Originally titled “If You Believed In Me” and scored for The Great Magoo, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” finally appeared under its new name in the film Take a Chance: Video BOOKS VIDEOS Originally titled “If You Believed In Me” and scored for The Great Magoo, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” finally appeared under its new name in the film Take a Chance: Video https://JazzBlues.EU March 10, 2018 Great American Songbook composers, Harold Arlen (nee Hyman Arluck, 1905-1986), composed music for over 500 songs during...Read More
I still don’t see as many women teaching jazz, and I feel it’s important for young men to learn from women: Video BOOKS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues I still don’t see as many women teaching jazz, and I feel it’s important for young men to learn from women: Video https://JazzBlues.EU March 8, 2018 “They make a beeline to. When I’m introduced, they blurt out, ‘Oh!’ and I can see the...Read More
Musical Revolutionary Ornette Coleman Unleashed Free Jazz in 1950s L.A. Video BOOKS VIDEOS Musical Revolutionary Ornette Coleman Unleashed Free Jazz in 1950s L.A. Video https://JazzBlues.EU March 7, 2018 Few Americans know much about it, but a radical midcentury revolution in jazz was born in Los...Read More
With saxophonist Ornette Coleman and cornetist Bix Beiderbecke: Video, Photos BOOKS VIDEOS With saxophonist Ornette Coleman and cornetist Bix Beiderbecke: Video, Photos https://JazzBlues.EU March 5, 2018 This week in The Wall Street Journal, I interviewed Joan Baez for my “House Call” column on growing up...Read More
Monk’s music will guide musicians to their philosophical centers for many years to come: Video BOOKS VIDEOS Monk’s music will guide musicians to their philosophical centers for many years to come: Video https://JazzBlues.EU March 4, 2018 Thelonious Monk’s recording career as a leader only lasted twenty-four years, from 1947 to 1971. When it...Read More
The same instruments deepened the heartache of Billie Holiday’s Don’t Explain … Video BOOKS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues The same instruments deepened the heartache of Billie Holiday’s Don’t Explain … Video https://JazzBlues.EU March 3, 2018 Nigel Jarrett is enthralled at Black Mountain Jazz, Abergavenny, by the quartet led by Tali Atzmon with...Read More