Category Archives: Jazz Stories & Tales

RE: TERROR ATTACKS IN PARIS — WE WILL DEFEND LIBERTY, EQUALITY & FRATERNITY

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Brew

There is a war going on. We musicians can only blow louder, and harder. Music is our weapon. For us, there is no other way. Paris is everywhere. We are all Parisians today. Let’s fight those terrorist lowlives!

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Lovely LENA HORNE, my starting page when I’m going online…

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Brew

For privacy reasons I have erased the logo of my computer, and some other details. Anyway, that’s what I see when I’m opening my browser: A youthful, a sparkling-eyed Lena Horne whose “HONEYSUCKLE ROSE” (1943) got indexed because sexy Lena stressed the … Continue reading →

Posted in Great American Songbook, Jazz Stories & Tales, World War II | Tagged Benny Carter, Civil Rights Movement, Lena Horne, Thomas 'Fats' Waller | Comments Off

BREW LITE’s MADHATTAN FOUR on BIRD’s “BIG FOOT” — ‘Live’ @ Litho, October 16, 2010

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Brew

Feel free to click to enlarge 😉 First a quote from my old blog: Some of countless blues now, “Big Foot”, as broadcasted live from the Royal Roost on December 11, 1948. I was speechless when I heard Charlie’s solo … Continue reading →

Posted in Bebop, Blues in B-flat, Celebration, Jazz Stories & Tales | Tagged Al Haig, Bruno Leicht, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Tommy Potter | Comments Off

‘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 →

Posted in All American Rhythm Section, Great American Songbook, Jazz Standard, Jazz Stories & Tales | Tagged Art Blakey, Bruno Leicht, Bud Powell, Irving Berlin, Johnny Griffin, Jon Hendricks, Mary Lou Williams, Roy Haynes, Thelonious Monk | Comments Off

THE COLOGNE SOUTH SIDE STOMPERS: A Jazz Medley @”Hey! Coffee” — Cologne, April 18, 2015

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Brew

[youtube https://youtu.be/Xq0nEpjtPBI&w=370&h=265] — The Tunes are “PENNIES FROM HEAVEN” by Arthur Johnston & Johnny Burke & “NUAGES” by Django Reinhardt. Enjoy! — Credits: “THE COLOGNE SOUTH SIDE STOMPERS” Brew Lite – Pocket trumpet & vocals; Django53 – Acoustic guitar; Video: Christian … Continue reading →

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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

HAPPY 85th ANNIVERSARY, MR. CHET BAKER !!!

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Brew

In Düsseldorf’s commons (Uni Mensa in German), in 1986, Chet arrived one hour delayed. He was announced there with his fine trio, featuring guitarist Philip Catherine and bassist Jean Louis Rassinfosse who played a half-acoustic bass. The George Adams-Don Pullen … Continue reading →