie Parker’s 92nd anniversary three years ago. Since I’m not too strong with such dates, I appreciate Doug’s (and everybody’s) reminder(s), and will gladly take the … Continue reading →

Posted in Birthday Party, Blogging is swell!, Dedication, Etymology | Tagged bebop, Charlie Parker | 2 Comments

More “Little Jazz” ROY ELDRIDGE with GENE KRUPA & HIS ORCHESTRA – “ROCKIN’ CHAIR” – Restored Air Check from October 1941

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Brew

Now, there are two complete ‘live’ renditions of Roy Eldridge’s famous trumpet flight on “ROCKIN’ CHAIR” on the, err, “market”. The initial performance has been recorded off the air on June 7, 1941 and got subsequently released by the “Merritt … Continue reading →

Posted in 1941, Blogging is swell!, Dedication, Delikatessen...LOLL., Gene Krupa, Hoagy Carmichael, It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, October, Roy Eldridge, Swing Era, Trumpet, World War II | Tagged big band, from swing to bop, great american songbook, great solo, jazz, jazz ballad, living jazz history, oldie, private tape, standard, trumpet feature | 1 Comment

LET’s START THE YEAR WITH SOME GREAT BIG JAZZ BY … ‘Little Jazz’ Roy Eldridge (1911-1989) — (Some Links added, 01-10-2015)

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Brew

This is what I sent to a couple of friends and to my trumpet students: “Bruno’s New Year’s Compilation”, featuring ‘Little Jazz’ Roy Eldridge with Gene Krupa & His Orchestra, Anita O’Day, and some more obscure tracks with Roy as … Continue reading →