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Delicate Force: Hank Jones (1918-2010)
It's unrealistic, but I thought that Hank Jones would be around forever: so I was unreasonably shocked to hear of his death at age 91. The obituaries speak of the musicians he played with so gloriously--from brothers Elvin and Thad to Charlie Rouse and Joe Lovano...to Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Hot Lips Page, Charlie ...
Stars in the Jazz Sky
I've been reading an advance copy of Nat Hentoff's latest book--a collection of his Jazz Times columns, called AT THE JAZZ BAND BALL: SIXTY YEARS ON THE JAZZ SCENE (University of California Press), which will be published next month. In a chapter devoted to Thelonious Monk, Hentoff presents an interview done at Monk's home in 1956 ...
"Satchmo Swings in Congo" and More
A very brief newsreel from October 31, 1960--narrated by the once-ubiquitous Ed Herlihy--showing us the exultant reception Louis Armstrong received on his African tour. Unfortunately, the music that would have accompanied a few seconds of this newsreel has been removed (perhaps it was difficult to record a soundtrack for Louis being carried through the streets?) and ...
Artie Shaw, Three Ways
Artie Shaw has been gone since 2004 and he last played the clarinet in public around fifty years before that, so the people who heard him play must be diminishing day by day. But he remains an astonishing musician and a public figure capable of stirring up controversies. I offer three ways of looking at the King ...
A Warm Night at the Ear (May 2, 2010)
It was in the eighties outside last Sunday but the unsually high temperature isnt the subject of this post. Im sure that the warmth in the West Village was emanating from inside The Ear Inn (326 Spring Street) where fervent jazz was once again being played. This edition of The Ear Regulars had co-founders Jon-Erik Kellso and ...
Kenny Davern, Remembered
First, some comedy. The last time I saw Kenny Davern in action was at Sunnie Sutton's 2006 Rocky Mountain Jazz Party--only a few months before his death. At the dinner for musicians and friends the night before the party started, Kenny took a napkin off one of the tables, draped it over his arm, and transformed ...
The First Set (the Ear Inn, April 25, 2010)
It was just another extraordinary Sunday night at The Ear Inn on 326 Spring Street. The Ear Regulars--Jon-Erik Kellso, Matt Munisteri, Harry Allen, and Neal Miner--embodied all the jazz anyone could ever want in about an hour. Bix and Louis floated by; King Oliver looked in the doorway; Don Byas and Count Basie sat a spell; ...
For Louis: Birdland, April 14, 2010
Its very simple. For just about ten years, David Ostwald (tubaist-raconteur) has organized regular Wednesday jazz sessions at Birdland in midtown Manhattan, getting congenial friends together to honor Louis Armstrong. Depending on the phase of the moon, the band is called either the GULLY LOW JAZZ BAND or the LOUIS ARMSTRONG CENTENNIAL BAND. Names dont matter ...
George Wettling's Righteous Rage
The man in the picture looks serious, intent, but hardly dangerous. He is George Wettling known for his wonderful drumming with Eddie Condon, Max Kaminsky, Jimmy McPartland, Artie Shaw, Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Bud Freeman, Ruby Braff, Pee Wee Russell, Art Hodes, and many others. In my recent, quite amiable discussion of Moldy Figs and Mossy ...
Support Your Local Record Store . . . or Open One!
This Saturday, April 17, is Independent Record Store Day worldwide. Many's the happy hour I spent in Record World, Tower Records, Dayton's, Happy Tunes, and more... perusing, considering, talking, hanging out, pouncing on something Id never seen, wondering whether to spend twenty dollars (1972 dollars!) for BUCK MEETS RUBY or EASY NOW. I grew up in ...
