I love Sammy Nestico’s music. All those crazy foot-tapping albums for Count Basie in the ’70s and ’80s: Photos, Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS I love Sammy Nestico’s music. All those crazy foot-tapping albums for Count Basie in the ’70s and ’80s: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU January 15, 2019 The swingin’est arranger around today is Sammy Nestico. In fact, Sammy probably has held that title since...Read More
Guitarist Mundell Lowe was a wonderful arranger with impeccable taste and intimate elegance: Photos, Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Guitarist Mundell Lowe was a wonderful arranger with impeccable taste and intimate elegance: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU January 14, 2019 Guitarist Mundell Lowe was a wonderful arranger with impeccable taste and intimate elegance. This was true of...Read More
Horace Silver, Junior Cook, Paul Winter, Itzhak Perlman: It’s the leering Live! Photos, Videos BLUES BOOKS VIDEOS Horace Silver, Junior Cook, Paul Winter, Itzhak Perlman: It’s the leering Live! Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU January 12, 2019 Itzhak and I talked about how his parents met after leaving Poland just before the German invasion...Read More
In memoriam Joseph Jarman: Saxophonist, Composer, Poet dead at 81: Video BOOKS VIDEOS In memoriam Joseph Jarman: Saxophonist, Composer, Poet dead at 81: Video https://JazzBlues.EU January 11, 2019 While attending high school in Chicago in the early ’50s, Jarman took up the drums under the...Read More
Johnny Richards session was highly challenging: Photos, Video BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Johnny Richards session was highly challenging: Photos, Video https://JazzBlues.EU January 10, 2019 The “Perfect Album” album I’ve selected remains one of my absolute favorite big-band recordings—Something Else by Johnny Richards....Read More
Brad McCuen had produced eight of Gary Burton’s superb albums: Photos, Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Brad McCuen had produced eight of Gary Burton’s superb albums: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU January 9, 2019 The recording along with two other RCA gems by Davis in the late 1960s were produced by...Read More