Jazz Music Blog

Zoot Fest

(Al Cohn and Zoot Sims)

Kansas City Centennials

(Buck Clayton, 37th Army Service Band, 1945)

Lennie's on the Turnpike

(Buck Clayton and Lennie Sogoloff)

Serious Fun with Joan Stiles

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Jammin' the Blues

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Phil Woods, Springfield's Jazz Pilgrim

Gunther Schuller: Words & Music

Peter Sokolowski sent along this delightful clip of Oscar Peterson with Dick Cavett earlier today. Click here and enjoy Oscar demonstrating for Dick...

Billie Holiday on The Sound of Jazz

I'm preparing a guest lecture for Professor Jason Robinson's Jazz Film class at Amherst College tomorrow. I'll be speaking on the Hollywood bio pics "Lady Sings the Blues" (Diana Ross as Billie Holiday)...

Get Well wishes to Clark Terry

I sent get well wishes to Clark Terry this morning, and thanked him for the trumpet playing he's delighted music lovers with since the 1940's . I had the pleasure of sitting with Clark at the Newport Jazz...