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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

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Freitag, den 29. August 2014 20:00 Uhr: Die drei Wünsche der Jazzmusiker

Posted on August 26, 2014 by

Die drei Wünsche der Jazzmusiker Freitag, den 29. August 2014 20:00 Uhr Jazzgeschichten aus der Jazzgeschichte Eine ungewöhnliche Kombination von Musik und Text: Jazzgeschichten aus der Jazzgeschichte Warum Billie Holiday Angst vor Streichern hat, Miles Davis Papierschnipsel zur Probe mitbringt, warum … Continue reading →

Posted in August, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz Stories & Tales, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Miles Davis, Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Swing Era, The Roaring Twenties | Tagged , , , , , , ,

SYNCHRONICITY

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Amazingly, JazzWax blogger Marc Myers and I will both be delivering jazz historic lectures on next Tuesday, April 30. Mr. Myers will read from his book Why Jazz Happened at the State University of New York, and I will talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Artie Shaw, Blogging is swell!, Clarinet, Jazz Book, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Lester Young, Oran 'Hot Lips' Page, Portrait, Saxophone, Swing Era, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Repost: Another Springstrumental ∽ HARRY JAMES & “SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST” ∽ ‘Live’ in Las Vegas, Spring, 1964

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

Isn’t this a lovely interpretation of the fabulous bitter sweet Spring ballad? Here it is, as played by Harry James, live in Las Vegas: Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most. Harry used almost no vibrato, no schmaltz at … Continue reading →

Posted in April, Harry James, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Poetry, Spring | Tagged , , , , , ,

BY THE WAY…

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

… 😉 Thanks a load, WordPress, I surely will! Sincerely, Bruno Leicht [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV4iViKWRe8&w=420&h=315]

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ALSO WHITEMAN (sic!) & SHAW COULD PLAY THE BLUES – CARNEGIE HALL, CHRISTMAS CONCERT (1938)

Posted on February 17, 2013 by

Let’s briefly return to Artie Shaw for some minutes. — I always wanted to post these rare gems for your listening pleasure. The first track is entitled “The Blues”, and it features the upcoming superstar Artie Shaw with Paul Whiteman … Continue reading →

Posted in Artie Shaw, Bernie Privin, Big Band Vocalist, Blues, Buddy Rich, Christmas, Dedication, Georgie Auld, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Madness, Swing Era, Tony Pastor, Winter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

THIS IS SO F…..’ COOL, MAN! — OR: LENNIE TRISTANO IMPROVISES, THOUGH NOT ALONE IN NEW YORK — 1955

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

How ’bout two more of those “melancholy maidens”? Here we go with Lennie’s Quartet, consoling their Melancholy Baby with a swinging beat; you hear Lee Konitz on altosax, Gene Ramey & Arthur Taylor on bass and drums. This is a … Continue reading →

Posted in CD review, Dedication, Etymology, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Lee Konitz, Lennie Tristano, Portrait, Saxophone | Tagged , , , , , , , , ,