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Swingin' on a Riff . . . Hangin' by a Thread?
by Jack Bowers
Betty and I returned to Albuquerque on Memorial Day after attending Swingin' on a Riff, the latest in a series of marvelous semi-annual events presented by Ken Poston and the Los Angeles Jazz Institute for more than twenty years at venues in and around L.A. This one was held May 23-26 at the Los Angeles Marriott ...
"On the Road" Soundtrack Released on Impulse Records December 11
On Tuesday, December 11th, 2012, Impulse Records/Verve Music Group will release the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to On The Road, the IFC and Sundance Selects film adaption of Jack Kerouac’s iconic novel. The beautifully assembled soundtrack album features music from the film’s original score by Grammy Award winner and Academy Award winner (Brokeback Mountain, Babel) Gustavo ...
Charlie Parker: The Complete Masters 1941-54
by Chris May
Charlie ParkerThe Complete Masters 1941-54Universal France2012 It is possible that more “complete" collections of the work of Charlie Parker have been released than there were recordings made by the saxophonist. And as you beat your way through the box set undergrowth, caution is required. Few of the ...
Suzy Williams: Enjoy the Ride
by Rex Butters
Suzy WilliamsEnjoy the RideSuperbatone2010 The sprawling landscape of Southern California plays home to numerous pockets of creative regional artists. On LA's westside, Venice, a long time artists' enclave, once a backdrop for Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, continues its fierce resistance to gentrification, while nurturing independent visionaries ...
Chico Hamilton: Joyous Shout
by Donald Elfman
When Chico Hamilton was a boy growing up in Los Angeles, the film studios used to send trucks out to pick up the little African-American children to play natives in their Tarzan movies. “It was work, after all, and we got paid for it," says the drummer, now 87 years of age. “And what you learned ...
Correspondence: On Slim Gaillard
Rifftides reader Ries Niemi reflects on the Slim Gaillard performance in the clip from Hellzapoppin'. It's interesting to contrast this with one of the very last Slim Gaillard clips I have seen, in the movie Absolute Beginners, from 1986. Gaillard was in real life what he plays in that movie- one of the midwives of the ...
Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive
by R.J. DeLuke
Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive Bill Milkowski ISBN: 0823076717 Billboard Books2001 The history of jazz music is rich with characters, “scenes,” stages in music development and musical progress—all peppered with its own mythology.One feature of the jazz world over the years is ...
Laughing in Rhythm
Label: Proper Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: ?1. There?s No Two Ways About It - Unknown - 2.53;
?2. ?Cause My Baby Says It?s So - Unknown - 2.40;
?3. The Flat Foot Floogie - Gaillard, Stewart - 2.49;
?4. Chinatown, My Chinatown - Jerome, Schwartz - 2.37;
?5. 8,9 And 10 - Gaillard, Stewart - 2.40;
?6. Ferdinand The Bull - Malotte, Morey - 2.52?;
?7. Tutti Frutti - Gaillard, Stewart - 2.36;
?8. Look-a-there - Gaillard, Stewart - 2.13;
?9. Jump Session - Gaillard, Green, Block - 2.34;
10. Laughin? In Rhythm - Gaillard - 2.35;
11. Vol Vist Du Gaily Star - Gaillard, Green, Block - 2.42;
12. Dopey Joe - Gaillard - 2.02;
13. Sweet Safronia - Gaillard - 2.10 ;
14. It?s Gettin? Kinda Chilly - Gaillard - 2.30 ;
15. Buck Dance Rhythm - Gaillard - 2.37;
16. That?s A Bringer - Gaillard - 2.57;
17. A-well-a-take-em Joe (Crapshooter?s Jive) - Gaillard - 3.01;
18. Chicken Rhythm - Gaillard - 2.50;
19. Swingin? In The Key Of C - Gaillard, Squires - 2.48?;
20. Boot-ta-la-za - Gaillard, Squires - 3.27;
21. It?s You, Only You - Gaillard - 3.11;
22. Beatin? The Board - Gaillard, Squires - 3.02;
23. Look Out - Gaillard, Squires - 2.50;
24. Matzoh Balls - Gaillard - 2.35;
25. Early In The Morning - Gaillard - 2.34 ;
26. Chittlin? Switch Blues - Gaillard, Squires - 2.51.
Slim Gaillard: Laughing in Rhythm
by AAJ Staff
Does it really matter if Slim Gaillard was born in Detroit, Michigan or Santa Clara, Cuba? Is it important to know with certainty whether he was accidentally abandoned for half a year in Crete by his seafaring father? I say no. Slim Gaillard the entertaniner spun tales both musical and verbal for effect, for ...
