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Paul Butterfield: Origins of an Originator

John Pizzarelli on Nat Cole and Dave McKenna

I quoted from John Pizzarelli’s memoir, World on a String, in yesterday’s blog on Frank Sinatra, and I’m delighted to say that the excerpt is consisten

Sinatra Stories

Today is Frank Sinatra’s 97^th birthday anniversary.

Coleman Hawkins Filmed in Brussels

Coleman Hawkins was the subject of a beautifully filmed studio session taped in Brussels in 1962.

Junior Wells encore

Here's an extra helping of Junior Wells, this time in Portugal at the 1978 Algarve Jazz Festival. The band includes Buddy Guy and Jimmy Johnson on guitars, Dave Myers on bass, and Odie Payne

Synchronistic Birdlore

On Friday, the New Orleans-born saxophonist Charles Neville, who makes his home in Western Massachusetts, was profiled in the Hampshire Life supplement of the Daily Hampshire Gazette. To the

Junior Wells

When I first began listening to Chicago Blues, a handful of albums recorded in the mid-‘60’s made for essential listening. They included Hoodoo Man Blues by Junior Wells;&nb

Mickey Baker, R.I.P.

In the radio documentary, “Let the Good Times Roll,” Mickey Baker told producer Lex Gillespie that “[If it wasn’t] for the blues, we’d all be sitting around sipping tea and listening to chamber mus

Dave Brubeck, R.I.P.

Paul Winter's historic White House concert

Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson & Jon Faddis

I’d always heard that Dizzy Gillespie feigned having a cold when he met up with Oscar Peterson for their duo recording in London in 1974. Peterson intimidated most everyone, even the formidab

Teddy Wilson on view

Coleman Hawkins

About the only fault I’ve found with the Coleman Hawkins collection that Mosaic released this year is the absence of any of the material he recorded in Europe in the mid-‘30’s. Mosaic drew ex

I posted Jonathan Winters' portrayal of a man who was Frank Sinatra’s bus driver earlier today on Facebook and in no time heard from a few jazz-astute friends. Terry Teachout, Wall Street

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