Kenny does both the talking and the playing, so I can lay out. Posted by “jazzclarinet2006”.
Tag: jazz
Dueling mandolins—“Charlie Parker’s “Scrapple from the Apple”
Posted by monologtube. If they aren’t mandolins, sue me.
I Mean You by Guess Who
Rio Grande Valley Jazz Festival Showcase Band (Maybe. Ask Peewee.) Posted by justplainpeewee
Bill Holman Orchestra “Dizzy Atmosphere”
Posted by “mytime44”
Steve Lacy & Roswell Rudd: “Nutty”
Toon Roos Quartet—“Straight No Chaser”
Dutch saxophonist Toon Roos leading a quartet. Supporting personnel (probably): Karel Boehlee, piano, Hein van de Geyn, bass, and Joost van Shaik, drums. Via MuseionMedia
Martha Redux
In my recent review of Charlie Chaplin’s painful misfire Monsieur Verdoux, I paid brief homage to “Martha Raye’s memorable performance as the grasping, guileless Annabella Bonheur, the one woman Verdoux can’t kill. I’ve always found Martha’s act hard to swallow, but it seems churlish here to deny her her one moment of glory.” Well, let’s…
John Fedchock New York Big Band plays “Ruby, My Dear”
John Fedchock New York Big Band at the New Trier Jazz Festival, New Trier High School – Winnetka, Illinois, February 2, 2002 John Fedchock, leader saxes: Mark Vinci, Charles Pillow, Rich Perry, Rick Margitza, Scott Robinson trumpets: Jon Owens, Frank Greene, Scott Wendholt, Barry Ries trombones: John Fedchock, Keith O’Quinn, Clark Gayton, George Flynn piano:…
Hello Kitty, Hello Thelonious—The Big Friendly Jazz Orchestra handles “I Mean You”
Japanese chicks from Takasago High show us they can do more than cute. For more, go here.
Mulgrew Miller—“Woody n’ You” aka “Algo Bueno”
Mulgrew Miller on piano, Richie Goods on bass, and Rodney Green on drums, at Ken Beilman’s 1999 Jazz Festival. Dizzy Gillespie wrote the tune in the early forties, dedicating it to Woody Herman, who purchased arrangements from Gillespie while Dizzy was struggling to become a leader in his own right. It was first recorded in…