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- Fri May 14, 2004 10:07 am
- Forum: Upcoming Events
- Topic: The Y6A Lineup Announced!
- Replies: 98
- Views: 76027
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 3:29 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Harlem Blues and Jazz Orchestra
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3720
Woo hoo!!! This is my kind of thread! I'm pretty sure The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band has two recordings. I have the one you linked to above. It's pretty cool, with plenty of danceable tempos. The sound quality is a little off, though, so I only play it at places with really good sound systems. Both ...
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:43 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: CD Release: Roger Humphries Big Band - Don't Give Up
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4930
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:20 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Claude "Fiddler" Williams Succumbs to Pneumonia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4707
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:49 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Claude "Fiddler" Williams Succumbs to Pneumonia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4707
Re: Claude "Fiddler" Williams Succumbs to Pneumoni
It is possible that he was the last person alive to have recorded jazz prior to 1930. BTW, I think this comment is incorrect. Guitarist Larry Lucie at 95 is still alive. He recorded with Jelly Roll Morton, and I'm sure he played before 1930. I thought maybe Al Casey, too, although Allmusic says he ...
- Tue Apr 27, 2004 6:41 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Claude "Fiddler" Williams Succumbs to Pneumonia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4707
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Succumbs to Pneumonia
April 26, 2004. - Legendary jazz violinist Claude "Fiddler" Williams died at 4:00 a.m. Sunday, April 25, 2004, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City after a prolonged bout with pneumonia. Williams, age 96, was known for his Kansas City-style violin improvisations, as well as for his vo...
- Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:43 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: 50s bands for swing dancing
- Replies: 211
- Views: 115542
Clip 7 - VERY nice little traditional jazz thing. Love the harmony of the cornet and the clarinet. VERY nice cornet work and interplay with the clarinet. Reminds me a lot of the style that Kenny Davern and Bob Wilber have done with the Soprano Summit recordings. This is another one I have to hear A...
- Sun Apr 18, 2004 11:01 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: George Gee
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11131
Swingin' Live is still my personal favorite, too. Three of his four cds are live cds, and I definitely feel that's when he's in his element (although rumor has it he's soon doing a studio recording with Frank Foster or led by Frank Foster or something about Frank Foster that will have an all-star li...
- Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:55 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Chronological Compilations
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11416
- Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:47 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Scott Hamilton makes me happy
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11110
Re: Scott Hamilton makes me happy
The Concord 'best of'ish disc for him is especially nice, though, the songs are on the long side, and since they're small groups, not so really condusive to, eh, post-production. (to be euphemistic about editing) Amen! I love that Concord CD and dug a ton of tunes for dancing but remember all of th...
- Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:30 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Movie on Montreal's Jazz scene in the 1940's
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2506
- Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:59 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Ray Charles
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25933
- Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:55 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Basie After Death
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7734
Re: Basie was ahead of his time!
We were told that while many of the "Swing Era" bands have no surviving members, the current Count Basie Orchestra has five who backed the Count at one time or another while he was alive. Wow, that's pretty cool! I don't know much about the band, and I had always thought it was primarily ...
- Sat Apr 10, 2004 7:09 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Basie After Death
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7734
Re: Basie was ahead of his time!
I was at this event last October, The Count Basie Orchestra is alive and well (at least the surviving members) While the Count Basie Orchestra may be alive and well, it doesn't have any surviving members from when Basie was around except for its leader, Bill Hughes, and maybe one other person (drum...
- Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:12 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Oscar Brown Jr.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10197
on a tangent: Oscar Brown Jr is still alive and performing in Chicago. He plays Hothouse a couple times a year. I wouldn't go to dance, but he definitely puts on a good show. That's awesome! I wonder how much of his Hothouse sets are swingin' as he spans a number of genres. I've been in touch with ...