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Five Letters That Feel Like Four

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Andrew J. Sammut

I’ve hated the word “Dixieland” since I first gathered a few friends from my high school band to play the music of Jelly Roll Morton, the Bobcats and other prewar jazz musicians. No matter how much I insisted that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antebellum, Anything Is Nice If It Comes from Dixieland, archaic jazz, archaic pop, Bix Beiderbecke, Brooklyn, Chicago style, Chicagoans, City Island, classic jazz, collective improvisation, corny, corrections officer, Dixie, Dixie Cup, Dixieland, EarRegulars, Eddie Condon, high school musical tastes, hokey, hot jazz, hot jazz blog, ice cream, jazz blog, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, New Orleans Jazz, ODJB, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Phil Napoleon, polyphony, pop of yestercentury, prewar jazz, prison shank, South, straw hats and suspenders, There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland, traditional jazz, twenties jazz, vintage, West Coast Revival | 7 Comments

Who’s On First: Lead Altos and Jazz Tall Tales

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Andrew J. Sammut

Dance music of the twenties and thirties: dreary, colorless and filled with musicians diligently playing dull written parts, until an improvised break or solo allowed them to display their individuality and inject a brief moment of “jazz” amidst all that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1927, 1928, alto sax, April 3, Baltimore, Bix Beiderbecke, C Melody Sax, Chester Hazlett, Dixieland, Frank Trumbauer, hot jazz blog, jazz blog, lead alto, Lila, OKeh 40926, OKeh 41019, pre war jazz, September 28, twenties music | 4 Comments

Public Service Post in Honor of Charlie Christian

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Andrew J. Sammut

Even if Charlie Christian had lived to celebrate his 96th birthday yesterday, or his 26th birthday decades ago, his music would remain just as momentous and swinging. Despite a short career, Christian never suffered from “young man with an instrument” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1939, 1941, All About Jazz, Aram Avakian, Artie Bernstein, Benny Goodman sextet, Bix Lives, Bob Prince, Breakfast Feud, Charlie Christian, Charlie Christian birthday, Charlie Christian legacy, Charlie Christian solos, Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet, color barrier in music, Columbia, composite, Cootie Williams, early electric guitar, early jazz, early jazz blog, electric guitar, false starts, Georgie Auld, Gibson ES-150, guitar pioneer, Jazz, jazz birthday, jazz blog, Jo Jones, liner notes, Martin Williams, multiple takes, original smithsonian collection, pianoless music, Smithsonian composite take of Charlie Christian's Breakfast Feud solos, Smithsonian Jazz, Swing, swing blog, the hell with the Bix haters, The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, Tweet friendly, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel | 2 Comments

“Sincerely, Bill Rank”

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Andrew J. Sammut

Here’s part three of an insightful documentary on YouTube about Bill Rank and his performances in Holland. Rank is best known as a sideman with Bix Beiderbecke, but “Santopec” comments on a confident, unique trombonist who continued to grow long … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adrian Rollini, Bill Rank, Bix and His Gang, Bix Beiderbecke, classic jazz, documentary, Don Murray, exotic harmonies, Frank Trumbauer, Goethe, Holland, Holland Jazz, intervals, jazz blog, Jazz in Holland, Jean Goldkette, Midwest accent, Miff Mole, Miff Mole influences, Project Gutenberg, Santopec, trombone, Werther, wide intervals, YouTube | 2 Comments

Sudie Reynaud and Pure Music

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Andrew J. Sammut

In case any producers were wondering, “The Complete Sudie Reynaud” would fit on one compact disc. A whole CD devoted to an obscure, merely competent Jazz Age bassist might require some snappy marketing, and many collectors already own this collection … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archaic pop, Bass, Bill Brown's Brownies, Bill Lowe, brass bass, Chicago, Chink Martin, classic jazz blog, Country Washburne, Cyrus St. Clair, Dixie Stomp, Doc Cook, Drifting and Dreaming, Esperanza Spalding, Fess Williams, Franz Jackson, Freddie Keppard, Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man, High Fever, Howard Johnson, jazz age bassists, jazz blog, Jean Goldkette, Jelly Roll Morton, Jelly Roll Morton's bassist, john kirby, John Lindsay, Louis Armstrong's bassist, Mazie, New Orleans bassists, Pete Briggs, piccolo pete, pop of yestercentury, Reuben Reeves, roots and fifths, Screws Nuts and Bolts, Sidewalk Blues, Steve Brown, Stomping with Steve, string bass, Sudie Reynaud, ted weems, tuba, twenties jazz, US Army Field Band, Yellow Fire, Yellow Five, YouTube, Zuddan | 1 Comment

Red Nichols: The Grand-Uncle of Cool

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Andrew J. Sammut

Cool jazz is usually assumed to have been a reaction to bebop that first appeared in the late forties, with opponents popping up soon after. It’s no secret that Bix Beiderbecke and Frank Trumbauer were experimenting with “cooler” sounds in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arthur Schutt, Birth of the Cool 1927, Bix Beiderbecke, Bix Beiderbecke imitators, bone dry, clarinet, cold, Complete Brunswick Recordings, cool jazz, cornet, Dorsey on clarinet, early cool school, exploration, Five Pennies, Frank Trumbauer, Hoagy Carmichael, hot jazz blog, immediacy, jazz blog, jazz criticism, jazz harpsichord, Jazz Oracle, jazz timpani, Jimmy Dorsey, Len Weinstock, mechanical clever, popular jazz musicians, preconceptions, Red Nichols, Red Nichols was not a Bix Beiderbecke imitator, roots of cool jazz, students of Eddie Lang, the baron, timpani, unison front line, unromantic, Vic Berton, Washbord Blues, young Jimmy Dorsey | 4 Comments

Opine, Y’All: M. Figg’s Desert Island Jazz at the Moment

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Andrew J. Sammut

In an effort to keep International Jazz Day going and keep my money where my mouth is, here’s a few suggestions for weekend or anytime listening. They’re completely a matter of opinion, in no particular order and categorized in a … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: jazz blog

Five Letters That Feel Like Four

Who’s On First: Lead Altos and Jazz Tall Tales

Public Service Post in Honor of Charlie Christian

“Sincerely, Bill Rank”

Sudie Reynaud and Pure Music

Red Nichols: The Grand-Uncle of Cool

Opine, Y’All: M. Figg’s Desert Island Jazz at the Moment

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