Later On (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
I’ve been told by more than one that the great sequence of jazz trumpeters consists of: Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Clifford Brown. A place in this pantheon means that the trumpeter did new things. Billy Butterfield, for example, is a fine trumpeter but he didn’t break new ground, as did [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... film. Clips of her performing go back to her days with jazz giants Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton and Roy Eldridge. An early scene shows her with Louis Armstrong. In interviews spanning the years, she speaks candidly of her 16 years as a junkie and alky - it was all part of the "jazz life," she contends - and her four broken marriages. Historians (including Phil Schaap of WKCR-FM, a great place...
The Smudge of Ashen Fluff (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Art Blakey, with, among others, Sonny Stitt on alto and tenor saxophones, Roy Eldridge on trumpet, Thelonious Monk on piano. 100% real. Art Blakey - 'Round Midnight (Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival)(mp3) From Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival .
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Boing Boing tv's UK-based music correspondent Russell Porter interviews the young experimental jazz band EMPIRICAL, from London. Today's episode includes an extended musical interlude, to ensure the mellowest possible Monday for all the peeps out there in BBtv-land. The band's "influences" roster says it the best: Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Booker Little, Miles...
The Sound Room (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
... to be plenty of sumpin' for jazz lovers of any stripe. Here's a handful of buzz-worthy releases: Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry The Trumpet Kings at Montreux : Anytime these three kings get together, a good time is practically guaranteed, and Montreux does not disappoint. with heavily competitive horn solos and Oscar Peterson on Piano, what's not to like? Stephane Grappelli...
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.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... including saxophonists Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan and Sonny Stitt; trumpeters Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry; pianists John Lewis and Thelonious Monk; and percussionists Poncho Sanchez and Mongo Santamaria. The six Monterey Jazz Festival Records archival releases have a street date of August 5, 2008: Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz - Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival:...
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Jazz pianist GERALD WIGGINS has died in hospital after a long battle with illness. The 86 year old, who performed alongside Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter and Roy Eldridge, among others, and became Marilyn Monroe’s vocal coach died on Sunday (13Jul08). Monroe once gave him a photo autographed with, "For Gerry. I can’t make a sound without you. [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Jazz pianist GERALD WIGGINS has died in hospital after a long battle with illness. The 86 year old, who performed alongside Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter and Roy ...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Gerald Wiggins, a jazz pianist whose long career embraced numerous recordings with his trio, performances with Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge, Zoot Sims, accompaniment for Lena Horne and Nat "King" Cole, and vocal coaching for Marilyn Monroe, has died. He was 86. Wiggins died Sunday morning at Encino-Tarzana Medical Center, where he had spent the last six weeks. According to his...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Gerald Wiggins, a jazz pianist whose long career embraced numerous recordings with his trio, performances with Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge, Zoot Sims, accompaniment for Lena Horne and Nat "King" Cole, and vocal coaching for Marilyn Monroe, has died. He was 86.Wiggins died Sunday morning at Encino-Tarzana Medical Center, where he had spent the last six weeks. According to his...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Bobby Durham, 71, a Philadelphia native and drummer whose precise, understated style made him much sought after as a sideman by such jazz greats as Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, died of lung cancer Monday in Genoa, Italy, where he had a home. Mr. Durham was probably best known for his trio work from 1966 to 1971...
