
Laura: A Charlie Parker Review
Charlie Parker; the master of bebop. My last recommendation was Charlie Parker with the Woody Herman Band in 1951 (You…
Charlie Parker; the master of bebop. My last recommendation was Charlie Parker with the Woody Herman Band in 1951 (You…
Charlie Parker; the master of bebop. Introduction Herman’s Herd Big Band The Woody Herman Big Band (often referred to as…
Last week I was fortunate to see and hear the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, a New Orleans band that tours…
When I was young I disliked the voice and songs of Doris Day. To my mind she did not measure…
Great jazz guitarists were once two a penny. Many in the 1940’s and 1950’s found steady work in other people’s…
Back in the UK in the mid 1950’s, this writer had the pleasure of playing with clarinetist Bernard (Acker) Bilk…
Just to ensure that I get one of the seats in a tumbrel I recommend the Frank Loesser song “Standing…
If the Democrats retain control of the Senate it might be time for we counter-revolutionaries to fly away before Obama…