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Thursday, November 21

Who Was Marcel the Furrier?

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an incredible band on this one Last night as I was making dinner I had jazz going, no surprise there. One of my all-time favourite songs...
Friday, November 8

Bag’s Groove is It

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Bag’s Groove is It. And if it’s not it it’s certainly one of them—the great songs in jazz history. Cleaning the kitchen pondering beer...
Wednesday, July 10

Jazz in NYC

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I am lucky enough to be going to New York City at the end of the month. I know jazz was born in New Orleans, but to me, NYC is the great cit...
Monday, May 27

Peace is the song of the day.

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On the move. Walking south on Rupert to meet Gerald. Only here to say “ Peace” by Steve Turre is the song of the day. Listen and live it ...
Friday, May 17

A Jazz List from Wynton Marsalis

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Some jazz people really hate Wynton Marsalis. I don’t know why. I read an article about a book Marsalis wrote and a blogger wrote that now ...
Tuesday, May 14

Larry Stops By For Django and a Beer

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I love Django electrified Django’s solo on this song ( Peche a la mouche ) is otherworldly. Eternal. This was recorded more than 60 ye...
Thursday, May 9

There's a Cop on the Vibes!

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The vibes…ringing those bells can drive some people crazy and no matter the player they balk and their eyes glaze over as soon as someone (...
Thursday, April 11

I was never a cowhand.

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I was thinking about great jazz album covers after seeing the Bobby Timmons post from a few days ago. I'm not one to have covers blown ...
Wednesday, April 3

John Coltrane Gets Hungry

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I told you about the silly comic I saw yesterday so I thought I'd post it here for you to see. I don't know who the artist is, but k...
Wednesday, March 27

You Gotta Love Hank Mobley

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I think you made a good point last night, Larry, when you said that if John Coltrane had never existed, Hank Mobley would take his place amo...
Wednesday, March 20

Tanya sounds like Dat Dere

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Dexter's a class act As recent posts will attest, Dexter Gordon has been on my mind lately and I’ve been listening to him a lot. ...
Monday, March 18

Music to Play While Cooking

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Dexter's best? We were making a lovely dinner Saturday night when you called. We chatted briefly and you noted that there was jazz ...
Friday, March 15

What? I have restraint? Since when?

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10 discs of goodness I was recently in Toronto and of course I squeezed in a bit of time browsing used books and music. What did I se...
Tuesday, February 12

Because Sometimes You Need to Strut

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love the title track for some serious strutting Jazz is many things. It's very diverse, which is why fans like me bristle when som...
Friday, February 8

Because it's hard to get enough Jim

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more Jim, if you can find it A few years back someone came across some tapes, I assume they were reel to reel. I'm not sure of the e...