Results for "Jimmy Rushing"

32nd Cape May Jazz Festival: Tribute to the Count

by Tara Nurin
December 7, 2009

Cape May Jazz Festival: Tribute to the Legendary Count Basie Cape May, New Jersey November 6-9, 2009 There may have been two male performers headlining the 32nd Cape May Jazz Festival, but in truth it was the women and children who stole the show. The big draw, as advertised in ...

Jack Cortner Big Band / Peter Hand Big Band / Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

by Jack Bowers
September 2, 2009

Jack Cortner Big Band Sound Check Jazzed Media 2009 For someone who waited so long before taking his first swings as leader of his own big band, Jack Cortner shows again on Sound Check, the band's second impressive recording in as many years, that he's got game. He's ...

Glenn Patrik: Nuthin' But a Thang!

by Jim Santella
August 24, 2009

From America's heartland, Glenn Patrik sings and plays the kind of blues that made Kansas City a hub where musical pioneers met and exchanged ideas about swing, rhythm, blues, and being spontaneous. It was shortly before World War II and just about the same time that bebop was getting noticed in New York, when Kansas City ...

Queens: Home of Jazz and Flushing Town Hall

by Greg Thomas
May 1, 2009

When most people think of jazz in New York City, Manhattan readily comes to mind. The “East Coast" stride piano style was developed in Harlem, where venues such as the Savoy Ballroom, Small's Paradise, the Cotton Club and Minton's Playhouse presented the big bands and small groups of jazz lore. 52nd Street became known for its ...

Every Day I Have The Blues & Sent For You Yesterday

Featuring the music of Jimmy Rushing
Duration: 5:06
February 27, 2008

Every Day I Have The Blues

By Jimmy Rushing

Label: HighNote
Released: 1999

Every Day

By Jimmy Rushing

Label: Vanguard Records
Released: 1999

Everyday I Have the Blues

By Jimmy Rushing

Label: Impulse! Records
Released: 1999

Jimmy Rushing: Every Day

by Mark Corroto
October 1, 1999

Singer Jimmy Rushing was often call “Mr. five-by-five.” The name described his height and width. Rushing, who gained fame singing for Count Basie’s band from 1935 to 1950, often sang from the middle of the stage obscuring the view of half the saxophone section. The recordings culled here are from three mid-fifties sessions for Vanguard Records, ...

Rushing Lullabies

By Jimmy Rushing

Label: HighNote
Released: 1997