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Count Basie Collection: Band Leaders estate transfers nearly 1,000 artifacts to New Jersey university: Video BOOKS VIDEOS Count Basie Collection: Band Leaders estate transfers nearly 1,000 artifacts to New Jersey university: Video https://JazzBlues.EU June 18, 2018 The Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) at Rutgers University-Newark, in New Jersey, has acquired a collection of...Read More
Some people thought John Coltrane was going to end jazz. That he was anti-jazz: Video BOOKS VIDEOS Some people thought John Coltrane was going to end jazz. That he was anti-jazz: Video https://JazzBlues.EU June 17, 2018 Walking into the cool interiors of the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, it’s hard...Read More
Musician Tuffus Zimbabwe mines Charleston history to aid Jenkins Institute: Video BOOKS VIDEOS Musician Tuffus Zimbabwe mines Charleston history to aid Jenkins Institute: Video https://JazzBlues.EU June 15, 2018 The Jenkins Institute for Children, founded by the Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins in 1891 in downtown Charleston,...Read More
8 clips of pioneering electric-blues artists in the early 1970s: Videos BLUES BOOKS VIDEOS 8 clips of pioneering electric-blues artists in the early 1970s: Videos https://JazzBlues.EU June 12, 2018 By the early 1970s, the electric blues guitar reached its peak in mass popularity. With roots in...Read More
Art that could make you dizzy: The Responsive Eye: Video BOOKS VIDEOS Art that could make you dizzy: The Responsive Eye: Video https://JazzBlues.EU June 9, 2018 From February to April 1965, the Museum of Modern Art held an exhibit called The Responsive Eye. It...Read More