Earl Hines

Yes, there's jazz at Bumbershoot — and even a jazz legend

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Semiretired tenor saxophonist Hadley Caliman, 76, is among a relative handful of acts that constitute jazz at Bumbershoot this year.

• PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Yes, There's Jazz at Bumbershoot -- And Even a Jazz Legend - All About Jazz

Frishberg, Wellstood and Sullivan

Rifftides (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008

Dick Wellstood has been on my mind. Maybe it's because I heard Dave Frishberg play the piano the other night at The Seasons. Frishberg was in concert singing his inimitable songs and accompanying himself, but he opened up plenty of...

Franz Jackson: virtuoso swing-era tenor saxophonist

Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

It would be no exaggeration to say that the jazz musician Franz Jackson was the last of the heavyweight swing-era tenor saxophonists. His gritty tone and energetic phrasing were heavily influenced by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, and indeed he replaced Webster in such legendary bands as those of Fletcher Henderson and Roy Eldridge.

Album review: Louis Armstrong and the All Stars

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008

LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE ALL STARS

• Album review: Louis Armstrong and the All Stars - Scotsman.com

CALVIN NEWBORN: (2005) Up City! @320 kbps

BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008

Imagine a young Calvin Newborn, migrating from Beale Street to the Big Apple in the mid-1950s: Guitar in hand, he pounded the big city pavement from Birdland to Broadway, earning the nickname "UpCity" from none other than Miles Davis, who was more than impressed with the Memphis musician. Over the last five decades, Calvin - the brother of jazz virtuoso Phineas Newborn - has bounced from Memphis to...

Franz Jackson: Sax player in the golden age of jazz

The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008

The last survivor of the golden age of jazz when King Oliver and Louis Armstrong walked tall in the Chicago of the Roaring Twenties, the saxophonist Franz Jackson played with bands led by Fats Waller, Earl Hines, Roy Eldridge and Fletcher Henderson, among others. Those bands were part of the spine of jazz in the first half of the last century.

Confessions Of A Multiple-Music Addict

Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008

If you’re reading this, then you’re probably familiar enough with current technology to know that these days most of us load up our hard drives - and our portable players - with digital music, picking and choosing our favorite tunes from various sources. Just like before, we still sometimes buy entire albums just to get [...]

Louis Armstrong All Stars: Live in Zurich, Switzerland 18.10.1949

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Just how good was Armstrong's band in 1949? For one thing look at the lineup; you have some of the best players associated with him, like Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, and the crack rhythm section of Earl Hines, Cozy Cole, and Arvell Shaw. This version of the All-Stars, weaned on Armstrong's music, was very familiar with the intricacies of every tune. Also, the group was playing to enthusiastic Europeans...

Sarah Vaughn: “Perdido” (1955)

Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008

This is Sarah Vaughn (1924 – 1990) singing Perdido in 1955 at the Rhythm and Blues Revue, a musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. She entered a talent contest at the Apollo Theater in 1942 at age 18, sang "Body and Soul," and won. She was spotted by singer Billy Eckstine, who recommended her to Earl Hines, a bandleader with a remarkable ear for talent, who hired her as his band's...

EARL HINES: (1988) Live at The Village Vanguard @ 224 kbps

BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008

Once called "the first modern jazz pianist," Earl Hines differed from the stride pianists of the 1920s by breaking up the stride rhythms with unusual accents from his left hand. While his right hand often played octaves so as to ring clearly over ensembles, Hines had the trickiest left hand in the business, often suspending time recklessly but without ever losing the beat. One of the all-time great...

Collection of jazz posters for sale

Bayrdier (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008

Jeez. I must be getting old. I've started listening to jazz and liking it. Once upon a time I would listen to it to appear cool... but now, I just love it. That said, one thing jazz has always been...

Earl Hines: “Memories of You” (1965)

Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008

Here is Earl Hines (1903-1983) performing “Memories of You” in Berlin in 1965. Known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, he played piano in Chicago clubs in the 1920s, first as a soloist and later as a bandleader. He made several recordings with Louis Armstrong in the '20s and '30s, and then joined Armstrong again in the late 1940s to tour with the All Stars. He toured the world and made records into the 1970s...

Byard and Hines In Action

Rifftides (Free subscription) | 01/04/2008

A Rifftides reader who identifies himself only as Rich J. comments on the Jaki Byard...

28 December Fortune Teller says

composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 12/28/2007

Your birthday today: You are energetic, shrewd and diplomatic, courteous and obliging, make friends easily and are generally well liked. You are sincere and frank, and do not stoop to gain a point. you are gentle and patient in your home and endeavor to make it happy and pleasant. The book lists nobody to share today with you, so be obliging and celebrate with these other notables: The state of Iowa*...

CD: Nat Cole

Rifftides (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007

Nat Cole, Penthouse Serenade & The Piano Style of Nat King Cole (Collectors' Choice). Nat...