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August 1, 2025

Song Focus: Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzPZvKSdN7g In the video above, Herbie Hancock explains to the audience and a rapt Elvis…

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August 1, 2025

Stanley Turrentine: “Sugar” and “Don’t Mess with Mr. T.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQQaiaN1O8 Tenor sax player Stanley Turrentine, a native of Pittsburgh, lived from 1934 to 2000.…

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August 1, 2025

Meade Lux Lewis: Low Profile, Great Influence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzIV-zWsJCs Sometimes, lesser known musicians are responsible for the direction that music takes. Anderson Meade…

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August 1, 2025

Fletcher Henderson Helped Invent Swing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjEiyhESlh4 The Red Hot Jazz Archive – the place to go for information about old…

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August 1, 2025

Slide Show: The Jazz Photography of William Gottlieb

Click to hear "Mood Indigo" by Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard and Irving Mills. Everyone…

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August 1, 2025

Roy Eldridge was Little Jazz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcRekDhnzw0 Roy Eldridge was known as Little Jazz because he was only 5 feet 6…

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August 1, 2025

Gerry Mulligan: “Open Country” and “Satin Doll”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DCQVyD3whM We tend to cut and package eras of music into neat and discreet parts.…

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August 1, 2025

Happy Birthday, Louie Bellson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpvOccBtVl0 Jazz drummer Louie Bellson was born on this day in 1924. His full (long)…

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August 1, 2025

Wild Bill Davis, Organ Pioneer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqA1pGp3KTE Craig Harris at AllMusic offers a succinct bio of Wild Bill Davis, a of…

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August 1, 2025

Ella at 100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6TmogXhOZ8 The classic jazz community is celebrating the centennial of Ella Fitzgerald, who was born…

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Song Focus: Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man”

Stanley Turrentine: “Sugar” and “Don’t Mess with Mr. T.”

Meade Lux Lewis: Low Profile, Great Influence

Fletcher Henderson Helped Invent Swing

Slide Show: The Jazz Photography of William Gottlieb

Roy Eldridge was Little Jazz

Gerry Mulligan: “Open Country” and “Satin Doll”

Happy Birthday, Louie Bellson

Wild Bill Davis, Organ Pioneer

Ella at 100

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