It was even more gratifying than we had any right to expect: the inventive swinging orchestra these four unaffected musicians created, song after song; the friendly camaraderie the music inspired in the room; the reassuring creativity; the sweet musical surprises; the refreshing humility and delightful versatility. All of this in the space of a Sunday…

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“SECOND THOUGHTS”: NANCY HARROW AND TED ROSENTHAL GIVE US A NEW SONG (April 2024) | JAZZ LIVES

This is news. Nancy Harrow in the recording studio. Nancy Harrow is not only one of our finest, most honest singers. She is also a composer, dramatist, a visionary blessed with an expansive imagination. But she is also a realist, someone who not only observes but sees deeply into the heart of things as they…

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22.04.2024

THURSDAY-NIGHT JAM: JAMES DAPOGNY, RANDY REINHART, ANDY SCHUMM, FRANK TATE, HAL SMITH (Cleveland Classic Jazz Party, September 14, 2017) | JAZZ LIVES

James Dapogny at Jazz at Chautauqua, September 2014. Photograph by Michael Steinman. Any session with Professor James Dapogny was special and needs to be preserved. In this case, he's nearly hidden behind the piano, but his sound and swinging energy are vividly present. This music took place at the jam-session-before-the-festival on Thursday night, the festival…

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“FLORIDA BARN, 1958”: JOHNNY WINDHURST, EDDIE HUBBLE, RED BALABAN | JAZZ LIVES

The trail of home-grown jazz recordings winds back more than a hundred years, if you begin with the 1926 Earl Baker cylinders. If you've never heard them, they are impressive. Here's one: https://youtu.be/XtYoRYkdi_E?si=z1dy2wzIr8V4ocMS Recording jazz outside the studio, in a club or your living room, became easier as technology progressed. We have hours of home-recorded…

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AND SO IT CAME TO PASS THAT FOUR STARS CAME ONCE MORE TO BETHLEHEM (Part One): DANNY TOBIAS, VINCE GIORDANO, ARNT ARNTZEN, RANDY REINHART (Pennsylvania Jazz Society, April 14, 2024) | JAZZ LIVES

“SECOND THOUGHTS”: NANCY HARROW AND TED ROSENTHAL GIVE US A NEW SONG (April 2024) | JAZZ LIVES

THURSDAY-NIGHT JAM: JAMES DAPOGNY, RANDY REINHART, ANDY SCHUMM, FRANK TATE, HAL SMITH (Cleveland Classic Jazz Party, September 14, 2017) | JAZZ LIVES

“FLORIDA BARN, 1958”: JOHNNY WINDHURST, EDDIE HUBBLE, RED BALABAN | JAZZ LIVES

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