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George Smith
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My Jazz Story
I love jazz because of it's history, variety, excitement and the improvisational skills displayed by musicians. I do not play an
instrument myself.
I was first exposed to jazz..in 1959 at a Count Basie Band.
I met Johnny Hodges, McCoy Tyner, Hank Jones, Mornington Lockett, Martin Taylor, Stan Tracey, Bobby Wellins, Jim Mullen, Chris
Barber and others including Scottish musicians, e.g. Paul Towndrow, Brian Kellock, Alyn Cosker, Kevin MacKenzie.
The best show I attended recently was "Deepening the River by Paul Towndrow.
The first jazz record I bought was Concert in Europe by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
I would suggest that newcomers to jazz should listen to music from across the spectrum, from the earliest and through the
20th century to the present day. It is fascinating to listen to the way jazz evolved.
And support local jazz gigs!
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Best Jazz Record Labels 2020
Best Jazz Cities
Best Jazz Venues 2019
Contests
Sam First Records Vinyl Giveaway
Outside in Music 2025 6-Pack Giveaway
Win a chance at a recent album release on CAM Jazz
Win a chance at Justin Time Records Vinyl Releases
Win a chance at Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums on red vinyl
Arkadia Records Album Giveaway
Posi-Tone Records Multi Album Giveaway
Craft Recordings' The Birth of Bop Box Set and Art Pepper's Meets the Rhythm (Vinyl)
Club d'Elf: Autographed vinyl copies of You Never Know plus As Above (digital)
Massive Holiday CD Giveaway including the classics Jazz Yule Love, Vol I & II
Win a copy of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on Pumpkin-Shaped Translucent Orange Vinyl!
The Complete Freddie Hubbard Blue Note & Impulse Studio Sessions
Songlines Recordings Matt Choboter / Mikkel Ploug Giveaway
Mahakala Music Album Giveaway
Anzic Records Album Giveaway
VMP Anthology: The Story of Quincy Jones
Jazz En Rafale LIVE CAM online concerts
Three winners will receive Paul Kelly's Christmas Train Double Album on Vinyl
Three winners will receive the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas on Color Vinyl
Effendi Records Two Album Giveaway
ArtistShare Two Album Giveaway
MPS Oscar Peterson Exclusively For My Friends 6-LP box set
Mosaic Records Louis Armstrong / Joe Henderson Box Set Giveaway
ACT Music CD / Vinyl / Digital Giveaway
Sunnyside Records Giveaway
Copenhagen's ILK Music Giveaway
Your Choice From the Cellar Live Catalog
Whaling City Sound Contest Giveaway
Harris Eisenstadt Two LPs on NoBusiness Records
10 different LPs spanning the ten years of Whirlwind Recordings
10 copies of Rhythm Abstraction: Azure by Frank Macchia
GroundUP Music Festival Tickets
Portraits Featuring Adalia Tara
Gregory Porter at the Kimmel Center
A Lousy Day in Harlem
Jericho by Jeff Lofton
Was Out Jazz Zone Mad by Tony Adamo
No Boundaries by Dave Bass
Higher by Patricia Barber
Break Up With the Sound by Michelle Lordi
Greene Street Vol.1 by Will Sellenraad, Eric McPherson & Rene Hart
Theme Song
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This page was last updated on 2020-07-31.
