Showing posts with label Dexter Gordon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dexter Gordon. Show all posts
Saturday, April 04, 2020

Take 5 With Body & Soul

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Last week we had a number of renditions of "Body and Soul" that predate the legendary Coleman Hawkins recording. Today our focus c...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Have a Jazzy Christmas

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On Christmas Eve, some Jazzy Christmas music. First up is a couple of Louis Armstrong gems. Initially it is Ch ristmas in New Orleans . ...
Monday, August 07, 2017

Saunder's King - Swingin'

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With respect to my recent post on St. James Infirmary which I linked on Facebook, one gentleman posted several additional versions of this ...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

Wynonie Harris - Don’t You Want To Rock?

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Wynonie Harris  Don’t You Want To Rock?  The King & Deluxe Acetate series  Ace Records 2-CD set UK Import  Wynonie Harris, the gr...
Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Blues Time Machine Takes Us Back to November 1976

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This is my blues column from the November 1976 Buffalo Jazz Report which had Dexter Gordon on the cover to promote his appearance at the T...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Dexter Gordon's Love For Sale in Copenhagen

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Love For Sale  (Steeplechase) is a newly issued live recording of Dexter Gordon during the period of his lengthy stay in Europe in the s...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Evocative Photographs and Oral History of Legendary Keystone Korner

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Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club by Kathy Sloane Indiana University Press In its slightly over a decade of existence, the Keystone ...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Being Prez Is Concise Look At Life And Music Of Lester Young

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Being Prez: The Life & Music of Lester Young Dave Gelly Oxford University Press (2007) Its been nearly five decades when Lester You...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Riffin' CD Set Shows Why Nat Cole Was a Jazz King

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Nat Cole's musical contributions and career need little elaboration. It should be noted that Hip-O-Select has put together a three CD se...