Bobby Jaspar – Jazz was used by them almost as therapy to express the terror of brutality: Photos, Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Bobby Jaspar – Jazz was used by them almost as therapy to express the terror of brutality: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU April 7, 2019 Jazz musicians in continental Europe who emerged in the 1940s held a special distinction. They survived World...Read More
Gary McFarland: In the late 1950s and early ’60s, a new breed of jazz arranger began to surface: Photos, Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Gary McFarland: In the late 1950s and early ’60s, a new breed of jazz arranger began to surface: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU April 6, 2019 Some were deeply influenced by modern classical orchestral music. Others such as Johnny Mandel, Manny Albam, Johnny...Read More
Papa Jo Jones was one of the first drummers to make use of the brushes: Photos, Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Papa Jo Jones was one of the first drummers to make use of the brushes: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU April 4, 2019 Few drummers make me smile more than Jo Jones. Jones began jazz drumming professionally in the 1920s...Read More
Jazz and politics go way back: Roxy Coss: Most blues recordings of the 1930s and ’40s also were political: Photos, Video MUSICIANS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues Jazz and politics go way back: Roxy Coss: Most blues recordings of the 1930s and ’40s also were political: Photos, Video https://JazzBlues.EU April 3, 2019 Jazz and politics go way back. One can argue that Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five and Hot Seven...Read More
Sharp new music by Joel Ross, Jon Batiste and Quiana Lynell: Photos, Videos, Sounds MUSICIANS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues Sharp new music by Joel Ross, Jon Batiste and Quiana Lynell: Photos, Videos, Sounds https://JazzBlues.EU April 1, 2019 Along with saxophonist Michaël Attias and trombonist Joe Fiedler. Joel Ross and Good Vibes, “Ill Relations” Ask...Read More
Bill Evans: It bugs me when people try to analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem: Photos, Video BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Bill Evans: It bugs me when people try to analyze jazz as an intellectual theorem: Photos, Video https://JazzBlues.EU March 31, 2019 A few weeks ago I received an email from two ardent Bill Evans fans — James Farber...Read More