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Forum: Jazz & Blues 08-02-2014, 03:09 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
In December of ’57, Lester appeared on the CBS...

In December of ’57, Lester appeared on the CBS program The Sound of Jazz with Lady Day, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Vic Dickenson (trombone), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax)...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 08-02-2014, 03:06 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
Prez and Hawk respected and liked one another and...

Prez and Hawk respected and liked one another and appeared together throughout their careers but their approaches were fundamentally different. When Hawk played hot, he sounded hot. Lester, on the...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 08-02-2014, 03:01 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
PaKH33E7zJM Lester Young 1939 ~ Original Lester...

PaKH33E7zJM
Lester Young 1939 ~ Original Lester Leaps In (Take 1) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaKH33E7zJM)
Lester and the Basie orchestra doing his signature song.

Where Lester...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 08-02-2014, 02:58 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
Those who have been patiently reading this thread...

Those who have been patiently reading this thread are probably getting tired of waiting for me to get out of the swing jazz era and start exploring be-bop. The problem is that I just cannot do that...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 05-16-2014, 06:01 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
The first all-female jazz band to recruit women...

The first all-female jazz band to recruit women of any race equally was the International Sweethearts of Rhythm (ISR). They were originally all-black and remained majority black throughout their...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 05-16-2014, 05:55 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
The way that Bohle and many other white female...

The way that Bohle and many other white female jazz artists set up their shows was telling. All-male swing bands rarely, if ever, played anything classical unless it was a fully jazzed-up version. ...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 05-16-2014, 05:51 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
Another female musician is one of the greatest...

Another female musician is one of the greatest bassists you never heard—Laura Bohle. She was known to the soldiers only as Laura from Chicago. Classically trained on bass, she handled the bow with...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 05-16-2014, 05:48 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
No differently than the male musicians, the...

No differently than the male musicians, the female swing and jazz artists took an early interest in music and began playing an instrument or two (or three or four) usually while still in elementary...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 05-16-2014, 05:45 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
Women like Mary Lou Williams awakened or at least...

Women like Mary Lou Williams awakened or at least reminded the world of the fact that women weren’t merely singers but superb musicians, writers and arrangers. World War II wrought immense changes...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 04-19-2014, 08:45 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
After the marriage of Thomas Francis Dorsey and...

After the marriage of Thomas Francis Dorsey and Theresa Langton early in the 20th century, they lived in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania and had four children although we are only concerned with the two...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 11-01-2013, 03:21 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
By the time the Kansas City jazz scene died with...

By the time the Kansas City jazz scene died with the imprisonment of Big Tom Pendergast in 1940, it had made indelible changes not only to jazz but to American music as a whole. One duo that left KC...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 11-01-2013, 03:17 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
In 1925, Terence Holder left Trent’s outfit to...

In 1925, Terence Holder left Trent’s outfit to form his Dark Clouds of Joy. In January of 1929, Holder left to start a new band and the Dark Clouds were taken over by Andy Kirk. Raised in Denver,...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 11-01-2013, 03:10 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
When Moten and band went to New York in 1928, he...

When Moten and band went to New York in 1928, he did not bring his jumpy sweet band sound with him, instead he went for the sophisticated sounds of Henderson and Redman and began incorporating their...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 11-01-2013, 03:07 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
Part II The start of swing as we now...

Part II

The start of swing as we now identify with it occurred in Kansas City in the thirties. Like New York, the jazz of KC was not homegrown but soon took on a character of its own. KC had...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 09-18-2013, 03:31 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
No, it isn't written in the history books that...

No, it isn't written in the history books that way. The Storyville crackdown is pretty well-known and covered extensively by Ken Burns. I left it out because I'm posting a "concise" history which...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 09-08-2013, 12:16 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
But the Nazis had various tricks up their...

But the Nazis had various tricks up their sleeves. While swing music was outlawed in Germany starting in 1935, the Nazis began to make their own swing music. The following clip is National...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 09-08-2013, 12:12 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
The national socialists stressed nationalism,...

The national socialists stressed nationalism, racial purity and a rejection of foreign and especially Jewish influences. They also placed a premium on physical fitness, mental soundness and the...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 09-08-2013, 12:05 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
Swing in Nazi Germany Towards the end of...

Swing in Nazi Germany

Towards the end of World War I in 1918, the constitution of the Deutsches Reich or German Empire was “reformed” in October. On the 29th of that month, a rebellion broke out...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 09-05-2013, 10:40 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
I hope you took the time to study the hepcat jive...

I hope you took the time to study the hepcat jive little dictionary I posted. It was by no means exhaustive but it gives a decent overview and an important one into the jazz mentality.

Hepcat...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 09-03-2013, 05:57 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
In 1928, Pollack decided to hire in a new drummer...

In 1928, Pollack decided to hire in a new drummer so he could focus on his duties as bandleader and brought in the legendary Ray Beauduc. That same year, Pollack also recruited trumpeter Jimmy...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 09-03-2013, 05:50 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
After the Depression, swing underwent the changes...

After the Depression, swing underwent the changes that most people today recognize as swing music. This was due in no small part to the role played by white bands that are not as well known today as...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 09-03-2013, 05:40 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
One of the first jazz big bands to form outside...

One of the first jazz big bands to form outside New York was in Detroit during the Paradise Valley days. This band was McKinney’s Cotton Pickers. They were formed in Ohio by drummer William...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 08-23-2013, 11:38 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
J jack: money Jake: great, i.e....

J

jack: money
Jake: great, i.e. "Everything's Jake."
Jalopy: a dumpy old car
Jane: any female
java: coffee
jeepers creepers: "Jesus Christ!"
jerk soda: to dispense soda from a tap; thus,...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 08-23-2013, 11:37 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
Before going on, let's take a break and learn our...

Before going on, let's take a break and learn our jazz lingo and hepcat jive:

-ski, -avous: these are two suffixes (derived from Russian and French, respectively) used in flapper parlance to...
Forum: Jazz & Blues 08-20-2013, 05:30 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 23,649
Posted By Lord Larehip
Thanks to people as Art Tatum, ordinary pieces of...

Thanks to people as Art Tatum, ordinary pieces of pop music can be turned into jazz. Now Tatum did it differently—he wasn’t a swing artist—but he showed the swing artists what was possible with...
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