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'A Gal in Calico': 1946-2011
In December 1946, Warner Bros. released a mess of a film called The Time, the Place and the Girl—a post-war feel-good feature with a dopey storyline on which it hung as many musical numbers as possible. Everything about the film was forgettable—except for A Gal in Calico, a song by Leo Robin and Arthur Schwartz. In ...
Tribute To Sammy Nestico at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
by Nick Catalano
On Monday March 24th Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola was the again the scene of a memorable big band concert from the Manhattan School of Music Concert Jazz Band under the direction of Justin DiCioccio. On the occasion of Sammy Nestico's 90th birthday, the director (who was a cohort of Nestico's in White House dance bands of the ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
All About Jazz is celebrating Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis' birthday today! Eddie Lockjaw Davis was one musician who provided a link from the big band era through to the soul jazz phenomenon of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Davis developed one of the most unmistakable tenor sax sounds in post war jazz. With a full bodied ...
Billy Vera: Still In The Game
by Scott Mitchell
It might be safe to say that a lot of people may know a little bit about Billy Vera but only a few people know a lot about Billy Vera. Billy is a singer, writer, producer, actor, Grammy winner, and music historian. He has performed with big bands, Billy And The Beaters, solo, and everything in ...
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: 1985
A year before his death in 1986, Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis was in Copenhagen on tour with a quartet. For those unfamiliar with Lockjaw (or “Jaws"), the tenor saxophonist was a spectacular soloist dating back to the '40s, when his gruff, pushy style was admired and adopted by R&B honkers. Originally an East Coast bebopper, Lockjaw recorded ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
All About Jazz is celebrating Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis' birthday today! Eddie Lockjaw Davis was one musician who provided a link from the big band era through to the soul jazz phenomenon of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Davis developed one of the most unmistakable tenor sax sounds in post war jazz. With a full bodied ...
Harry Allen / Scott Hamilton: ‘Round Midnight
by Edward Blanco
Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton are two veteran tenor saxophonists whose individual careers have not prevented them from maintaining a friendship or performing together whenever possible. Their third joint project, Round Midnight presents new interpretations of nine standards in a quintet format offering far more solos than normally found in a group featuring one main artist. ...
Tough Tenors Again 'N' Again
Label: Promising Music/MPS
Released: 2012
Track listing: Again 'N' Again; Tin Tin Deo; If I Had You; Jim Dawg; When We Were One; Gigi.
Sidsel Endresen @ 60: Oslo, Norway, November 8-9, 2012
by John Kelman
Sidsel Endresen @ 60: A Special Birthday CelebrationNasjonal Jazzscene VictoriaOslo, NorwayNovember 8-9, 2012Turning 60 can mean different things to different people: for some, it's a time to think about slowing down, and for others, it's a time to kick into higher gear. In the case of jazz and improvising musicians, age ...
Lockjaw Davis: Moodsville, Vol. 4
Starting back in 1958, Prestige Records as an experiment began creating brand lines to appeal to different types of consumers. It launched Swingville, Bluesville and Moodsville. Each provided buyers with a self-evident signal as to the general type of jazz inside. On Moodsville releases, the music by leading jazz musicians generally moved at the pace of ...
