the heroes among us

1 min read 2021-11-01 21:36:08

RARE INDIVIDUALISTS: CHUCK WILSON, JOE WILDER, LARRY EANET, FRANK TATE, PETE SIERS (Jazz at Chautauqua, September 30, 2006)

Chuck Wilson, photographer unknown Joe Wilder, photographer unknown I think of these five players as Idiosyncratic Swing Lyricists, singers on their

1 min read 2021-10-29 20:11:21

An easy rendition of a classic — popular as well as jazz — LAZY RIVER, by Sidney Arodin and Hoagy Carmichael . . . performed on a lazy Sunday

1 min read 2021-10-29 01:40:23

For the past year, the YouTube channel The Ed Sullivan Show has been issuing video performances from Ed’s long run on broadcast television, 1948

1 min read 2021-10-27 23:06:13

I’ve been publishing interviews done with Dan Morgenstern over the past few days — the best tribute I can pay Dan is to let him be himself —

1 min read 2021-10-26 22:42:08

From left: Danny Tobias, trumpet; Vince Giordano, string bass, bass saxophone, vocal; Arnt Arntzen, banjo, vocal. Giovanni’s Brooklyn Eats, 1657

1 min read 2021-10-26 20:14:30

Dan Morgenstern’s birthday celebration is too large to be contained in one twenty-four hour period, so this is the third day of posting interviews

1 min read 2021-10-25 22:09:26

“JUST LIKE THAT,” one of the best stories I know: Billie, Part One: Billie, Part Two: and Bird: We are and have been blessed by his

1 min read 2021-10-25 20:23:35

There isn’t much that needs to be said about this performance of WEST END BLUES except to say that it is gorgeous — impassioned and exact —

1 min read 2021-10-25 07:31:13

Happy 92nd birthday, Eminent Dan Morgenstern, friend of Louis, George Wein, Hot Lips Page, two hundred others, and deep friend of the music. I’ve

1 min read 2021-10-23 01:03:23

Thanks to Chris Tyle, master of so many instruments and generous archivist, we have some new treasures — old music played with style, grace, and

1 min read 2021-10-22 04:41:39

Art is all about passion: think of the great soprano arias, whether Puccini or Bechet; think of Louis or Bird — the heart on fire, so full of

1 min read 2021-10-19 20:38:20

Sunday afternoon, slightly autumnal but bright. The EarRegulars began as Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet; Matt Munisteri, guitar; Bill Allred, trombone; Pat

1 min read 2021-10-18 22:07:00

I’m pleased to share with JAZZ LIVES’ readers (and watchers) a complete set from a few years ago — from only my second trip to Germany. Both

1 min read 2021-10-16 20:27:01

When NOLA funk comes to NYC Soho, it’s a wonderful connection of forces. and and If you think I’m being melodramatic in my title, wait for the

1 min read 2021-10-15 22:51:39

I have a real affection for the recordings and performances of the New York Jazz Repertory Company: a floating all-star ensemble I saw in person in