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A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND2 comments

jazzlives wrote 1 week ago:   The philosopher Isaiah Berlin divided everyone into two types: those whose knowledge was broad bu … more »

Tags: The Things We Love, A-1 Diner, Ben Webster, Benny Morton, Bill Evans, Bob Wirtz, Dicky Wells, Enterprise Records, Helen Humes

LANCELOT TAKES MANHATTAN1 comment

jazzlives wrote 4 weeks ago: Last Monday, the French stride wizard Olivier Lancelot flew in from Paris for ten days of tri-stat … more »

Tags: The Heroes Among Us, Dan Levinson, Donald Lambert, Edith Piaf, Fats Waller, Frank Sinatra, Hot Steamed Jazz Festival, Humphrey Bogart, James P. Johnson

SUMMIT SESSION (Wednesday, June 11)

jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: The Sidney Bechet Society is sponsoring what promises to be a remarkable tribute to the late clarine … more »

Tags: The Heroes Among Us, The Things We Love, Atlanta Jazz Party, Bob Wilber, Dan Levinson, Dick Hyman, Kenny Davern, Kevin Dorn, Matt Munisteri

A MONDAY DATE! VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS3 comments

jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: New Yorkers who can look up from their cellphones and frappuccinos now and again know that they li … more »

Tags: The Heroes Among Us, The Things We Love, earl hines, PeeWee Russell, Vince Giordano, Fletcher Henderson, bix beiderbecke, Jim Fryer, Duke Ellington

OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS: SACRAMENTO JAZZ JUBILEE (II)

jazzlives wrote 1 month ago: Bill Gallagher, also a fine writer, is encountered too infrequently in the pages of the IAJRC Journa … more »

Tags: The Heroes Among Us, The Things We Love, bed, Bill Gallagher, Bob Ringwald, Bob Schulz, Bob Wilber, Dan Barrett, Jake Hanna

MAKING RECORDS WITH MARTY GROSZ1 comment

jazzlives wrote 2 months ago: I realize my title contains an archaic expression, for no one makes records anymore. At Clinton Rec … more »

Tags: The Heroes Among Us, Jazz Titans, The Things We Love, Vince Giordano, Scott, Robinson, Doug Pomeroy, Duke Ellington, Arbors Records, Marty Grosz

EHUD'S GOT RHYTHM

jazzlives wrote 2 months ago:   The earnest, cheerful young pianist in this photograph is Ehud Asherie.  At Smalls, the happil … more »

Tags: The Heroes Among Us, Art Tatum, Cliff Jackson, Ehud Asherie, Fats Waller, harry allen, James P. Johnson, Jess Stacy, Jon-Erik Kellso

THE NEXT GENERATION, or POPS IS TOPS1 comment

jazzlives wrote 2 months ago: Since 1988, the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens — the house where Louis and Luc … more »

Tags: Jazz Titans, The Things We Love, Baltsar Beckeld, Billie Holiday, charlie parker, David Ostwald, Dion Tucker, James Chirillo, Joe Muranyi

SWEET AND HOT! BARBARA ROSENE (May 10, 7-10 PM)

jazzlives wrote 2 months ago: I’ve heard Barbara Rosene sing at a variety of places since late 2004, and I’ve always b … more »

Tags: The Things We Love, Kevin Dorn, Jesse Gelber, Barbara Rosene, Simon Wettenhall, Pete Martinez, Stomp Off Records, Arbors Records, Azica Records

FEELING THE SPIRIT1 comment

jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: People danced in the aisles at The Ear Inn last night. In the movies, when a scene takes place in a … more »

Tags: The Heroes Among Us, Jazz Titans, The Things We Love, Jon-Erik Kellso, Harvey Tibbs, The Ear Inn, Scott, Robinson, Greg Cohen, Bria Skonberg

JAZZ SCORE: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FILMS (April 17 - September 15, 2008)

jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: Jazz and film seem to be meant for each other, if only because musicians are such unaffected dramati … more »

Tags: The Things We Love

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jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: Readers who know me know that my small techno-knowledge is hard-won and home-grown and other hyphena … more »

Tags: It's A Mystery, Google RSS blog subscribe jazzlives

THE EAR INN, APRIL 6

jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: Candid portraits taken from the ideal vantage point — a barstool right in front of the band: … more »

Tags: The Heroes Among Us, The Things We Love, Jon-Erik Kellso, Orange Kellin, Bard Shigeta, Matt Munisteri, Gerg Cohen, Harvey Tibbs, Stanley King

SICILIAN JAZZ?2 comments

jazzlives wrote 3 months ago: We didn’t return from Sicily (or, properly, Sicilia) with jazz souvenirs aside from an Italian … more »

DOIN' THE SICILIAN

jazzlives wrote 4 months ago: This blog will take on a different flavor for the next two weeks, as the Beloved and I visit Sicily … more »

MORE FROM THE EAR

jazzlives wrote 4 months ago: Jon-Erik Kellso, the Bard of Growl, writes that The Ear Inn (www.earinn.com) will be graced by two s … more »

EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WE FORGET ABOUT OUR CARES2 comments

jazzlives wrote 4 months ago: Well, the line from “When I Take My Sugar to Tea” isn’t temporally accurate: the Sunday sessio … more »

Tags: The Heroes Among Us

DOWNTOWN UPROAR3 comments

jazzlives wrote 5 months ago: Last night, Sunday, February 24, many Americans were happily watching the Oscars. I was having muc … more »


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