NJ Jazz society’s 50th annual Pee Wee Russell stomp features top talent: Photos, Video NEWSFEED VIDEOS NJ Jazz society’s 50th annual Pee Wee Russell stomp features top talent: Photos, Video https://JazzBlues.EU April 7, 2019 The New Jersey Jazz Society holds its 50th annual Pee Wee Russell Memorial Stomp concert on Sunday,...Read More
CD review: Ray Barretto: Standards Rican-ditioned 2019: Video, CD cover New CD's Review VIDEOS CD review: Ray Barretto: Standards Rican-ditioned 2019: Video, CD cover https://JazzBlues.EU April 7, 2019 This album Standards Rican-ditioned by Ray Barretto has a very special – albeit tragic – place in the history...Read More
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
After a man – made catastrophe a Band rebuilds in New Orleans: Photos, Videos NEWSFEED VIDEOS After a man – made catastrophe a Band rebuilds in New Orleans: Photos, Videos https://JazzBlues.EU April 5, 2019 In 2005, even as the flood waters that rose in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina subsumed his...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