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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Chick Webb

Jazz Musician of the Day: Chick Webb

All About Jazz is celebrating Chick Webb's birthday today! Chick Webb“The King of the Savoy” reigned supreme over jazz drummers in New York in the 1930’s. He was the consummate showman and with his fluid and rhythmic style, was perfectly suited for the swing era... more Website | Photos ...

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News: Looking For...

New Jazz Film Financing: They Died Before 40

New Jazz Film Financing: They Died Before 40 Many people may have heard of Charlie Parker, who died at 34. But others, such as Herschel Evans, who died before reaching 30, are very little known and their stories untold. For example, Jo Jones, drummer and an integral part of the Count Basie band for many years, ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Online Jazz Bookshop Thrives in Ontario Hills

Read "Online Jazz Bookshop Thrives in Ontario Hills" reviewed by Fradley Garner

by Fradley Garner

Would you pay $8,750 for a used but pampered hardcover copy of the classic Lady Sings the Blues, autographed by Billie Holiday? If you were a jazz bibliophile with deep pockets, and the book was a declared first edition, “boldly and handsomely SIGNED and inscribed at the first blank page"-- and, according to ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Retrieval Records: Treasures Lost and Found

Read "Retrieval Records: Treasures Lost and Found" reviewed by Nathan Holaway

by Nathan Holaway

“The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago."-- Louis Armstrong “You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Farewell, Sir John

Read "Farewell, Sir John" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Some of us are old enough to remember when Sir John Dankworth was simply Johnny Dankworth, and quite simply one of the finest jazz musicians Great Britain has ever produced. Johnny became Sir John in 2006 when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, nine years after his wife, the marvelous singer Cleo Laine, was made a ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Chick Webb

Jazz Musician of the Day: Chick Webb

All About Jazz is celebrating Chick Webb's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Chick Webb“The King of the Savoy” reigned supreme over jazz drummers in New York in the 1930’s. He was the consummate showman and with his fluid and rhythmic style, was perfectly suited for the swing ...

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News: TV / Film

New Jazz Film: They Died Before 40

New Jazz Film: They Died Before 40

Many people may have heard of Charlie Parker, who died at 34. But others, such as Herschel Evans, who died before reaching 30, are very little known and their stories untold. For example, Jo Jones, drummer and an integral part of the Count Basie band for many years, has called Evans the greatest musician he ever ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Artie Shaw: Classic Bluebird and Victor Sessions

Read "Artie Shaw: Classic Bluebird and Victor Sessions" reviewed by Samuel Chell

by Samuel Chell

Artie ShawClassic Bluebird and Victor SessionsMosaic Records2009Shortly after its critically acclaimed box set comprising clarinetist Benny Goodman's essential recordings-- The Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions (2009), which was released to coincide with the centenary of the “King of Swing"--Mosaic Records has done it again. The Classic ...

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Article: Album Review

Ella Fitzgerald / Mildred Bailey: Ella Fitzgerald Mildred Bailey Legendary Radio Broadcasts

Read "Ella Fitzgerald Mildred Bailey Legendary Radio Broadcasts" reviewed by Andrew Velez

by Andrew Velez

Two vocalists supreme, Ella Fitzgerald and Mildred Bailey, can be heard in some rare sides on Legendary Radio Broadcasts. The former's broadcasts are from January 1940, only months after she had taken over leadership of her mentor Chick Webb's band. The intro is from her early signature novelty hit, “A Tisket A Tasket," and she is ...

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News: Event

Music Memorabilia Show in NYC - June 6th, July 11th, and August 8th

Music Memorabilia Show in NYC - June 6th, July 11th, and August 8th

Music Memorabilia Show: LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, magazines, etc. Saturday – June 6th, July 11th and August 8th Time: 10am to 2pm Location: Tip Top Shoe Building, 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY (near Broadway). Subway – Nos. 1, 2 or 3 to 72nd Street. Bus – ...


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