Category Archives: Jazz Standard

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

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The Cool Cole – The Nat “King” Cole Trio

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Brew

While I was at it, cataloging my record collection, I bumped into this exquisite LP, featuring the Nat “King” Cole Trio in the mid 1940s with radio show transcriptions, entitled “The King’s Court”. With Nat Cole on piano, Oscar Moore … Continue reading →

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Just a beautiful, a fitting song for the season: THE SUMMER WIND …

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Brew

… as delivered by one of my all time favorite songstresses: Miss Madeleine Peyroux 💋

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DIZZY GILLESPIE & “MANTECA”

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Brew
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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:

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‘T was “BLUE SKIES” before, then “IN WALKED BUD” … “AND MONK WALKED OUT”

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Brew

This is a little imaginary suite, dedicated to Thelonious Monk’s paraphrase of Irving Berlin’s “BLUE SKIES” (clickety-click on the title to hear one of the earliest renditions, performed by Ben Selvin’s Knickerbockers, 1927). Anyway, the tune could have remained a … Continue reading →

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