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On January 23 I marked Django's birthday with an impromptu, off-the-cuff selection of his recordings, and I posted it on Twitter . His ...

(L to R: Gene Krupa, Babe Russin, Allan Reuss, George Koenig,  Red Ballard, BG, Vernon Bown, and Art Rollini Carnegie Hall, January 16,...

Not very good video, not very good audio, and the same old jokes. Still, it's Dean, Sammy, Frank, at the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel, ...

Auld, Goodman, Williams, Christian (Photographer unknown) Things that just happen: the previous blog was about Charlie Christian an...

(This is a translation of my review for Cuadernos de Jazz ) Charlie Christian: The Genius of the Electric Guitar (4-CD set, Sony/Legac...

[ UPDATES: Go to the bottom of the post to see an update on the subject ] Every once in a while I'll publish small pieces of discograp...

Today Frank Sinatra would have been 97. I've been checking out videos here and there, and have found the one below from his 1962 tour, ...