Bing Crosby was born on this day in 1903, according to This Day in Music. Here he shares top billing with The Andrews Sisters in “Pistol Packin’...
Category - Jazz
Music really is universal. “The Waters of March” (“Aguas de Marco”) is a beautiful samba or bossa nova song (I am unsure of the...
Johnny Hodges was a giant. Here is some of his profile at the Encyclopedia Britannica: Hodges played lead alto in Ellington’s sax section; his melody lines...
Nino Arobelidze is a good friend of The Daily Music Break. She’s a singer/song writer with a unique and fresh sound built on her childhood...
Young musical savants make me uncomfortable. The reason is simply that I am worried about the kid: Is he or she being allowed to be a kid, or is it 24/7...
Here is what Jazz Giants says about Hank Mobley: Mobley began playing tenor saxophone as a New Jersey teenager and gained experience in the bands of Max...
I couldn’t find much on these players. They are tremendous. Above, Kounosuke Saijo plays “Meniana Moca,” which seems to be a Stan Getz song...
I am not convinced that this was recorded in 1927. It just sounds too clear. In any case, it’s great Here is the credited personnel, at least according...
I started out aiming to do a post on Fats Navarro, and sort of made it. This is “52nd Street Theme,” which Wikipedia says was written by Thelonious...
Drummer William Henry (Chick) Webb, who died in 1939 — at only 34 — would be celebrating his 111th birthday today. Here is more on Webb, who was...
