Cancelled – June 2020 – 11 to 14 – 23rd Kircudbright Jazz Festival, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. 01557 330467. www.kirkcudbrightjazzfestival.co.uk July 23-26 – Fest Jazz – Cancelled – Chateauneuf-du-Faou – Brittany. contact@fest-jazz.com – www.fest-jazz.com – Coach trip from UK including hotel. For info call Tad Newton on 01604 858549 – tadjazzfriends@gmail.com July 25 – 31 -8th … [Read more…]
Classic Blues Masters – Four Classic Albums (The Best Of Little Walter / The Best Of Muddy Waters /Sonny Boy Williamson – Down And Out Blues / Howlin’ Wolf Sings The Blues) (2CD) Avid Blues Ref: AMSC1368 These two CDs offer wonderful value. Culled from four classic blues LPs – the forty-nine tracks are … [Read more…]
Lester Young Four Classic Albums Second Set Avid Jazz AMSC1366 LP albums included here on the two CDs – Count Basie Kansas City Seven and Lester Young Quartet; Lester Young – Blue Lester; Lester Young – The Jazz Giants ‘56; Count Basie at Newport Lester Young might not have released an album called ‘Giant Steps’, … [Read more…]
BUCKY (January 9, 1926 – April 1, 2020) by jazzlives Bucky Pizzarelli gave so generously of his sound, his melodic intelligence, his wit, his swing. We could be forgiven for thinking we would always have him. Here are two versions of TRES PALABRAS from the Atlanta Jazz Party, memorable in their quiet simple intensity. 2012, … [Read more…]