Conte Candoli And Friends: Coast To Coast
Conte Candoli, one of the very finest trumpeters of his generation, will always be associated with his stellar big band performances with Stan Kenton and Terry Gibbs among others....
Music with frontiers
Those fortunate enough to make a living from the “liberal” professions such as journalists, artists, actors and musicians are dependent upon many factors, one of the most important of...
Still Clinging To The Wreckage 05/20
One day in the early 50s, Bill Harris, Victor Feldman and Bobby Lamb were walking along Broadway when they met Henry Coker, Benny Powell and the third Basie trombonist...
Outside And Inside: Race And Identity In White Jazz Autobiography
In 2004, Reva Marin was a finalist for the Fleck Award for the best book in the category Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction. Her entry was Oscar: The Life And Music...
JJ 12/70: Henry Lowther Band – Child Song
This is the same group I enjoyed at the 100 Club recently; I wrote about them in June this year, and at that time stressed their resemblance to the...
Count Basie – Through His Own Eyes
This is an excellently assembled documentary which tells us a good deal more about Basie as a person than could be gleaned from his autobiography.
The makers had access to...
