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Misato Clarinet—“Donna Lee”
Last year I published a piece on the history of the famous jazz composition “Donna Lee”, attributed variously to Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Norman “Tiny” Khan. Well, here’s another take on “Donna”, because how many seriously cute 10-year-old beboppers come down the pike these days? Most of the information here is in Japanese, but…
Art Themen Quartet—“Played Twice”
Yeah, the camera work is a little shaky, but the music ain’t bad. Live at The Verdict Jazz Club, Brighton, UK, 7 July 2023. Art Themen, sax; John Horler, piano; Spike Wells, drums; Tim Wells, bass. Posted by Pete Billing
Israel versus Palestine: When Dreams Collide
“What a dreary compromise is life!” exclaimed the hero of Norman Mailer’s abortive magnum opus, The Man Who Studied Yoga.1 And so life is a dreary compromise for most of us, which is why we go to films to see people who do all the things we don’t do in real life, like punch out…
Takeshi Fukushima—“Played Twice”
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Danny Zeitlin—“Played Twice”
From 2015. Posted by Jazz Video Guy
Played Twice—“Played Twice”
It doesn’t get any more meta than this. Dan Wood, piano, Nick Malcolm, trumpet, George Crowley, sax, Olie Brice, bass, and Simon Roth, drums. Recorded at the Servant Jazz Quarters in 2014. Posted by Dan Rhodes
Chasin’ the Bird, Chasin’ Donna Lee: Cultural appropriation—It’s a good thing!
What do Charlie Parker and Theodore Dreiser have in common? Well, damned little, you might say, seeing has how the creator of bebop and the master of early twentieth century American naturalist fiction never met, but there is a connection, however tenuous. In 1947, Parker went into a recording session, joined with Miles Davis on…
Transitional Group— “Played Twice”
From the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy. Trumpet – Jo-Gerard Re’em; Tenor Sax – Ruben Ross / Alex Dmochowski; Guitar – Scipio Mosley; Bass – Jedd Bailey-Smith; Piano – Tara Jerome / Isla Cummings; Drums – George Harvey. Posted by the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy. July 21, 2017.