bobby hackett

1 min read 2021-11-22 21:37:21

“LIVE AND LIVELY” (Part Three): BOBBY HACKETT, VIC DICKENSON, LOU FORESTIERI, FRANKLIN SKEETE, GEORGE HAMILTON (Detroit, August 30, 1969) — and MR. HACKETT MEETS MR. SHAVERS (CBS-TV, New York City, July 27, 1968)

This is the third segment of music broadcast from “Cabaret La Boheme,” atop Detroit’s Hotel Ponchartrain, featuring Bobby Hackett,

1 min read 2021-11-21 23:08:20

And how did you spend your Saturday evening? In September 1969, I was entering my senior year in high school, and my parents would not have

1 min read 2021-11-21 06:15:11

Care to dance, or just listen? Bobby and Vic, circa 1969-70: photographer unknown. What follows may seem almost inconceivable to musicians and

1 min read 2021-11-15 23:18:07

This little portion of joy has always been slightly mysterious. And it remains so. When I Googled “Eddie Condon” and “Central Park” and my

1 min read 2021-11-03 11:05:00

Readers frequently ask what, in my opinion, defines a great jazz vocal. I typically reply that it's a combination of the singer empathizing with the

2 min read 2021-04-11 06:28:54

In the darkest days of the pandemic, I found myself muttering under my breath, “I want to go home.” It was of course unattainable: my parents

2 min read 2021-04-11 06:28:54

In the darkest days of the pandemic, I found myself muttering under my breath, “I want to go home.” It was of course unattainable: my parents

4 min read 2021-04-05 22:26:06

There is a good deal of history within and around the live performance you are about to hear. However, the sound is not ideal — which I will

3 min read 2021-04-02 18:29:25

I offer the keys to an Easter Sunday compact outdoor jazz festival in New York City — like water for people who have been parched by deprivation

3 min read 2021-03-16 00:21:42

It sounds like a children’s cartoon: Buck is always getting into trouble but his friend Buster rescues him, then Buck’s mom makes them both

6 min read 2021-02-22 20:24:19

Concord Academy, Concord, Mass., established 1922 for grades 9-12, enrollment less than 500 students. Surely I don’t understand upper-class

4 min read 2021-02-11 03:18:57

Bobby Hackett by Charles Peterson This almost half-hour set is audio, not video (I wasn’t allowed to go to New York jazz clubs yet); some of the

20 min read 2021-01-13 01:06:42

Bobby, listening to Vic Dickenson at Childs Paramount, October 1952 Bobby Hackett remains one of my musical heroes, and I cherish his recordings, the

15 min read 2021-01-05 19:18:53

Facebook is good for something. Last month, Clyde Groves, Billy Butterfield’s son-in-law, cordially reached out to me and we decided to do a

6 min read 2020-12-29 04:17:59

Yes, Billy Banks! Once I was a hero-worshipping autograph-seeker (“hound” is so dismissive). Beginning in 1967, I asked Louis, Teddy Wilson, Jo