Tag Archives: drum feature

BELATED HAPPY 80th ANNIVERSARY BENNY GOODMAN & FRIENDS AT CARNEGIE HALL, January 16, 1938!

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Brew

While some folks think that all has been said about this significant event in jazz history, here are some things you might not know. One of my fellow bloggers, Mr. Eric Bogart, has detected one of two little details, only … Continue reading →

Posted in 1938, All American Rhythm Section, Anniversary, Benny Goodman, Birthday Party, Carnegie Hall, CD review, Clarinet, Dedication, Gene Krupa, George Gershwin, Harry James, It's been a ball!, January, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Martha Tilton, Ziggy Elman | Tagged big band, Carnegie Hall, Clarinet, drum feature, endless solo, great american songbook, great solo, jazz, jazz quartet, living jazz history, race, standard, Swing Era | 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

DUKE’s RHYTHM MAN No. 1: SONNY GREER & “DRUMMER’s DELIGHT” — 1938

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Brew

Folks who are digging swingin’ drummers, too often forget to mention the under-appreciated Sonny Greer who spend half of his career in Duke Ellington’s various aggregations, starting with a quintet in 1919, continuing with Duke’s Washingtonians in 1924, who eventually … Continue reading →

Posted in All American Rhythm Section, Dedication, Duke Ellington, It's been a ball!, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Portrait, Sonny Greer, Swing Era | Tagged Clarinet, drum feature, jazz, Swing Era | 2 Comments

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

CLAP HANDS, HERE COMES CHARLIE BARNET WHO JOYFULLY PROCLAIMS: “THANKS FOR 50.000.000 HITS @ BREW LITE’s JAZZ TALES!!!”

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Brew

… ??? …Say what? …Oopz, he certainly meant 50.000+ … 😉 Anyway, a big thanks also from me, dear readers! It’s always the right idea to drop by here; especially when you’ll get the chance to listen to the complete … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Band Vocalist, Charlie Barnet, Cherokee, Count Basie, Dedication, Duke Ellington, Etymology, Film Noir, Glenn Miller, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Miles Davis, Portrait, Roy Eldridge, Swing Era, Tongue In Cheek, Trumpet | Tagged big band, drum feature, great american songbook, jazz, jazz ballad, jazz vocal, language, living jazz history, race, standard, world war 2 | 4 Comments

BUDDY RICH BIG BAND — MORE FROM THE JAZZ FEST BERLIN — NOVEMBER 3, 1984

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Brew

NIGHT BLOOD IF I WERE A BELL Bill Cunliffe (p) Dave Carpenter (b) & BR (d) CHANNEL ONE SUITE Note: The lengthy drum solo, posted in two parts two days ago, belongs to this suite. Here it is again, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Dedication, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Miles Davis | Tagged big band, drum feature, endless solo, great solo, jazz, living jazz history, love, up tempo | 1 Comment

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (1955) ∽ BIX, BILL, JOAN & STAN ∽ EXTRACTED ROCK ‘n’ ROLL ‘n’ JAZZ SOUNDTRACK

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Brew

Part 3 of my little series with unofficial soundtracks was not only inspired by Marc Myers, my mutual collaborator, who featured a splendid collection of jazz-trailers recently… — No! – It’s exclusively dedicated to all first-graders who hopefully won’t experience … Continue reading →