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Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? How about Donna’s on Monday

Louis Armstrong said he favored trumpeter Bobby Hackett as his personal favorite because he had "more ingredients." But the longer I'm around, the more I'm ready to confer that honor on Dizzy

Dr. John

Long before he unveiled the persona of “Dr.

Zoot Sims: The Ecstasy Factor

Thankfully, there's plenty of jazz action in the Valley these days. Here's a heads-up on a few must-see events.

Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca

On Friday, a listener noticing that Dizzy Gillespie’s 95th birthday anniversary is today, asked where he could find a copy of “I’ll Never Go Back to Georgia.” When I told him that that’s the

Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry

Tatumesque (on film)

After watching this amazing performance of “Humoresque” by Art Tatum this morning,

Maybe it was just the odd hour (11:30 on a beautiful Saturday morning), or the lack of outreach to the jazz community, but fewer than ten people were in the house for the Northampton Film Festival’

Jeff Holmes/Bill Kirchner/Rayburn Wright

I spoke with Jeff Holmes on Columbus Day. Holmes is the longtime Director of Jazz Studies at UMass, and he’s just released a CD entitled Of One’s Own.

No Pics Sarah

I have Sarah Vaughan to thank for bringing my fledgling hobby as a concert photographer to a sudden end. Back in the day, I owne

Mat Domber of Arbors Records, R.I.P.

It’s hard for me to imagine Jazz a la Mode without Arbors Records.

Dave Douglas's "Be Still"

I began the day today uplifted by the soulful, elegiac music of Dave Douglas.

60 years ago today, Richard Nixon disavowed charges that he was on the take in his “Checkers” speech, but he acknowledged that his family’s black and white cocker spaniel was a gift, and they weren

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