Category Archives: Invented Truths & Actual Happenings

CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH A VENGEANCE — VERSCHWÖRUNGSTHEORIE AUF DIE SPITZE GETRIEBEN

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Brew

A joke, as told by a Jewish gypsy: A Chinese cook was eating Gefilte fish in a Jewish restaurant, just because he wanted to learn about Kosher foods. All of a sudden, the owner gave him a rabbit punch. The Chinaman … Continue reading →

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THE DAY BIRD FLEW AWAY: DIZZY GILLESPIE MEETS THE ORCHESTRA — WASHINGTON, MARCH 13, 1955

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Brew

Beside the lengthy “Afro Suite” on side 1, there is this wonderful version of “TIN TIN DEO” on the pictured LP. If Dizzy, or anyone else had known what had happened the night before, in Pannonica de Koenigswarter’s apartment, on March … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversary, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings | Tagged altosaxophone, bad dream, beauty, bebop, big band, cup mute, drugs, great american songbook, great solo | 2 Comments

BREW wishes ALL of YOU a HAPPY JIVE into & through TWO-ZERO-ONE-FIVE !!!

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Brew

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLX2nipKvcs&w=400&h=295] P.S. — Here’s the original “WALLER JIVE”/ “HALLELUJAH” medley by Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller, and without any brassy, err, “enhancements” by yours truly: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oTWJCmhzHY&w=400&h=295]

Posted in Anniversary, Birthday Party, Blogging is swell!, Dedication, Delikatessen...LOLL., Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, January, Jazz Stories & Tales, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Madness, Much snow, Obituary, Poetry, Tongue In Cheek, Trumpet, Winter | Tagged bad habits, from swing to bop, great american songbook, jam session, jazz, jazz soundtrack, living jazz history, love, oldie, private tape, standard | Comments Off

GLENN MILLER, MISSING FOR 70 YEARS SINCE DECEMBER 15, 1944…

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Brew

…and therefore we, BREW LITE’s FIVE YULE-ITES, remembered Glenn on December 15, 2012 with a brand new version of Harry Warren’s “I Know Why”. — Here now, the unaltered rest of the article: In case you’re in Cologne, feel free to … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversary, Christmas, Glenn Miller, Harry Warren, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jazz Adaptation, Jazz Stories & Tales, Obituary, Sabina, Swing Era, World War II | Tagged big band, Clarinet, great american songbook, jazz, jazz ballad, jazz vocal, living jazz history, love, oldie, standard, world war 2 | 2 Comments

A LOT OF LIST’NIN’ TO DO ∽ MR. COLE PORTER’s GONE 50 YEARS AGO

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Brew

He was a genius. That’s easy to say ’bout someone who wrote 300 songs in the beginning of his career, songs, no one remembers today: From “Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter”, “Which?” For Cole Porter it was just fun, big … Continue reading →

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Freitag, den 29. August 2014 20:00 Uhr: Die drei Wünsche der Jazzmusiker

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Brew

Die drei Wünsche der Jazzmusiker Freitag, den 29. August 2014 20:00 Uhr Jazzgeschichten aus der Jazzgeschichte Eine ungewöhnliche Kombination von Musik und Text: Jazzgeschichten aus der Jazzgeschichte Warum Billie Holiday Angst vor Streichern hat, Miles Davis Papierschnipsel zur Probe mitbringt, warum … Continue reading →

Posted in August, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz Stories & Tales, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Miles Davis, Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Swing Era, The Roaring Twenties | Tagged bad habits, cold war, from swing to bop, ghosts, great american songbook, hotel gig, jazz, living jazz history | Comments Off

Repost In The Light Of A Quite Enjoyable Time Travel ;) — RE: old cassette tapes ∼ BEW LITE’s BEGINNINGS … as a JAZZ COLLECTOR

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Brew

Preface #1, which can be found in full length at Rifftides: “Radio was the tiny stream it all began with. Then came other technical means for reproducing, proliferating, amplifying sound, and the stream became an enormous river. If in the … Continue reading →