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Mary Ellen Desmond and Her Quartet at Chris' Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Mary Ellen Desmond and QuartetChris' Jazz CafePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAugust 22, 2009 A late August thunderstorm and drenching rain didn't keep the faithful from coming out to hear Philly favorite vocalist Mary Ellen Desmond and her group perform at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Center City, for which they were rewarded with a lively ...
Hot Property: Bing Crosby's Old Stomping Grounds for Sale in Toluca Lake
A Toluca Lake home referred to as the Bing Crosby Estate is listed at $10 million. The singer and actor lived on the property from 1936 until early January 1943, when the 20-room house was gutted in a Christmas tree fire, according to news reports from the L.A. Times archives. The damage to the structure and ...
Brett Favre Isn't The Only Comeback Kid
by Jack Bowers
The ink was barely dry on last month's report that trumpeter Rob Parton had decided to break up his superlative Chicago-based JazzTech Big Band after more than twenty years at the helm before Parton was back with a brand new ensemble, one whose purpose, he says, “is to mirror that of the European Radio Orchestras where ...
Remembering Les Paul... with Lyrics!
by Randee Mia Berman
They called him the Wizard of Waukesha, and we're not talking Harry Potter. I'd first heard about Les Paul from my parents. My Mom played mandolin; my Dad was a jazz pianist, who raised me on Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. I remember listening to the famous guitar/vocal duets between Les Paul & Mary ...
Roy Talbot Calypso Musician Dies at 94
Roy Talbot, the last surviving member of the original Talbot Brothers of Bermuda, one of the top calypso groups of the 1950s, died on May 15 in Paget, Bermuda. He was 94 and lived in Harris Bay. Mr. Talbot lent his voice to the Talbots distinctive blended harmonies and cut a striking figure onstage with his ...
J.D. Walter: Being a Verb
by Victor L. Schermer
J.D. Walter is a jazz singers' singer--a purist and an innovator. Although his style has been compared to many vocal titans, it is in the same breath, uniquely his own, and he has become a singular phenomenon on the music scene. Respected and lauded by the great musicians of the contemporary circuit, ...
The Story of Jazz Guitar
by AAJ Staff
While in its early days, jazz guitar was considered a rhythm instrument alongside the banjo of Dixieland. In 1940, Charlie Christian and his Gibson ES-150 changed that and elevated guitar to lead instrument status alongside the saxophone and trumpet--instruments that could acoustically cut through the sound of a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. Here, we encapsulate some of ...
Bing With A Beat
By Bing Crosby
Label: Bluebird
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella 2. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 3. Along the Way To Waikiki 4. Exactly Like You 5. Dream A Little Dream Of Me 6. Last Night on the Back Porch 7. Some Sunny Day 8. Whispering 9. Tell Me 10. Mack the Knife 11. Down Among the Sheltering Palms 12. Mama Loves Papa.
Swingin' With Bing: Bing Crosby's Lost Radio Performances
By Bing Crosby
Label: Shout! Factory
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Swinging On A Star 2. Don't Fence Me In - Bing & The Andrews Sisters 3. Bing
Introduces "Strange Music" 4. Strange Music 5. Tallahassee 6. Peg O' My Heart 7.
Shoo Shoo Baby 8. Bing chats with The Andrews Sisters 9. You Don't Have To Know The
Language - Bing & The Andrews Sisters 10. South America, Take It Away - Bing & The Andrews
Sisters 11. It's Magic 12. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 13. But Beautiful - Bing With
Uan Rasey (Trumpet) 14. Bing introduces Nat King Cole 15. Bing chats with Nat 16. Sam
's Song - Bing & Nat 17. My Foolish Heart 18. Them There Eyes 19. Too Late Now 20.
Not Mine 21. Bing Welcomes back The Andrews Sisters 22. I Can Dream, Can't I? - The
Andrews Sisters (Patty Andrews, Featured Soloist) With Bing 23. Sure Thing - Bing With
Buddy Cole (Piano) 24. Bing Introduces Finale 25. May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You -
Bing, Nat & The Andrews Sisters. Disc 2: 1. Basin Street Blues - Bing & Ella With Red
Nichols (Cornet) 2. If This Isn't Love 3. It's A Good Day 4. Bing Introduces Louis
Armstrong 5. Bing Chats With Louis 6. Blueberry Hill (Version 1) - Bing & Louis 7. A
Fella With An Umbrella 8. Bing Introduces Ella And "Dreamer's Holiday" 9. A Dreamer's
Holiday - Bing & Ella 10. For You, For Me, Forever More 11. Bing & Louis Introduce "Gone
Fishin'" 12. Gone Fishin' (Version 1) - Bing & Louis 13. Lazy Bones (Version 1) - Bing &
Louis 14. The Best Things In Life Are Free 15. That's A-Plenty - Bing & Ella 16. A
Kiss To Build A Dream On (Version 1) 17. Louis Congratulates Bing On His 20th Anniversary
18. Blueberry Hill (Version 2) - Bing & Louis 19. Bing Chats With Jack Teagarden 20.
Rockin' Chair (Part 1) - Jack & Louis 21. Bing chats with Dinah Shore 22. Rockin' Chair
(Part 2) - Dinah, Louis, Jack & Bing 23. Five Minutes More 24. A Marshmallow World -
Bing & Ella 25. Silver Bells (Version 1) - Bing & Ella 26. Bing Introduces "Memphis
Blues" 27. Memphis Blues (Version 1) - Bing & Ella. Disc 3: 1. Stay With The Happy
People - Bing & Ella 2. It Had To Be You - Bing With Red Nichols (Cornet) 3.
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Bing With Joe Venuti (Violin) 4. Now That I Need You 5.
Gone Fishin' (Version 2) - Bing, Louis & Jack Teagarden 6. Chicago Style - Bing & Ella
With Bill Taylor (Trombone) 7. Route 66 8. Blue Skies - Bing With Les Paul (Guitar) 9.
Istanbul - Bing & Ella With Ziggy Elman (Trumpet) 10. Lazy Bones (Version 2) - Bing &
Louis 11. Bing Introduces Toni Arden & The Band 12. My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Bing & Toni
(With Louis, Jack Teagarden & Joe Venuti) 13. Bing Introduces The Mills Brothers 14. Up
A Lazy River/Paper Doll - Bing & The Mills Brothers 15. Way Back Home - Bing, Ella & The
Mills Brothers 16. You're Just In Love - Bing & Louis 17. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
- Bing & Ella 18. Silver Bells (Version 2) - Bing & Ella 19. Bing Chats With Ella 20.
White Christmas - Bing & Ella 21. A Kiss To Build A Dream On (Version 2) - Bing & Louis 22.
Bing, Ella & Louis Introduce "Memphis Blues" 23. Memphis Blues (Version 2) - Bing, Ella & Louis.
