A JAZZ SUMMIT MEETING IN COLOGNE
On the way to the next gig...
Since This Joint Is So Jumpin’ … (click on the pic!)
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (1904-1943)
SEASONAL SOUND
It's Carnival in Cologne (as every year), and therefore the sound of the season will be "Carnival In Caroline" with lovely Jerry Kruger, accompanied by Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters, as recorded in New York City on April 4 in 1938.
Cootie Williams (tp) Joe Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke (as) Harry Carney (bar) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Billy Taylor (b) Sonny Greer (d) Jerry Kruger (voc).
Another lovely Lady named Diana
On the way to the next gig again…
Another swingin’ gig ‘s waitin’ …
“Il Dottore” says: Dose ‘appie Bopperrs!
No Gimmicks, No Ads
Category Archives: Germans
“AN IDENTIFYING JOHNNY HODGES MEDLEY”, said the Duke of Ellington at Carnegie Hall, on December 27, 1947
The experts among you will immediately think: ‘Why, for heaven’s sake, did Brew take this medley as the first sound example from the very concert where the Duke and his men performed “LIBERIAN SUITE” for the very first time?’ Well, … Continue reading →
Posted in Blues, Carnegie Hall, Christmas, December, Dedication, Duke Ellington, Etymology, Exoticism, Film Noir, Germans, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Johnny Hodges, Poetry, Portrait, Saxophone, Sonny Greer, Tongue In Cheek, Winter, World War II
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Tagged altosaxophone, beauty, big band, blues, cool, great solo, jazz, jazz ballad, language, medley, standard
ETERNAL REPOST: IT HAPPENED 70 YEARS AGO: D-DAY ∽ JUNE 6, 1944
The President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, who has visited Germany five years ago, was in Normandy the next morning, for celebrating the day which helped to end World War II in Europe, then 65 years … Continue reading →
Posted in All American Rhythm Section, Anniversary, Berlin, Big Band Vocalist, D-Day, Dedication, Germans, Harry James, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, June, Madness, V-Discs, Victory, World War II
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Tagged bad dream, big band, from swing to bop, jazz soundtrack, living jazz history, race, world war 2
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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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HAUNTED HOUSES IN HARLEM, A LONELY COTTAGE FOR SALE & A DESERTED FARM
This darkest of all my articles is about mysterious houses I have shot during a recent trip through the eastern part of Germany, the former DDR: Rostock, Magdeburg, Dresden, Leipzig & Görlitz. I was lucky because some of the impressive … Continue reading →
Posted in Artie Shaw, Blues, Dedication, Etymology, Film Noir, Germans, Glen Gray, Henry "Red" Allen, Jazz Adaptation, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Portrait, Trumpet, Winter
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Tagged bad dream, big band, blues, ghosts, great american songbook, haunted houses, jazz, jazz ballad, jazz soundtrack, living jazz history, love, oldie, soundtrack, standard
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REPOST FROM 2010: BETRAYED — AN ANTI WAR THREAD
Although I once claimed that “this thread will be a work in progress” when I first posted it in April 2010, I got distracted by some rehearsals for “Novecento”, and simply forgot about it. Anyway, I dug it up from … Continue reading →
