Tag Archives: language

Update: SONNY ROLLINS’ “AIREGIN” is about “ORIGIN” is about “OXYGEN” is about “NIGERIA”

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Brew

I guess that headline sums it up what Sonny subconsciously wanted to tell us with “Airegin” which is one of his greatest hits beside “St. Thomas”, “Oleo”, and “Doxy”. Here it is in its initial performance, as played by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversary, Chet Baker, Dedication, Etymology, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Native Americans, Portrait, Saxophone, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Trumpet, Wes Montgomery | Tagged bebop, great solo, guitar, jazz, language, living jazz history, love, race, standard, up tempo | 4 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

“AN IDENTIFYING JOHNNY HODGES MEDLEY”, said the Duke of Ellington at Carnegie Hall, on December 27, 1947

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Brew

The experts among you will immediately think: ‘Why, for heaven’s sake, did Brew take this medley as the first sound example from the very concert where the Duke and his men performed “LIBERIAN SUITE” for the very first time?’ Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blues, Carnegie Hall, Christmas, December, Dedication, Duke Ellington, Etymology, Exoticism, Film Noir, Germans, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jive, Johnny Hodges, Poetry, Portrait, Saxophone, Sonny Greer, Tongue In Cheek, Winter, World War II | Tagged altosaxophone, beauty, big band, blues, cool, great solo, jazz, jazz ballad, language, medley, standard | Comments Off

A LOT OF LIST’NIN’ TO DO ∽ MR. COLE PORTER’s GONE 50 YEARS AGO

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Brew

He was a genius. That’s easy to say ’bout someone who wrote 300 songs in the beginning of his career, songs, no one remembers today: From “Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter”, “Which?” For Cole Porter it was just fun, big … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversary, Cole Porter, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, It's been a ball!, It's gonna be a ball, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz Stories & Tales, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Obituary, October, Poetry, Portrait, The Roaring Twenties, Tongue In Cheek | Tagged bad habits, great american songbook, jazz, jazz ballad, jazz vocal, language, love | Comments Off

“AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY AN TUNE,” ALAS…

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Brew

…it is still in the making: DANCE OF THE IMBECILES. Although the title suggests that it has something to do with Bud Powell’s DANCE OF THE INFIDELS (which is an altered blues), it’s only the similarity of words, not of music. … Continue reading →

Posted in 12-Töner, Bud Powell, Dave Brubeck, Dedication, Etymology, Exoticism, Free Style, Frei Improvisierter Jazz, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Lennie Tristano, Madness, New Music, Paul Desmond, Tongue In Cheek | Tagged bad habits, blues, drugs, great american songbook, great solo, jazz, language, pun, up tempo | Comments Off

RE: MOTHER’s DAY — JIMMY GIUFFRE: ONE OF THE COOLEST OF ALL “MOTHERS” ;)

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Brew

What a band, what a sound! Shorty Rogers (trumpet, arranger) John Graas (French horn) Gene Englund (tuba) Art Pepper (alto saxophone) Jimmy Guiffre (tenor saxophone, arranger) Hampton Hawes (piano) Don Bagley (bass) Shelly Manne (drums) – This is track #1 from … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging is swell!, Dedication, Delikatessen...LOLL., Etymology, It's been a ball!, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Jimmy Giuffre, Madness, May, Poetry, Portrait, Spring, Tongue In Cheek | Tagged bebop, big band, great solo, jazz, jazz soundtrack, language, living jazz history, love, up tempo | 4 Comments

SYNCHRONICITY

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Brew

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 →