Results for "Bud Freeman"

Jimmy McPartland This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

July 28, 2011

This week, Riverwalk Jazz pays tribute to the Chicago jazz cornetist Jimmy McPartland, husband of public radio's Marian McPartland. The couple met in Britain while Jimmy was serving in the armed forces during WWII. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on- demand from ...

Steve Brown: Atlas Slapped

by Andrew J. Sammut
June 7, 2011

The word bass means bottom. It means support. That's the prime requisite of a bassist, support. Architecturally, it has to be the lowest part of the building, and it has to be strong, or the building will not stand. Musically, it is the lowest human voice. It is the lowest musical voice in the orchestra. It's ...

"Eddie Condon: Renaissance Man of Jazz" This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

April 21, 2011

This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents Eddie Condon: Renaissance Man of Jazz. A fast-talking, wisecracking Midwesterner, Condon epitomized Chicago Jazz. The show is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM Sattelite Radio and streamed worldwide from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Joining us this week is photographer, author and record producer Hank O'Neal, who collaborated ...

You Took Advantage Of Me

Featuring the music of Bud Freeman
Duration: 10:02
April 13, 2011

Clarinet Great Kenny Davern This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

March 31, 2011

This week, Riverwalk Jazz celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with never-before- broadcast tracks featuring the great reedman Kenny Davern. The hour-long program is carried in the US on the Public Radio International network, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Kenny Davern was a kid when he first heard Pee ...

Ben Pollack on Riverwalk Jazz This Week

February 25, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Jim Cullum Jazz Band drummer Hal Smith joins host David Holt to talk about Ben Pollack's often overlooked contribution to jazz. The show is heard on public radio stations nationwide, distributed by Public Radio International, and can also be heard on XM/Sirius sattelite radio and streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz ...

Take Five With Dave Wilson

by AAJ Staff
August 1, 2010

Meet Dave Wilson: Dave Wilson was born and raised in Bronxville, NY. As the leader of his own jazz groups, the Dave Wilson Quartet/Crazeology, Wilson and his band mates are known for their groundbreaking improvisations along with creative individualistic compositions and unique arrangements of standards. Wilson was also co-leader for many years, with the great trumpet ...

Memphis Nighthawks featuring Ron DeWar: Jazz Lips

by Nic Jones
January 29, 2010

There's no mistaking the Memphis Nighthawks knew and loved traditional jazz, but what really distinguished the group was its blend of fire, drive and enthusiasm. On the 30 year-old sessions collected into Jazz Lips, the group puts these qualities across with enough vengeance to shame a host of neoconservatives, breathing life into its preferred form in ...

Sonny Rollins: Still Seeking the Lost Chord

by R.J. DeLuke
January 13, 2009

The Saxophone Colossus. The greatest living improvising musician. A musical god. Sonny Rollins has been called all these things at one time or another by fans across the globe, as well as by those involved in the pursuit of music criticism and jazz history. There's no question he is the greatest remaining icon to come out ...

All-Star Swing Sessions

By Bud Freeman

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (Ellington/Mills/Nemo/Redmond) - 5:18 2. S'posin' (Denniker/Razaf) - 5:41 3. March on, March On (Edwards) - 4:48 4. Shorty's Blues (Baker/Freeman/Hopkins) - 4:45 5. Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson/Kahn) - 5:18 6. Something to Remember You By (Dietz/Schwartz) - 4:41 7. Hector's Dance (Baker/Freeman/Hopkins) - 3:26 8. But Not for Me (Gershwin/Gershwin) - 4:26 9. Darktown Strutters Ball (Brooks) - 7:41 10. It Had to Be You (Jones/Kahn) - 5:01 11. Farewell Blues (Mares/Rappolo/Schoebel) - 3:38 12. Keep Smiling at Trouble (De Sylva/Gensler/Jolson) - 3:13 13. The Buzzard (Freeman) - 3:11 14. What Is There to Say? (Duke/Harburg) - 3:32 15. Tillie's Downtown Now (Freeman) - 3:28