Four Classic Albums: Anita Sings the Most/the Lady Is a Tramp/An Evening With Anita O'day/Anita
Rifftides (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rifftides reader Len Gardner writes: I recently purchased and viewed the Anita O'Day DVD in the Jazz Icons series. I am writing to you, Doug, because you wrote the fine liner notes. What I'd really like to do is write...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Albert Ayler - Greenich Village (Universal Japan/Zoom ) Amanda Martinez - Amor (Phantom ) Anita O'Day - Sings Winners (Universal ) Anita Spring - Let Them Talk (Phantom ) Art Blakey - Jazz Message (Universal ) Art Sherrod Jr. - Seasons (Pacific Coast Jazz ) Benny Carter - Further Definitions (Universal Japan/Zoom ) Bernie McGann - Solar (Indies Aus/Zoom ) Bill Evans - With Symphony Orchestra (Universal...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Download for $7.98. Listen to Gene Krupa Quartet performed at Newport Jazz Festival on July 2, 1959
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
What ever happened to Cory Jamison?
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Benny Golson Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes and Noble (NYC) on Friday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, October 30th, for an in-store Barnes and Noble interview with saxophonist, epic composer and jazz legend, Benny Golson Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028...
Just Jared (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Jane Krakowski climbs a ladder in Louboutins - be careful! - as she unveils the world’s largest candy dish at New York City’s Time Warner Center on Tuesday (October 20). The 41-year-old actress, who plays Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock, showed off the humongous candy dish filled with Godiva Gems to visitors. Aside from her 30 Rock [...]
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
When Atlas gets blue, she plays ......... When Sunny gets blue My girl Sarah does it so good and low And Anita O'Day's cover a personal favorite
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
A few times you've linked to Amazon listings for Venus releases, such as the Charlap/NY Trio disc in your new set of picks. Just a caveat about this, of which you may be aware. These are CD-Rs with reprinted liner...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Grant Watson (pno/MD), Adie Cubis (Gtr, maracas, harmony vcl), Simon Little (bs), Ben Reynolds (dms) Clare didn't just walk on stage she "arrived" sylphlike and full of bounce with an easy, friendly manner that quickly won over the lively and appreciative audience. Throughout the performance and between numbers she treat the full house to little chats, regaling us with snippets of her career...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys Smooth Jazz Tribute (CC Entertainment ) Aram Shelton - Two Cities (Delmark ) Art Blakey - Jazz Messengers (LP W/Tshirt) (Phantom ) Charlie Parker - Bird On 52ND Street (Original Jazz Classics ) Collage - Fifty-Four Minutes Twenty Seconds (Wool ) Crane River Jazz Band - Storming Session (United States Of Distribution LTD. ) Crane River Jazz Band - Storming Session: Germany...
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The Exodus To Jazz series of jazz gigs continues with the Johnny O’Neal Trio on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside with sets at 8:00 and 10:00 pm in Frontier Hall at the hotel. Doors open...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Yesterday, as is my oft-time wont, I wandered lonely as a cloud in to South Shields' Market Place. After perusing the stalls I drifted out on a cloud clutching a piece of circular vinyl inside a square, cardboard envelope that had a design of some artistic merit on the front. It also had the words inscribed - "SHELLY MANNE & HIS MEN AT THE BLACK HAWK 1". You've guessed it - it was a long...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY will introduce a new feature for their Fall 2009 season: "After Hours." JOHN PROULX, the Grammy Award winning singer, pianist and composer, will kick off this exciting news series with a special after hours performance Sunday, October 18 at 10:00PM. JOHN PROULX just released his new CD Bakers Dozen: Remembering Chet Baker, which offers a fresh take on a number...
Sequenza21/ (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
A few great concerts you might be able to catch, or might be missing: Carlsbad, CA: (25-27 Sept.) Sure, everybody goes here, about midway between LA and San Diego, just for Legoland California… But for the next few days, everyone should forget Legoland and instead head to the sixth annual Carlsbad Music Festival. The Calder Quartet [...]
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