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Hal and Sammy: After Dark
After doing some research last week, I unearthed two more Playboy After Dark episodes. One is from May 1970 and features singer Hal Frazier with Buddy Rich, a pianist and a possibly a soundtrack—since we never see the band. The other is from November 1960 and features Sammy Davis Jr. with some sort of Music Minus ...
Edward Bland: 'Cry of Jazz'
Edward Bland died of cancer at his home in Smithfield, Va. on March 14 at 86. Bland was a musician, composer and arranger, according to the New York Times's obit, but he also made one film—Cry of Jazz. When the 34-minute film about jazz from the black perspective was released in 1959, it triggered debate among ...
David Amram on Gregory Corso
David Amram [pictured] is one of the last surviving members of the Beat Generation scene and a forefather of the countculture movement of the '60s. Not only was the French hornist and composer there in the '50s, he was part of the Beats' inner circle. Yesterday—March 26—Beat poet Gregory Corso would have been 83 (he died ...
Beverly Kenney After Dark
As you'll soon see, only Playboy's Hugh Hefner could pour out champagne and then rest his forearm across the top of the bottle. On Hef's Playboy's Penthouse TV show in late 1959 or early 1960, one of his guests was singer Beverly Kenney. Amazing Kenney could remember the lyrics with her host staring at her so ...
Astrud Gilberto: Holland '65
In the summer of '65, Astrud Gilberto made a fast trip to the Netherlands to appear on Dutch TV. The show—See Jazz—was produced by pianist and host Pim Jacobs. Flush off the release of Getz/Gilberto and the success of her single of The Girl From Ipanema, Gilberto sang a long list of songs with a bossa ...
Philippe Petit: At Home
You may think that a wire-walker has little or nothing to do with jazz or art. But to me, wire-walking is all about rhythm, balance and expression. In the case of Philippe Petit—perhaps the world's most famous wire-walker and juggler—there's also poetry and philosophy. Philippe, as you surely recall, brazenly and illegally walked between the Twin ...
Maria Bacardi: "Deseo"
Cuban boleros are a specialty all to themselves. Performed well, they are languid ballads with stories illustrating love gone wrong. To be convincing, a bolero requires a voice with a humid, husky timbre and a feeling that neatly combines grief and guarded optimism. The greats always sound shattered by a lost love but hopeful that tomorrow ...
Aaron Diehl: Trio and Quartet
I spent the day yesterday writing and listening to pianist Aaron Diehl's new album, The Bespoke Man's Narrative (Mack Ave.). I love Diehl's chord voicings and acute sense of drama. In his playing, you can hear the suspense of Red Garland and patience of Ahmad Jamal. And yet he sounds like himself. Diehl's trio here features ...
Sam Most: "East Coast Jazz"
A long-forgotten Sam Most album on the Bethlehem label has just been remastered and reissued. Recorded in 1955, I'm Nuts About Most...Sam That Is! was the ninth and final album in the series of “East Coast Jazz" LPs that Creed Taylor produced while at Bethlehem. Creed launched the “East Coast Jazz" series in 1954 to distinguish ...
Urbie Green: Trombone Master
If you love the jazz trombone, imagine getting a private lesson with Urbie Green. Well, in the summer of 1968, students of Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Ill. Were lucky enough to have that opportunity when Green—on tour to promote his new album 21 Tromones, Vol 2 (Project 3) and his King 2-B Trombone—paid a ...
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