Results for "Louis Armstrong"

Article: Dan's Den

Goodbye Phoebe and Hello Timme

by Dan Morgenstern
July 1, 2012

Phoebe Jacobs, who left us on April 9, 2012 just a couple of months shy of 94, was a most remarkable lady who did so much for the music and its makers, as so well-documented in last month's Big Band in the Sky.I first encountered Phoebe when she was handling press and taking care ...

Article: Live Review

BMW Jazz Festival 2012

by Ross Eustis
June 26, 2012

BMW Jazz FestivalVia FunchalSão Paulo, BrazilJune 8-10, 2012 To borrow a word commonly associated with BMW cars, this is a luxury festival. The BMW Jazz Festival debuted one year ago, in 2011, in São Paulo, Brazil. With handsome funding from BMW Financial Services-Bank Group in Brazil, the young festival experienced wild ...

News: Education

New Exhibits At The Musical Instrument Museum Pay Tribute To The Genres Best

June 25, 2012

Ahmad Alaadeen once said, “jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given to the world.” That gift is alive at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix with the opening of two new jazz exhibits that will take visitors on a journey through the past, present and ...

Video

The Great American Jukebox Promo

Featuring the music of Louis Armstrong
Duration: 3:52
June 23, 2012

The Great American Jukebox is a documentary dedicated to the celebration of our rich American culture. The Classic Vintage Jukeboxes provide a perfect blend of art, music and history that tells the story of the roots of American music. The 55 minute presentation covers the jazz age, the big band era, rhythm and blues, and early rock and roll. The jukeboxes used in this production are all impeccably restored and play the precise music of their era. Everything you see and hear is 100% authentic -- nothing is dubbed. People of all ages will find it informative, educational and entertaining -- the "jukebox experience" -- restored to all it's glory -- to absolute perfection...

News: Radio

Class Of 39: Lindy Hopping Down The Yellow Brick Road

June 21, 2012

A decade after the crash that caused the Great Depression, Americans were eager to embrace a new sense of hope. In 1939, some of the best movies and pop songs of all time lightened the load for the 17.2 % of the population still without a job. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, performances by guest artists ...

Article: Live Review

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue

by Wade Luquet
June 21, 2012

Trombone Shorty and Orleans AvenueKeswick TheatreGlenside, PAJune 2, 2012In his introduction at the Keswick Theatre in the Philadelphia suburbs, Philadelphia Folk Festival director Michael Cloeren stated, “Musicians like this come along once in a generation." By the end of the concert, no one at the packed theater could argue with this ...

Article: Live Review

Longwood Gardens' Wine and Jazz Festival: Kennett Square, PA, June 2, 2012

by Victor L. Schermer
June 21, 2012

Longwood Gardens' Wine and Jazz FestivalThe Meadows at Longwood GardensKennett Square, PAJune 2, 2012After a night of thunderstorms and tornado warnings, the weather cleared at Longwood Gardens, a horticultural conservancy spread over a wide swath of countryside in Kennett Square, Chester County, PA. The day turned out sunny and mild, perfect ...

News: Radio

The Story Of Clarence Williams This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

June 14, 2012

This week, Riverwalk Jazz looks at both sides of the Clarence Williams legacy. New Orleans’ Topsy Chapman and Broadway’s Vernel Bagneris lend their acting and vocal talents to this week's show as they join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for Gulf Coast Blues: The Clarence Williams Story. The program is distributed in the US by Public ...

News: Recording

Mingus, Monk & Weather Report: From Legacy in July

June 12, 2012

The ultimate year-round jazz festival of Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with three new Complete Album Collections from the Columbia and RCA archives by the greatest names in modern jazz: Charles Mingus: The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection: 7 titles, 10 CDs The Thelonious Monk Quartet: The Complete Studio Albums Collection: ...

Article: Book Review

Ted Gioia: The History of Jazz (Second Edition)

by C. Michael Bailey
June 10, 2012

The History of Jazz (Second Edition)Ted GioiaHardcover; 452 pagesISBN: 0195399706Oxford University Press2011 For the past 25 years, author and teacher Ted Gioia has provided the most succinct and contemporary histories of America's native musics: blues and jazz. He has done this through his ...