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Hey, George Frazier—I’m 10 Years Old Over Here
by Brian Dunn
I went a little crazy when I discovered jazz as an 8-year-old kid. I already played trumpet in the school band, but none of that music swung. My ears begged for something with more energy and urgency. The family record collection was of little help. We owned precisely five albums, the jazziest of which was Herb ...
Yogi Berra Explains Jazz
by Steve Chalke
In memory of the man who came to the fork in the road, and took it. Interviewer: What do you expect is in store for the future of jazz trumpet? Yogi: I'm thinkin' there'll be a group of guys who've never met talkin' about it all the time... Interviewer: Can ...
Top Five Funniest People in Jazz
by Michael Ricci
Despite that serious expression you often see on a jazz musician's face, the truth is that laughter gets him through the day. The late, great pianist Horace Silver knew it. If you didn't see it in his impish smile, you could hear it in his music. Especially in his last studio album, which knowingly ...
Hot Rod Jazz God, Part 2: An Open Letter to Rod Stewart
by Jason West
Um, Mr. Stewart, if you're reading this, first I want to apologize. In the past I wrote some things that you may have found slightly offensive.Like those bits about harmless Uncle Rod who shows up on holidays with a bottle-shaped microphone and comparing your interpretation of standard jazz melodies to a bull in downtown ...
Motel 5: As For You
by Jason West
The phone in my office rang twice. I let the machine get it. The voice on the other end sounded desperate. “Hey, West, I need a band to play Bill Gates' house. Rough life, I mused, planning private parties for billionaires. Imagine all the stress involved in picking out the ...
Sinatra Slang
by AAJ Staff
Based on The Frank Sinatra Scrapbook by Richard Peters (1982) with additions from Sinatra fans on the internet. 18 KARAT All the way, full-out: “An 18 karat idiot." BABY Used as an exclamation as well as a term of endearment. BAG As in “my bag," a ...
Paul Desmond-isms
by AAJ Staff
Alto saxophonist Paul Desmond worked with pianist Dave Brubeck for 18 years. He's best known for his composition “Take Five," which helped make Brubeck's record Time Out a mega-hit. Desmond's saxophone playing was always marked by an unusual fluidity and warmth. Through a number of solo records, he expanded on a relaxed but sophisticated sound.
Rod Stewart: Hot Rod, Jazz God
by Jason West
That smirk. That roguish, self-satisfied, da-ya-think-I'm-sexy smirk. It's back and getting bigger everywhere you look. On Leno. On Letterman. In fashion magazines. Holiday TV specials. What's next--a Super Bowl halftime smirkfest?2000 should have been the end of The Smirk. His rock star career, which started in swingin' London during the late 1960s and peaked ...
BugHouse: Pages 11-13
by AAJ Staff
Pages 1-5 | Pages 6-10 | Pages 11-13 Page 11... Page 12... Page 13... Pages 1-5 | Pages 6-10 | Pages 11-13 | Purchase BugHouse About BugHouse Set in an “insect noir" Manhattan of the early fifties, BugHouse is the tumultuous story of Tenor saxophonist, ...
BugHouse: Pages 6-10
by AAJ Staff
Pages 1-5 | Pages 6-10 | Pages 11-13Page 6... Page 7... Page 8... Page 9... Page 10... Pages 1-5 | Pages 6-10 | Pages 11-13 | Purchase BugHouse About BugHouse Set in an “insect noir" Manhattan of the early fifties, BugHouse is the tumultuous story of ...
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