Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Given what I do I mainly see youtube through the prism of political video -- viral video, our short commentary pieces, etc.; when I have my publisher's hat on I keep up on the latest business developments in advertising, distribution...
Honey, Where You Been So Long? (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
I’m happy to present So Young, So Cold, So Fair: The Saint James Infirmary Blues, a collection of songs of loss and love regarding The St. James Infirmary. Honey was established over four (!) years ago around the idea that it was too hard actually listen to pre-war blues without buying out of print or [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
For almost three decades, Nick's Steakhouse was revered as "the place" in Greenwich Village to hear classic, hot, improvised jazz. Music stands and orchestrations were banned from the stage. Muggsy Spanier led his group there, as did Bud Freeman and Eddie Condon. Booked for a one-nighter, Benny Carter stayed for five weeks. Fats Waller would drop by to play 'for fun,' and so did Jack Teagarden...
New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
It was 50 years ago that Bert Stern decided he had to make a movie before he turned 30.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE ALL STARS
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...
Honey, Where You Been So Long? (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Okay here is the list as of 3/29. the years are marked where noted - i need help with dates (It’s hard on some discs to determine when the actual recording took place, those i’ve marked with the release date of the disc and a ?) and of course more songs. Big thanks to everyone [...]
Dalhousie News (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
Criminal defence lawyer Donald Murray manages stress through skating. “Stress is an occupational hazard in lawyering, especially in family and criminal law,” says Mr. Murray (LLB ’84). “It really helps to do something artistic or physical. Something that brings a little joy or beauty to the world amid the human trauma we have to deal with every day.”
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
in post click to read post from Locust St. .
wordsandmusic (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
I knew this title originally from the wonderful Jack Teagarden version – this is the Bill Perkins Octet from 1956 doing a smooth cool school take on 'A hundred years from today.' Velvet arrangement wrapped round Perkins tenor with memories of the 1949 Miles Davis Nine somewhere in the background... Rather beautiful... Steve Lacy served part of his apprenticeship with Thelonious Monk and throughout...
DATA news (Free subscription) | 01/22/2008
(SPECIAL GUEST-HOSTED BY ROB WALKER ST. JAMES INFIRMARY EPISODE!) In this episode, prolific writer Rob Walker ( NO Notes , NY Times Magazine: Consumed Columnist , murketing.com , and book ) takes us on a guided tour of his favorite song: "Saint James Infirmary." First up, the quintessential rendition of "St. James Infirmary" by Louis Armstrong which can be found on any umber of compilations ( eMusic...
AnotherThink (Free subscription) | 12/21/2007
Mike Laprarie's Big Band Christmas collection from the Virtual Victrola.
Anecdotal Evidence (Free subscription) | 12/01/2007
By now, the sun is setting and street lights are coming on as I’m driving home from work. This, for me, is the perfect time for music. I’m in no hurry and I’m obliged only to drive with care. The cumulative weariness of the day is lulling and I am, briefly, alone. Early in the week I listened to the recordings Pablo Casals made almost 70 years ago of Bach’s unaccompanied cello suites. Now it's The...
Hooting Yard (Free subscription) | 10/06/2007
Joost Van Dongelbraacke’s peppery constitution is the subject of not one, not two, but three new publications, a book, a pamphlet, and a monthly magazine. One might think that the constitution of a suburban shaman is too thin a topic to support a regular periodical, particularly such a fat and glossy one, but that is [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/27/2007
Back in the early 1960s, when John Hammond Jr. began his performing career, the idea of a white guy singing blues seemed strange to a lot of people. Sure, Jack Teagarden and others had long been singing blues in a jazz context. And Elvis Presley had souped up...
