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May 1, 2013Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong: Good Evening Ev’rybody

Though not Jazz Fest NOLA this must rate one of the greatest performances ever captured on film. Two titans who were to leave us soon after. I’m pasting in Stephanie DePue’s review from Amazon: “Louis Armstrong: Good Evening Ev’rybody,” an invaluable live concert recording, is based on never before publicly seen footage of the entertainer’s 70th…

October 26, 2012jazz

Jazz Is Dead (Again)

As the title of this piece indicates, we’ve been down this road many a time. What makes for the communal pool of knowledge and musical material into which jazz musicians leap—and will leap in the future? Or is that pool just dry? I’ve not yet fully worked out my feelings about Schwarz’s piece. I want…