Peggy Lee: You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
Peggy Lee singing “You Came A Long Way From St. Louis” accompanied by the master pianist George Shearing. I would…
Peggy Lee singing “You Came A Long Way From St. Louis” accompanied by the master pianist George Shearing. I would…
The master pianist George Shearing was blind from birth but overcame this terrible handicap. Last weekend I talked to another…
Recently we recommended a recording of ‘Frenesi’ by the great trumpeter Chet Baker. Another fine trumpeter of the 1950’s and…
Mexican marimba player and composer Alberto Dominguez wrote the evergreen melody ‘Frenesi’ in 1939. Two years later he wrote ‘Perfidia’….
In keeping with the Argentine Pope’s pleas for mercy for two killers, the great tango ‘Temptation’ seems appropriate. The great…
It is our contention that worthwhile music is timeless and beyond fashion. It is mostly possible for jazz enthusiasts to…
We recommend a recording that will appeal to all who have ever watched an American freight train rolling through a…
With reference to our previous paragraph we recommend a recording from 1953, happier and more innocent pre-Revolutionary times. It is…