Category Archives: Tongue In Cheek

BREW BAKER’s HOLIDAY THREE – ‘Live’ @Nunk Music – June 4, 2016

Posted on June 13, 2016 by

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

Posted on February 22, 2015 by

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 , , , , , , , , , , ,

“AN IDENTIFYING JOHNNY HODGES MEDLEY”, said the Duke of Ellington at Carnegie Hall, on December 27, 1947

Posted on January 11, 2015 by

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 →

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

Posted on January 1, 2015 by

[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 , , , , , , , , , ,

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

Posted on October 15, 2014 by

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 →

Posted in Anniversary, Cole Porter, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz Stories & Tales, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Obituary, October, Poetry, Portrait, The Roaring Twenties, Tongue In Cheek | Tagged , , , , , ,

INDIVIDUALISMUS auf die Spitze getrieben, oder: DER ANTIKE BLECHDECKEL — ORANGE BLOSSOM LANE (1941) & ORANGE COLORED SKY (1950)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by

Und was hat das mit Jazz zu tun? Eigentlich gar nichts. Aber mit zwei Jazztiteln, die das Wort “Orange” enthalten. Ab und zu kaufe ich KOO Orangenmarmelade aus Südafrika. Sie enthält weniger Zucker, und schmeckt – in kleinen Streicheinheiten (sic!) genossen … Continue reading →

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BREW LITE’s NINE O’CLOCK BEER BOYS — ‘Live’ @ NUNK MUSIC RECORD STORE, Cologne, June 7, 2014

Posted on June 22, 2014 by
Posted in Anniversary, Barney Bigard, Birthday Party, Blogging is swell!, Blues, Clarinet, Dedication, Delikatessen...LOLL., Duke Ellington, Exoticism, It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz Rhumba, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jimmy Blanton, Johnny Hodges, June, Obituary, Portrait, Rex Stewart, Saxophone, Swing Era, Tongue In Cheek, Trumpet | Tagged , , , , , , , , ,