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Pre-9/11/2001: New CD – The Streetfighters Quartet
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
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Tagged cup mute, from swing to bop, great american songbook, jazz ballad, jazz quartet, trumpet feature, up tempo
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LIVING JAZZ HISTORY: ORAN ‘HOT LIPS’ PAGE, THE UNDERRATED TRUMPET MASTER OF THE 1930’s & ’40’s
Hi folks — I always wanted to post this rare gem, an original autograph of the wonderful, of the inimitable, the one and only Oran ‘Hot Lips’ Page! ‘Hot Lips’ was an eager, and very busy after-hours jam session-ite. He … Continue reading →
Posted in CD review, Dedication, Etymology, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Oran 'Hot Lips' Page, Portrait, Swing Era, Trumpet
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Tagged big band, Clarinet, endless solo, great american songbook, great solo, jam session, jazz, jazz vocal, living jazz history, oldie, private tape, standard
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BELATED HAPPY 80th ANNIVERSARY BENNY GOODMAN & FRIENDS AT CARNEGIE HALL, January 16, 1938!
While some folks think that all has been said about this significant event in jazz history, here are some things you might not know. One of my fellow bloggers, Mr. Eric Bogart, has detected one of two little details, only … Continue reading →
Posted in 1938, All American Rhythm Section, Anniversary, Benny Goodman, Birthday Party, Carnegie Hall, CD review, Clarinet, Dedication, Gene Krupa, George Gershwin, Harry James, It's been a ball!, January, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Martha Tilton, Ziggy Elman
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Tagged big band, Carnegie Hall, Clarinet, drum feature, endless solo, great american songbook, great solo, jazz, jazz quartet, living jazz history, race, standard, Swing Era
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AND HERE COMES THE … “QUEEN OF SIAM” – LYDIA LUNCH – 1980
A very good friend of mine told me to go after this excellent and very rare LP: Lydia Lunch’s “Queen Of Siam” (1980). I’ve found it on ieBuy/ Germany in an almost mint condition, and for a reasonable price; it … Continue reading →
Posted in CD review, Dedication, Delikatessen...LOLL., Exoticism, Halloween, It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, LYDIA LUNCH, Madness, Poetry, Portrait, Sexism, Spoken Word, Tattoos
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Tagged bad dream, bad habits, jazz, punk jazz, spooky
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THE BRIEF BUT DEEP CAREER OF RICHARD “DICK” TWARDZIK — OR: HOW ‘BOUT A LITTLE “RE-SEARCH”?
It was not exactly the result of a research, it came to me as a gift: # 500 of the limited edition (1000 items) “Early Chet – Chet Baker In Germany 1955-59 – Lost Tapes”. The album is only available … Continue reading →
Posted in April, Blogging is swell!, Blues, CD review, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Dedication, Etymology, Germans, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Richard Twardzik
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Tagged bad habits, bebop, big band, great american songbook, great solo, jam session, jazz, love, standard, up tempo
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SIR GEORGE SHEARING & HIS QUINTET + LATIN PERCUSSION – “CALI MAMBO” – 1958
George Shearing’s “Cali Mambo” is one of the most modern sounds ever executed by the famous quintet. As you may know, I’m always searching for modal tunes *before* the actual “modal” era in jazz began. This track is certainly one … Continue reading →
THE GENIUS OF ART FARMER & THE SAD EYES OF JOHANNA SÄLLSTRÖM
One of my favorite trumpet, respectively flugelhorn albums is To Sweden With Love (1964) by the Art Farmer Quartet, starring Jim Hall on guitar, Steve Swallow on acoustic bass, and the late Pete LaRoca on drums (Pete left us on November … Continue reading →
Posted in All American Rhythm Section, Art Farmer, CD review, Dedication, Flugelhorn, Jazz Adaptation, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jim Hall, Johanna Sällström, Mankell's Wallander, Pete LaRoca, Poetry, Portrait, Steve Swallow, Sweden
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Tagged bass feature, folk song, great solo, jazz ballad, love
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BREW LITE's JAZZ TALES 