Tag Archives: cup mute

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

Posted in 2001, Avantgarde, Blogging is swell!, CD review, Celebration, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Standard, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jazz Waltz, July | Tagged cup mute, from swing to bop, great american songbook, jazz ballad, jazz quartet, trumpet feature, up tempo | Comments Off

THE DAY BIRD FLEW AWAY: DIZZY GILLESPIE MEETS THE ORCHESTRA — WASHINGTON, MARCH 13, 1955

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Brew

Beside the lengthy “Afro Suite” on side 1, there is this wonderful version of “TIN TIN DEO” on the pictured LP. If Dizzy, or anyone else had known what had happened the night before, in Pannonica de Koenigswarter’s apartment, on March … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversary, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings | Tagged altosaxophone, bad dream, beauty, bebop, big band, cup mute, drugs, great american songbook, great solo | 2 Comments

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

ROY ELDRIDGE & GENE KRUPA – “SAINT LOUIS BLUES” – Two exciting takes from December 1942

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Brew

You don’t wanna know how those two tracks sounded before I laid my hands on them and erased the umpteen clicks, pops, blops, and last but not least before I corrected their pitches. As far as I know – … Continue reading →

Posted in 1942, Blues, Gene Krupa, It's been a ball!, Jazz History Lecture, Jive, Roy Eldridge, Swing Era, Trumpet, World War II | Tagged big band, cup mute, drum feature, from swing to bop, great american songbook, great solo, jazz, Jazz Tango, jazz vocal, living jazz history, Scat Vocal, standard, tenor saxophone, trumpet feature, up tempo | Comments Off

LET’s START THE YEAR WITH SOME GREAT BIG JAZZ BY … ‘Little Jazz’ Roy Eldridge (1911-1989) — (Some Links added, 01-10-2015)

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Brew

This is what I sent to a couple of friends and to my trumpet students: “Bruno’s New Year’s Compilation”, featuring ‘Little Jazz’ Roy Eldridge with Gene Krupa & His Orchestra, Anita O’Day, and some more obscure tracks with Roy as … Continue reading →

Posted in Anita O'Day, Benny Goodman, Big Band Vocalist, Blogging is swell!, Chu Berry, Delikatessen...LOLL., Gene Krupa, It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz in Paris, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Madness, Roy Eldridge, Swing Era, Trumpet | Tagged big band, cup mute, from swing to bop, great american songbook, great solo, hotel gig, jam session, jazz, jazz ballad, jazz soundtrack, jazz vocal, living jazz history, love, private tape, race, soundtrack, standard, trumpet feature, up tempo, world war 2 | Comments Off

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

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Brew

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 blues, cup mute, from swing to bop, jam session, jazz, jazz quartet, living jazz history, love, private tape, standard | Comments Off

Happily Swingin’ 51st Birthday to … ME ;)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Brew

Hi there, swingin’ folks — Feel invited to listen to “my” song once more. Cheers! Yours truly, Brew — A big P.S. comes from Ol’ Blue Eyes, Mr. Francis Albert a.k.a. Frank Sinatra: “September Song” (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) … Continue reading →