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Friday, May 31, 2013

February 7, 1940: A busy day at the office

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So, February 7, 1940. The war is going on in Europe, but Pearl Harbor is almost two years away. At the same time, in Manhattan, Metronome m...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

The story of "So What"

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While we were discussing the convoluted story of the "Rhythm-A-Ning" riff , my worthy constituent Michael ' Jazz Lives ' ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Sidney Bechet... and Eddie Condon (and Bird!) in colour

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The wonders of the Internet. I just saw this beautiful montage on Sidney Bechet (the song is "Dans les Rues d'Antibes"): Wat...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

SALT PEANUTS!!! SALT PEANUTS!!! – Massey Hall, 60 years after

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Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker Massey Hall, Toronto, May 15, 1953 Photo by Harold Robinson Sixty ye...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Twenty years after

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In the summer of '92, while Spain was beginning to delude itself thinking we were something we're not, I was down and out in the st...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Piazzolla in New York (and V): Carlos Rausch, 2013

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In the vastness of Piazzolla's legend, Carlos Rausch amounts to a mere footnote. His name has been regularly cropped (to Rauch) or he...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Piazzolla in New York (IV): Rausch on Piazzolla, 1958-1960

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Portada de Take Me Dancing Piazzolla is one of the best-known Argentinian musicians in the world, even though he died over twenty years...