Brubeck’s biggest piece, Take Five, above. Below is a cute idea on presenting Blue Rondo à la Turk using aerial footage above Los Angeles. The notes at...
Category - Jazz
Benny Carter was apparently was one of the class acts in jazz, according to just about everything written about him. Only people who knew him can say that...
The great trumpeter was born on this day in 1922. He passed away in 1999. The clip of Java is from The Ed Sullivan Show in 1963.
Marie Laveau — featured in this History Channel segment — was a practitioner of voodoo in old New Orleans. The song that bears her name is played...
The Billy Strayhorn Jazz Festival, organized by the Music Institute of Chicago and Billy Strayhorn Songs Inc. will be held this weekend in Evanston, Ill. Check...
This interesting Wikipedia entry says that Sweetwater was scheduled to be the first act at Woodstock but “problems within the band” — use...
As the bio below suggests, Eumir Deodato is by far best recognized for his version of Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra in 2001: A Space Odyssey...
I was looking for a nice afternoon post and happened across this famous photograph. Here is the story of the shot, which features just about every famous jazz...
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra’s (I’ve Got a Girl) in Kalamazoo was tops in October. It wasn’t a fluke: Five Glenn Miller songs hit number...
Gary Golio commented on this morning’s John Coltrane post with news of his book, Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane’s Musical Journey. The book will be...
