Showing posts with label Duke Ellington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Duke Ellington. Show all posts
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Lonesome Thing: Anaïs Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn

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Anaïs Reno - Lonesome Thing: Anaïs Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn - Harbinger Records Listening to this debut album by Anaïs Reno, one...
Monday, March 01, 2021

Mulgrew Miller & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen The Duo - Duke Ellington 100

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  The Duo - Duke Ellington 100  Mulgrew Miller & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen  Storyville    This release on the Danish Storyville labe...
Saturday, July 04, 2020

Take 5 With Barney Bigard

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New Orleans clarinetist Barney Bigard is best known for his tenure with Duke Elllington, and later with Louis Armstrong. Today’s Take 5 will...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

Take 5 With Clark Terry

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December 14, 2020, is the centennial of the birth of the late Clark Terry. Terry was one of the premier jazz trumpeters of the post bebop er...
Sunday, December 22, 2019

Take 5 With Some Jazzy Holiday Music

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Yesterday we had a brief playlist of Blues Holiday Music. Today with have a brief selection of Jazz Holiday Music. We open with a Christmas ...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges

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Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges Con Chapman Oxford University Press New York: Oxford University Press: 232 pa...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

St. Louis Blues considered

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Arguably W.C. Handy's most famous song might be " St. Louis Blues ." I recall the founder of the Blues Foundation, Joe Savarin...
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, December 05, 2016

Conversations In Jazz; The Ralph Gleason Interviews

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Conversations In Jazz; The Ralph Gleason Interviews Edited by Toby Gleason Foreword and Introductory Notes by Ted Gioia New Haven: Yale Un...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Late Clark Terry Kept On Keepin' On

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" Keep On Keepin' On " is a remarkable documentary about the late Clark Terry and his relationship with a young blind pianis...
Friday, November 02, 2012

The Story of Ellington at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival

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The last few years have seen a spate of books centered around a record album, telling the story about the artists and how the specific al...
Sunday, July 08, 2012

Duke Ellington and Orchestra in Zurich with Special Guest Don Byas

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TCOB Music calls itself The Montreux Jazz Label ™ and has several different series which can be distinguished by the color of the CD spine...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Lil Greenwood, Former Ellington Vocalist Passed Away At 86.

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Lil Greenwood at 2009 Ponderosa Stomp. House of Blues, New Orleans Photo © Ron Weinstock Lil Greenwood, who once sang with the Duke Elli...
Friday, January 07, 2011

Jack Towers RIP- Recorded Legendary Ellington Band at Fargo ND

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Word has spread slowly that Jack Towers passed away December 23, 2010 at the age of 96. He had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease. To...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Van Der Elksen's Jazz Has Vintage Jazz Performance Photos

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I have a penchant for books on music (especially blues and jazz) and photography. Books of photographs of blues and jazz musicians have a sp...