Seventeen minutes of pure Ellington-favored Mainstream joy, performed live at the 1977 Nice Jazz Festival: a new discovery, thanks to our friend Franz Hoffmann. The title? A philosophical statement by Ellington's short-lived trumpet star, James "Bubber" Miley, who did so much to give the Ellington orchestras their first aesthetic identity, the "jungle" sound. Nearly a…

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30.01.2025

TAKE TWO: JAZZ BASH BY THE BAY (Monterey, California, March 6-9, 2025) | JAZZ LIVES

A long weekend of inspired music in comfortable surroundings in a congenial California city. There you have it. Details here. From left, Danny Tobias, trumpet and Eb horn; Josh Collazo, drums; Jacob Zimmerman, clarinet and alto saxophone. Just three of the jazz heroes who will enliven the Bash. When I wrote my recent post about…

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31.01.2025

ON WITH THE DANCE: The CLOUD DROPS at the STORMY WEATHER JAZZ DANCE FESTIVAL (JONATHAN DOYLE, JACOB ZIMMERMAN, RAY SKJELBRED, MATT WEINER, JOSH ROBERTS, D’VONNE LEWIS, WALTER CANO, JEROME SMITH) | JAZZ LIVES

Thanks to double bassist and videographer Matt Weiner, we can now swing out at a Seattle, Washington dance (December 29, 2024, and January 1, 2025). Here's the wondrous band, The Cloud Drops, with inspired arrangements by Doyle and Zimmerman: Jonathan Doyle, tenor saxophone and clarinet; Jacob Zimmerman, alto saxophone and clarinet; Walter Cano, trumpet; Jerome…

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01.02.2025

STRINGIN’ THE BLISS: THE ALCATRAZ ISLANDERS (Part One): MIKIYA MATSUDA, JOHN S. REYNOLDS, CASEY MacGILL, DENNIS LICHTMAN, MATT WEINER, RILEY BAKER (Redwood Coast Music Festival, October 4, 2024) | JAZZ LIVES

This Bay Area group of brilliant lyrical individualists is led by Mikiya Matsuda on lap steel guitar. For this occasion, the "superband" included the inimitable John S. Reynolds on guitar and vocal; Casey MacGill, ukulele, cornet, and vocal; Dennis Lichtman, clarinet and fiddle; Matt Weiner, double bass; Riley Baker, drums. Their first set at the…

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WORDS (AND MUSIC) TO LIVE BY: JOHN LEWIS, BARNEY BIGARD, CLARK TERRY, EDDIE DANIELS, KAI WINDING, JIMMIE MAXWELL, VIC DICKENSON, JOE NEWMAN, SLAM STEWART, BOBBY ROSENGARDEN (Nice Jazz Festival, July 15, 1977) | JAZZ LIVES

TAKE TWO: JAZZ BASH BY THE BAY (Monterey, California, March 6-9, 2025) | JAZZ LIVES

ON WITH THE DANCE: The CLOUD DROPS at the STORMY WEATHER JAZZ DANCE FESTIVAL (JONATHAN DOYLE, JACOB ZIMMERMAN, RAY SKJELBRED, MATT WEINER, JOSH ROBERTS, D’VONNE LEWIS, WALTER CANO, JEROME SMITH) | JAZZ LIVES

STRINGIN’ THE BLISS: THE ALCATRAZ ISLANDERS (Part One): MIKIYA MATSUDA, JOHN S. REYNOLDS, CASEY MacGILL, DENNIS LICHTMAN, MATT WEINER, RILEY BAKER (Redwood Coast Music Festival, October 4, 2024) | JAZZ LIVES

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