[contextly_sidebar id=”5ec02f31b36fb323aafc89aac38a65b1″] The comments to the above clip point out that Ben Webster clearly is crying after Teddy...
Category - Jazz
A list of Duke Ellington songs is like a list of those from the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and a few others. The song are so familiar and deeply...
[contextly_sidebar id=”7b78a24588be88e95b635df703e9ae3b”] The Daily Music Break periodically re-posts older content. This pretty remarkable video...
Editors Note: The Daily Music Break periodically re-posts music from earlier in the site’s run. Since Tuesday was the centennial of Les Paul’s...
[contextly_sidebar id=”cf738473c222d390ab2b6deada3aabdb”] Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller was a riot, a great musician, the prototype of...
This is a fascinating clip — and not just because it features Louis Jordan, which usually would be enough. The Steve Allen Show pulls off a live remote...
[contextly_sidebar id=”970b3b25a6648159cbba2808b7171ce3″] Billie Holiday would have been 97 on Saturday. Wikipedia has a particularly good bio of...
[contextly_sidebar id=”c13f4dc75ca15b271af1653452b43dce”] The Daily Music Break periodically re-post artists and posts from earlier in the...
Editor’s Note: From time to time, The Daily Music Break re-posts older content. Alex Welsh and Fred Hunt’s version of Davenport Blues is haunting...
[contextly_sidebar id=”96058e32011b30e3e7bfffdefc7b31a7″] (Editor’s Note: Happy New Year. I’ve given up on finding good music for the...