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Phil Schaap (1951-2021)
Phil Schaap, a jazz know-it-all, nudnik and tireless fact finder who put all of those skills to work to become one of radio's finest and most passionate jazz authorities, detectives and educators, died on September 7. He was 70. [Photo above of Phil Schaap at WKCR in 1991 by John Abbott, courtesy of John Abbott] Phil ...
How Radio Jingles Are Made
The last time I wrote about radio jingles was in 2012, when I interviewed jingle writer Larry Greene in two parts (here and here). I love the sound of great radio jingles. The vocals harmonies are always tight and fresh, and the melodies they sing are meant to be catchy and addictive. The modern radio jingle ...
Count Basie: Three for the Blues
Thursday is as good a day as any for a Count Basie break. Here are three video clips that went up at YouTube in the past bunch of months: Here's Basie on Chicago's WGN-TV in 1964. Dig Sonny Payne on Corner Pocket and that stick toss... Here's Basie with Sarah Vaughan in 1975... And here's Joe ...
Interview: Hank O'Neal on Chiaroscuro Records
I've known Hank O'Neal since the start of JazzWax in 2007. An information hound since his days with the CIA, he somehow found out about me and JazzWax early on and was always there to help me track down legends to interview. In fact, I think George Wein hipped Hank to JazzWax and me to Hank, ...
Bud Powell: 1962 Copenhagen
In 1959, pianist Bud Powell moved from New York to Paris. The exact reason for the relocation isn't clear, though the likely explanations include the ability to play more frequently in a city of adoring fans and boost his income, a chance to relax and seek medical help for his depression and diagnosed schizophrenia, the ability ...
Three West Coast Jazz Videos
Last week, Bill Kirchner in New York and Danilo Morandi in Switzerland sent along a few superb videos. Bill sent along a link to the Dave Slonaker Big Band recording their Intrada album (Origin Records) at Capitol Studios' Studio A in Hollywood in 2016. Here's Dave Slonaker's composition and arrangement of Remembering, featuring Wayne Bergeron, Dan ...
Rosa Passos: The Bossa Whisperer
If João Gilberto is the male bossa-nova whisperer, Rosa Passos is certainly the female equivalent. There is little biographical material about her online other than she was born in 1952 in the Brazilian state of Bahia and, at 13, she was inspired to drop the piano for the guitar and a singing career after hearing Gilberto ...
Charlie Watts (1941-2021)
In most photos of the Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts always looked like the band's accountant. Unlike Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman, he didn't seem to fit in nor did it appear in photos that he wanted to. And in many ways he didn't. Watts, at the tail end of the 1950s, was ...
5 Videos: Dave Brubeck Quartet
After my post on Alan Broadbent's new album, Broadbent Plays Brubeck, I spent a chunk of time yesterday listening to the Dave Brubeck Quartet. I also slid onto YouTube for a bit. Here's what came up in my net: Here's the Dave Brubeck Quartet playing Lover on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1955... Here's the Dave ...
Alan Broadbent Plays Dave Brubeck
A tribute album to Dave Brubeck isn't about emulating Dave. It also isn't about interpretation. To hit the bull's eye, you have to capture Dave's spirit—his broad smile, his post-war optimism and his sophisticated, sunny feel, which is purely emotional. Either you get it or you don't. Having spent an afternoon on assignment with Dave in ...
