Visitors to New York should keep in mind that lots of great sites are outside of Manhattan. One of those is the Louis Armstrong House, which is in Corona...
Tag - jazz
[contextly_sidebar id=”d3c992d9f6e43ee3b1708a61f36f0e5b”] Like so many folks who had stellar careers and have been around forever, Tony...
The great trumpeter was born on this day in 1922. He passed away in 1999. The clip of Java is from The Ed Sullivan Show in 1963.
Yesterday was the first full day of autumn. Great photos behind Billie Holiday.
[contextly_sidebar id=”6dc9da1fd72239e9eeb8591288457015″] Many folks reading this post know more about Miles Davis than I do. So it makes little...
People who know put Buddy Rich at or near the top of the list of jazz drummers. Two things are evident in this interesting interview from 1956: Both Rich and...
[contextly_sidebar id=”b361f12b9bcb98e01bb5e472dcc98971″] Clifford “Brownie” Brown was only 25 years old when he died. The above clip...
[contextly_sidebar id=”6b76373a2071353489b6cfa03433401f”] Earl “Fatha” Hines (December 28, 1903 to April 22, 1983) is not as well...
[contextly_sidebar id=”7f2f482c3815b5f26f89bfef95c8360a”] The Girl from Ipanema, most famously performed by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, is...