Happy Memorial Day. The gentleman who posts these videos, Don McCuaig, seems to pick memorial day to honor, though the videos are shot before. Trains are very...
Category - Jazz
All About Jazz reports that the very important clarinet and saxophone player Sidney Bechet was born on May 14, 1897. He died — also on May 14 — in...
It seems as if alto saxophonist Art Pepper had two careers: As an influential musician and as a heroin addict who was jailed on several occasions. In his...
Herbert Jay Solomon – Herbie Mann – is perhaps the best known and greatest jazz flutist. Mann’s Wikipedia profile says that Mann – who lived from 1930 to...
It’s interesting to see the wide divergence of acts with whom talented musicians played during their studio days, if they had any. Little Feat’s...
Trombone players don’t get enough respect. It seems as if it is a terribly difficult instrument to play. One of the best of them, Locksley Wellington...
. Nino Arobelidze is an old friend of The Daily Music Break. The site posted on her a year ago and did an interview last November. She’s a fun person...
Catching Up with Matt Panayides: In June, I spoke with Jazz guitarist Matt Panayides. It was a few days before his Kickstarter crowd funding campaign ended...
Jazz/blues organist Jimmy Smith was born in Norristown, PA, in 1925 or 1928 — there is some uncertainty on the date. He was able to put instrumental...
A life well played and, by all accounts, well lived. There is a tremendous amount of great video of Clark Terry on YouTube. Please check it out. Above is...
