Album Review: Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things - About Us
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | yesterday
The idea of the “drummer as bandleader” is an oddity in most circles.
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Carl R. Hultberg : Jazz Cigarettes
The Rag Blog (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Lester Young was left a shattered man. Photo by Herb Snitzer.The Beatles called them 'jazz cigarettes'Race mixing was the fear and marijuana perceived to be the social lubricant making it happen. By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / October 23, 2009Jazz cigarettes. That’s what the Beatles called them, and you know they got that right. And that’s really the reason why those type of cigarettes...
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Useful Story Lines Of A Wide Variety Of Movies From Around The World
Travel (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
By Nona Robertson Look below if you came to see motion picture reviews. Here are some ways to find movie download sites. There are a lot of different phrases you can use, try "Download Full Length Movie", "Online Video Rentals", or "Music Services". The Bullfighters: This is one of the better Laurel and Hardy later works, engaging false identity as Stan is a lookalike...
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Teddy Wilson – Smoother Than Silk
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
If you were to take all the talented pianists whose careers stretched from the Big Band days to the the Modern Jazz era and lay them end to end, they’d reach to — whoops. What I meant to say was that if you’re looking for one among them who was the very definition of a [...]
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Gene Krupa v. Buddy Rich
Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
I posted the Animal/ (from the Muppets) Buddy Rich "drum battle" the other day; this one's a little more serious. Krupa's a lot of fun to listen to, and he "sells" his solos with a lot of body English (which Buddy never did), but nobody can match Buddy Rich. Sammy Davis Jr.'s looking on, having a whale of a good time, as he should. That's the funny thing about extended drum solos-unless...
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Marty Napoleon: Covering all 88 Keys
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Post-WWII New York City was a vibrant and musically creative club environment and pianist {{Marty Napoleon = 9743}} was a significant part of that scene and continues, through what is now a 60+-year career in the music business, to add more than a dash of pizzazz to any musical endeavor with which he is associated. His impressive resume includes stints with saxophonist {{Charlie Ventura = 11048}},...
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My Selection Of Straightforward Major Motion Picture Outlines
The Internet Business Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
By Gabrielle Good Look below if you came to see motion picture reviews. You can get to a good film download site through the search engines. There are a lot of different phrases you can use, try "Music Videos To Download", "Online DVD Rentals", or "Movie Trailer Downloads". Life of Brian: Monty Python religious parable can possibly hurt every denomination that exists,...
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Al Stewart (Part 1)
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
You may not recognize Al Stewart's name. But back in the late 1940s and 1950s he was one of the most in-demand East Coast trumpeters in the big-band business. Over the past 55 years, Al has played trumpet along side the biggest names in post-War jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bobby Hackett, Lee Morgan, Charlie Shavers, Buck Clayton, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard...
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We've Still Got What It Takes
Do the Math (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
David Becker responds to recent West Coast sightings of Buffalo Collision and TBP. Pull quote: "This was the only show of the festival where noise from passing aircraft improved the experience." Or perhaps instead: "Sounding as if Liberace, Oscar Peterson...
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Music DVD Review: Anita O' Day- The Life of a Jazz Singer
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Anita O' Day was on of the most prolific jazz singers of the 1950s
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Liberty Drums at 2009 National Drum Fair
BLOG :: Liberty Drums Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Celebrating the legends of drumming Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th September 2009 This year, Liberty Drums will be at the 2009 UK National Drum Fair which is celebrating 100 years since the birth of the man who almost single handed brought the drum kit as we know it today, out from the back of the band, into [...]
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Michael Sigman: Field Notes From a Songwriter's Centennial
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
My dad's biggest hit -- "It's All In The Game" -- began as classical violin solo composed by Charles Dawes, making it the only No. 1 song to have been co-written by a vice president of the United States.
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R.I.P. Johnny Graham
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
If you live beyond the bounds of South Tyneside the name Johnny Graham may not mean much but to those who knew and worked with him he was top class. Johnny was a drummer who worked mainly in the dance band and club environment although in his younger days he played like and bore more than a passing resemblance to Gene Krupa. In the photo he is pictured with long time musical associate, organist Johnny...
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Blue Devils Coming To Town.
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Hi: just a reminder that Keith Nichols brings his stunning ten-piece orchestra to the Saville Exchange, North Shields next Friday, September 11th, at 8.00pm. The programme will be based mainly on the famous Chicago and Harlem big bands of the mid twenties to the mid thirties, with emphasis on the works of Duke Ellington. Keith tells me it's the "A Team" line-up, and makes special note of...
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Park Cities YMCA founder was a once-in-a-lifetime leader
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
The next night an open-house dance was held with music provided by Tex Beneke and his orchestra, probably the top musical group in the nation in 1951. The Glenn Miller Orchestra had previously held the top spot. When Miller needed a sax player, Gene Krupa recommended Gordon Beneke. When Miller met Beneke, he was amazed at Beneke's Texas drawl and said "Tex, get out your horn and let's hear you...