Category Archives: Thelonious Monk

Have A Boppin’ 100th Anniversary, Mr. John Birks Gillespie! — The Story of „How I Met The Great Dizzy Gillespie“

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Brew

Prologue I hope you didn’t think I was playing with Diz? — That’s absolutely not the case. It was in May 1990 where I met him at first for just the seconds it took to present him a demo-cassette of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversary, Celebration, Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Thelonious Monk | Comments Off

R.I.P. Master Trumpeter, Jazz Improvisor, Ellingtonian & Inspiring Educator CLARK TERRY (1920-2015)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Brew

This is a sad day for mankind because one of our greatest musical artists, and at the same time one of the kindest men on earth left the planet: Mr. Clark Terry, * December 14, 1920, ✝ February 21, 2015. … Continue reading →

Posted in Clark Terry, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Kurt Weill, Obituary, Thelonious Monk, Tongue In Cheek, Trumpet | Tagged cool, cup mute, from swing to bop, great solo, harmon mute, jazz, jazz vocal, language, living jazz history, love, standard, trumpet feature | Comments Off

BREW LITE & HIS HOLY JAZZ SPIRITS — PENTECOST JAM — MAY 23, 2010

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Brew

Dear folks & followers — It’s a great pleasure for me to present the best from our concert at a small Greek restaurant in Cologne, on Pentecost Sunday three years ago. Here we go with almost 60 minutes of swingin’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversary, Blogging is swell!, Blues, Dedication, It's been a ball!, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, May, Paul Gonsalves, Pentecost, Portrait, Spring, Thelonious Monk, Tongue In Cheek, Trumpet | Tagged bass feature, bebop, blues, cool, drum feature, endless solo, ghosts, great american songbook, holy spirit, jam session, jazz, jazz ballad, living jazz history, love, oldie, standard, trumpet feature, up tempo | 1 Comment

EXTRA UPDATE: BIRD ‘n’ DIZ, Or: Why it didn’t work no more. — Two ‘Live’ Sets from New York’s Carnegie Hall (1952) & from Portland’s Civic Auditorium (1954)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Brew

This is an extra update to my article from November 17 on Lee Konitz’s brilliant solo features with Stan Kenton. Two tracks – the 2nd “Lover Man” & “In Lighter Vein” – have been taken from the pictured LP which … Continue reading →

Posted in CD review, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Saxophone, Stan Kenton, Thelonious Monk, Trumpet | Tagged bad habits, bebop, big band, great solo, jam session, jazz, living jazz history, standard, up tempo | Comments Off

FAMOUS (or not so famous) QUOTES BY VIAN, THE DUKE, MONK, DIZ ‘n’ … ;)

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Brew

“There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly.” ∽ Boris Vian “It Don’t Mean A Thing … Continue reading →