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30 YEARS AGO (Friday the 13th, 1988): CHET BAKER DIES IN AMSTERDAM — Memories Of A Trumpet Colleague (Update)

Posted on May 13, 2018 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 →

Posted in 1988, Celebration, Chet Baker, coolness, Dedication, Hollywood, Jazz History Lecture, Loneliness, Mystery, Portrait, Sadness, Spring, Trumpet | Tagged bad dream, bad habits, bebop, cool, great solo, jazz ballad, living jazz history, quiet jazz, trumpet feature | Comments Off

Since (almost!) absolutely nothing will change, a re-re-re-repost: FOR SOME REASON MOSTLY ALL BUT NOT IN THE KEY OF ‘C’ a.k.a. COLOGNE CARNIVAL 2017

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Brew

Oh yeah! — That’s all (as last year!) still very, very, I mean: Absolutely kinda like super-duuper-funny. It’s actually just laughably-ridiculously deeelightful. …LOLL. And so: Enjoy once again! CARNIVALESQUE BLUES & JAZZ FOLKS 1. While We Danced At The Mardi Gras … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Band Vocalist, Blogging is swell!, Carnival, Delikatessen...LOLL., Etymology, Exoticism, It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Madness, Mardi Gras, Swing Era | Tagged bad habits, big band, Clarinet, great american songbook, jazz, jazz vocal, oldie | 2 Comments

Bebop trumpeter HOWARD McGHEE: “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out”

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Brew

Trumpeter Howard McGhee, among young jazz adepts unjustly almost forgotten today, was a reliable man if you’re following his steadily flowing recorded output between 1942 & 1948, which were the heydays of the bebop era. And ‘Maggie’, so his nickname … Continue reading →

Posted in 1942, 1946, 1961, Avantgarde, Bebop, Dedication, Howard McGhee | Tagged bad habits, bebop, big band, great solo, harmon mute, jazz ballad, living jazz history, trumpet feature | Comments Off

IT’s LADY DAY’s DAY TODAY: Happy 100th Anniversary Billie Holiday!

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Brew

On November 27, 1933 Lady was “RIFFIN’ THE SCOTCH” with Benny Goodman & His Orchestra. It’s a bitty ditty novelty song, like so many she did during the 1930’s. Anyway, she dusted them odd songs off with her kind of relaxed phrasing; … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversary, April, Billie Holiday, Birthday Party, Lady Day, Swing Era | Tagged bad habits, beauty, big band, drugs, from swing to bop, great american songbook, jazz, jazz vocal, living jazz history, love | Comments Off

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 →

Posted in Anniversary, Chet Baker, Christmas, Dedication, Jazz Stories & Tales, Richard Twardzik, Trumpet, Winter | Tagged bad habits, bebop, cool, drugs, great american songbook, great solo, jazz, jazz ballad, jazz quartet, jazz vocal, love, oldie, quiet jazz, standard, trumpet feature, up tempo | Comments Off

AND HERE COMES THE … “QUEEN OF SIAM” – LYDIA LUNCH – 1980

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Brew

A very good friend of mine told me to go after this excellent and very rare LP: Lydia Lunch’s “Queen Of Siam” (1980). I’ve found it on ieBuy/ Germany in an almost mint condition, and for a reasonable price; it … Continue reading →