Tag Archives: jam session

LIVING JAZZ HISTORY: ORAN ‘HOT LIPS’ PAGE, THE UNDERRATED TRUMPET MASTER OF THE 1930’s & ’40’s

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Brew

Hi folks — I always wanted to post this rare gem, an original autograph of the wonderful, of the inimitable, the one and only Oran ‘Hot Lips’ Page! ‘Hot Lips’ was an eager, and very busy after-hours jam session-ite. He … Continue reading →

Posted in CD review, Dedication, Etymology, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Oran 'Hot Lips' Page, Portrait, Swing Era, Trumpet | Tagged big band, Clarinet, endless solo, great american songbook, great solo, jam session, jazz, jazz vocal, living jazz history, oldie, private tape, standard | Comments Off

BREW LITE’s 4 BLUE YULE-ITES — A SWINGIN’ CHRISTMAS @THE RECORD STORE

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Brew

Kommet zuhauf! — Before that, get inspired by the Gene Ammons/ Tom Archia Quintet and their ultimate Christmas tenorsax battle on “SWINGIN’ FOR XMAS” a.k.a. “JAMMIN’ FOR SANTA”. Gene Ammons, Tom Archia (ts) Christine Chatman (p) Leroy Jackson (b) Wesley … Continue reading →

Posted in 1948, Christmas Jazz 2015 | Tagged bebop, cold war, from swing to bop, jam session, jazz, oldie, tenor saxophone, 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 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

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

Bruno Leicht & “LITTLE WILLI LEAPS AGAIN” – Piano Solo & “Um die Ecke” – May 21, 2014

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Brew

This is an extended blues à la rhumba (similar to Tommy Dorsey’s “Perfidia”, which is *NOT* played as a rhumba anyway), dedicated to Little Willi, a new Californian citizen, who arrived yesterday in the wee small hours of the morning. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging is swell!, Blues, Dedication, Delikatessen...LOLL., It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz Rhumba, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, May, Portrait, Spring, Tongue In Cheek | Tagged blues, jam session, jazz, love, private tape, solo piano | Comments Off

Update of an ancient post: DANCIN’ through APRIL with “MY” MAN PAUL GONSALVES and 3 X’s “DIMINUENDO & CRESCENDO IN BLUE”

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Brew

Thanks, Doug, for reminding us on International Jazz Day. For me, every day is a Jazz Day. Let’s celebrate it anyway, with Paul Gonsalves, featured in his very special showcase and 35 chorusses + a splendid coda on Diminuendo & … Continue reading →