Monday Musings
Alina gave a workshop to a group of aspiring young local musicians. It’s wonderful to see a new generation being encouraged to appreciate and to create jazz. Continue reading Monday Musings
Tag: Jazz
Monday Memories: Beginnings #9 – Musical Interlude
[in the] Summer [of] 1955 I was, to my surprise, awarded the music prize at the annual speech day. No doubt this was Peck’s way of saying “sorry”. Continue reading Monday Memories: Beginnings #9 – Musical Interlude
Lurking in the Cafe and Bookstore #2
This visit to Sally’s place was planned a while ago. We had a long chat, listened to music and cooked a spicy, if imaginary, joint. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed being part of it. via Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Open House Sunday Interview with author Frank Parker Continue reading Lurking in the Cafe and Bookstore #2
Falling in Love With Love
From the near operatic style of traditional Irish ballads, sung in Irish, at the commencement of the set, through swinging jazz standards, to the raw harshness of an alcoholic’s diatribe in Gershwin’s Vodka, [Conway] brings a poet’s sensibility to every number. Continue reading Falling in Love With Love
Suzanne Savage: Singing Sensation
delightful echoes of Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan and Lena Horne . . . a unique and wonderful sound to savour. Continue reading Suzanne Savage: Singing Sensation
Zoot Sims: #atozchallenge
A couple of years before I left school some of my class mates started bringing jazz records they’d purchased in specialist music shops in London. It was my introduction to a style of music that came to be known as Modern Jazz. A development from swing, this free flowing form of music was pioneered by various instrumentalists who had cut their musical teeth with one or more of the Basie, Ellington and Goodman bands of the 1940s. Zoot Sims and his brother Ray were members of the Benny Goodman band in 1946-7, Zoot on saxophone and Ray on trombone. Afterwards … Continue reading Zoot Sims: #atozchallenge
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