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Charli Persip

by George Kanzler
February 12, 2009

People looking for the magic elixir, the Fountain of Youth, should stop looking and start jazz drumming. Charli Persip, who'll turn 80 in July, will soon join Roy Haynes and Chico Hamilton as fully active octogenarian jazz drummers with busy careers. Persip grew up in Newark, NJ and, after touring with Dizzy Gillespie's small group and ...

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Pernille Bevort: Cowboys and Girls

by Ian Patterson
January 27, 2009

Since making her recording debut in the mid '90s, saxophonist/composer/arranger/vocalist Pernille Bevort has established herself as one of the leading lights on the Danish jazz scene, with half a dozen recordings as leader under her belt. Playground + 1 (Calibrated, 2007) provides ample proof of her outstanding musicianship, whether on tenor or soprano saxophone, as well ...

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I've Heard That Song Before

By Harry James

Label: Empire Musicwerks
Released: 2006

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Article: Book Review

Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James by Peter Levinson Oxford Univ Press 384pp. ISBN 0195110307 Miles Davis thought he was wonderful. Clark Terry said he could do it all. That’s a couple of pretty fair trumpet players talking about another.About Louis Armstrong?No.His name ...

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The Music Makers

By Harry James

Label: Memoir
Released: 2002
Track listing: I Found a New Baby; Feet Draggin

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Harry James and His Orchestra: The Music Makers

Read "The Music Makers" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 2002

While the listener won’t find any crowd-pleasing hit songs on this album, he or she will be treated to more than seventy-four minutes of quite enjoyable music-making by ace trumpeter / bandleader Harry James and his orchestras (with three exceptions -- “Tuxedo Junction,” performed by a nonet, and quartet-only versions of “Sleepy Time Gal” and “The ...

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Hotel Astor Roof, 1942

By Harry James

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Ciribiribin; Strictly Instrumental; He's My Guy; One Dozen Roses; But not for Me; My Beloved Is Rugged; Sleepy Lagoon; Two O'clock Jump; Ciribiribin; Ciribiribin; You're in Love with Someone Else; Sleepy Lagoon; Memphis Blues; But not for Me; Tangerine; Feet Draggin' Blues; Crazy Rhythm; Ciribiribin; Mr. Five by Five; Daybreak; Avalon; Manhattan Serenade; Ciribiribin

Article: Profile

Buddy Childers

by Robert Spencer
May 11, 2001

The Big Band sound of legend, the Big Band sound of Duke and Basie and the Thundering Herd, the Big Wide Enormous Fat Sound, is alive and well. The Big Band sound is alive and well and living in the horn of Buddy Childers. Mr. Marion Childers turned 75 on February 12, and from ...

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Harry James Orchestra: Hotel Astor Roof, 1942

Read "Hotel Astor Roof, 1942" reviewed by Dave Nathan

by Dave Nathan
March 1, 2001

1942 was a big year for Harry James. He and the band were beginning to be featured in Hollywood films, he had a highly ranked radio show and he was beginning his vigorous pursuit of Betty Grable. Tenor man Corky Corcoran had joined the band the previous October for what was to become a stay of ...

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