Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Born: 7 January, 1935 in Glasgow. Died: 10 October, 2009, in Georgetown, Ontario, aged 74.
Jazz Lives (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
I had never seen this photograph before — Lee Wiley, after her “retirement” from music, at the Grandview Inn in Columbus, Ohio, on September 21, 1959. The candid shot was taken by the late Ed Lawless. More of his jazz photographs appear at the website of the New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern California — [...]
Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
I see that the Stroppy One, briefly stuck for blogging ideas (like us at Shiraz just at the moment), has launched an unprovoked attack on my musical tastes, accusing me of being a representative of “good time” jazz. I may have used that term ironically at one time or another, but it’s not really how [...]
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
Sometime in the final decade of the last century (man, that's beginning to sound like a long time ago) I was on assignment in Portland, Oregon, and dropped into the restaurant of the elegant Heathman Hotel to hear pianist Dave...
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...
BobFromBrockley (Free subscription) | 10/30/2007
Further to the "folk music" issue from last week ( here - read the comments too), Jogo sends a link to this nice article at MRZine by Sophie Guthrie . Extract: Woody (who didn't listen much to his own records) played the song totally differently, adding new chords, changing beats, and even improvising a few new verses. Unlike highly disciplined and organized dancers, folksingers are known...
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