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Bubber Miley's hot trumpet was featured - growling and moaning - on the nightly broadcasts of Duke Ellington's Washingtonians from the Kentucky Club, New York City in the twenties. He wrote the bands early theme-tune, “East St. Louis Toodle-oo,” and was pivotal in the transition of the Washingtonians from a sweet society band to the hot "jungle" band which sparked national attention. This period of Ellington's music saw the recording of much fine traditional/classic jazz featuring Miley. James "Bubber" Miley was born in Aiken South Carolina on 3 April 1903 and his family moved to New York when he was six
Mario Mariotti, ricerca e improvvisazione tra contemporanea e jazz
by Neri Pollastri
Trombettista milanese di formazione accademica e dalle diversificate esperienze, appassionato esploratore dei multiformi scenari dell'improvvisazione, Mario Mariotti negli ultimi anni ha proposto lavori diversi tra loro, ma tutti molto interessanti. Abbiamo conversato con lui per conoscere meglio la sua personalità artistica. All About Jazz: Comincerei dal tuo interesse per Bill Dixon al quale ti ...
The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
by Chuck Lenatti
Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to composer Gunther Schuller and musicologist and historian Barry Kernfeld, “the most significant composer of the genre." Radio broadcasts from his residency at New York's Cotton Club beginning in 1927 extended Ellington's ...
Phil Schaap: Talking Technology and More
by Marshall D Katzman
This article was transcribed from a March 21, 2021 interview on the Mister Radio Podcast . Marshall Katzman: You're listening to Mister Radio, and I'm your host, Marshall. Today's guest has won six Grammy Awards and eight Grammy nominations, including an award for Best Album Notes for Bird, the complete Charlie Parker on Verve. ...
A Fanfare of Trumpets from Yazz Ahmed to Bubber Miley + Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Band
by David Brown
This week on the Jazz Continuum we get ready for Philly Shows with Helen Sung, Fieldwork and Craig Taborn. Live from Haverford College with Marian McPartland and Sun Ra. A fanfare of trumpets gather with Ruby Braff, Bubber Miley, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Eldridge, Yazz Ahmed and International Sweetheart of Rhythm Clora Bryant. We dig into a ...
Donald Fagen: An Essential Top 10 Albums
by Peter Jones
Actually, the whole notion of a Donald Fagen Top Ten is tricky. Artists like Chet Baker made well over a hundred albums, whereas in half a century Fagen has only released 13 official studio albums, whether with Steely Dan or under his own name, along with a handful of live sets. The process of selecting the ...
Italian Spirit: In Japan
by Chris M. Slawecki
Italian Spirit began in 2014 as a duo featuring pianist Alessandro Collina and trumpeter Marco Vezzoso, instructor at the National Conservatory of Nice. Their name refers to their repertoire: classic, traditional and contemporary songs designed to revive and inspire emotions in Italians far from home. Collina and Vezzoso have performed extensively from west to east; Live ...
Italian Spirits, Dubé Debuts and Chasing (Mahogany) Frogs
by Chris M. Slawecki
Paul Colombo Group Rio Crystal Vectordisc Records 2020 Rio Crystal is the perfect title for this bright and clear, warm and sunny set led by guitarist Paul Colombo. Its frontline pairs Colombo's nimble guitar with keyboardist Ron Thomas, supported by bassist Andy Alonso and drummer Chris ...
The MacroQuarktet: The Complete Night: Live At The Stone NYC
by John Sharpe
The Complete Night presents forward looking trumpeters Herb Robertson and Dave Ballou in a series of long form improvisations from NYC venue The Stone in 2007, in a foursome with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Tom Rainey. The first set was previously issued as Each Part A Whole on Robertson's Ruby Flower imprint, but in its ...
Dinosaur: To The Earth
by Chris May
Britain's Edition label has remained independent of London's post-2015 alternative jazz scene, whose aesthetic is formed in part by the emphases of identity politics and which now, in 2020, has gone overground with the signing of three bands led by movement auteur Shabaka Hutchings to Impulse! in the US. Edition, which was founded in 2008 by ...
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