Some experiential sociology follows, subjective, hardly comprehensive. In the Twenties, hot music, dancing, and illicit liquor were happily linked. Speakeasies may have served food as a cover, just as restaurants may have offered liquor sub rosa during Prohibition. But the only evidence of music accompanied by food I have is Louis, thirty years after the…

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13.09.2025

“LADY, BE GOOD”: DAVID BOEDDINGHAUS, MENNO DAAMS, TORSTEIN KUBBAN, LARS FRANK, MARTIN WHEATLEY, PHIL RUTHERFORD, ANDY SCHUMM (The Victory Pub, The Village Hotel, Newcastle, UK, November 2016) | JAZZ LIVES

Improvisations on a well-known theme by George and Ira Gershwin, now LADY BE GOOD, but originally, OH, LADY BE GOOD!. Here is Cliff Edwards in 1925, who begins with the sweet verse: https://youtu.be/1ughJYxojok?si=iEPdHdcSh_ThNo9Q Generations of jazz players and singers have taken the LADY for various rides around the park. I begin this post with the…

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16.09.2025

IN THE MAIN STREAM: HARRY ALLEN, JOE WILDER, KEN PEPLOWSKI, DAVE McKENNA, MICHAEL MOORE, JOHN VON OHLEN (Jazz at Chautauqua, September 15, 2000) | JAZZ LIVES

Timeless music performed exactly a quarter-century ago, which is hard to imagine. The gracious expert performers are Harry Allen, tenor saxophone; Joe Wilder, trumpet and flugelhorn; Ken Peplowski, clarinet and tenor saxophone; Dave McKenna, piano; Michael Moore, double bass; John Von Ohlen, drums. The place and the occasion was Joe Boughton's weekend jazz immersion, Jazz…

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17.09.2025

IN PRESENT TENSE: BECKY KILGORE and JIM DAPOGNY (Jazz at Chautauqua, Saturday, September 18, 2004) | JAZZ LIVES

I cannot bear that people I love and admire have moved away through death or illness. I cannot bring them back in person. All I can do is honor their art and hope that their spirits know we send them love. Two such dear people and artists are Jim Dapogny and Becky Kilgore, James and…

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“WOULD YOU LIKE BUTTER OR SOUR CREAM ON YOUR POTATO?”: JAZZ, STEAK, AND SUBURBIA | JAZZ LIVES

“LADY, BE GOOD”: DAVID BOEDDINGHAUS, MENNO DAAMS, TORSTEIN KUBBAN, LARS FRANK, MARTIN WHEATLEY, PHIL RUTHERFORD, ANDY SCHUMM (The Victory Pub, The Village Hotel, Newcastle, UK, November 2016) | JAZZ LIVES

IN THE MAIN STREAM: HARRY ALLEN, JOE WILDER, KEN PEPLOWSKI, DAVE McKENNA, MICHAEL MOORE, JOHN VON OHLEN (Jazz at Chautauqua, September 15, 2000) | JAZZ LIVES

IN PRESENT TENSE: BECKY KILGORE and JIM DAPOGNY (Jazz at Chautauqua, Saturday, September 18, 2004) | JAZZ LIVES

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