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U3A Member Track Played Artist Album Title - where applicable
John B Sweet Georgia Brown Jimmy Rosenberg (You Tube)
How High the Moon Slim Gaillard (Tape Cassette)
The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me The Spinners (Tape Cassette)
Russian Lullabye Dick Heckstall-Smith Too Hot (Compilation CD)
Terry J Lover Man Billie Holiday The Legend Of Billie Holiday
Lover Man Charlie Parker Charlie-Parker Jazz-Portraits
Be Bop Charlie Parker Charlie-Parker Jazz-Portraits
My Man (Mon Homme) Billie Holiday The Legend Of Billie Holiday
Richard D Waiting for Benny Charlie Christian Charlie Christian (7" EP)
Martinique Wilbur de Paris Marchin' and Swingin' (EP)
Moon Dance Georgie Fame The Best Jazz Album Ever (Compilation CD)
Eddie N Don't Take Your love From Me Alan Barnes One For Moll
Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blues Duke Ellington Newport Jazz Festival 1956 (EP)
I'll See You in My Dreams The Barratt Brothers Live at the Astor Theatre
Kath C St Louis Blues Art Tatum Best of Jazz
South Rampart Street Parade Chris Barber All That Jazz
Marilyn P Happiest Man Alive Dan Burnett (You Tube)
Richard J Rhapsody in Blue Duke Ellington Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?
Autumn in New York Jose James & Jeff Neve For All we Know
Items in blue above may be clicked to bring up You Tube performances of a title or Amazon listings of an album.
Notes:
The Duke Ellington composition "Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue" practically started a riot at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival. Featuring a 27-chorus tenor solo by Paul Gonsalves', it made headlines around the world. Incredibly Ellington’s band didn't have a record deal at the time. Columbia quickly released "Ellington at Newport" to capitalize on the Duke's success. But much of this supposedly live album was actually recorded in a studio two days after the performance, complete with canned applause and spoken song introductions for the non-existent audience. A month later, Duke was on the cover of Time magazine. "I was born in 1956, at the Newport Jazz Festival," the Duke later declared. The momentum generated by this concert led to Duke Ellington's comeback and never let up during his 18 remaining years.
Charlie Parker recorded “Lover Man” in a session in July 1946 in Los Angles, where his playing suffered from the effects of an involuntary withdrawal of heroin and a compensatory reliance on pills and a quart of whiskey. He had to be held up to the microphone during the recording; he missed his intro and barely made it through. Some, including Charles Mingus, consider it among his greater recordings despite its technical problems. But Bird hated the recording and never forgave his producer for releasing it. That night, Parker wandered around his hotel lobby naked, set fire to his mattress, was arrested and committed to the Camarillo State Mental hospital, where he remained for six months. When he died in 1955 aged 34, the coroner mistakenly estimated his age as between 50 and 60 years old.
Richard D highly recommends "The Charlie Parker Story" which provides a fascinating insight into this complex but enormously talented musician. It can be found at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqorVLscxRI&spfreload=10
Another highly rated film on Charlie Parker is ‘Bird’ directed by Clint Eastwood. The trailer is here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS0M-GjgEi8
John B Sweet Georgia Brown Jimmy Rosenberg (You Tube)
How High the Moon Slim Gaillard (Tape Cassette)
The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me The Spinners (Tape Cassette)
Russian Lullabye Dick Heckstall-Smith Too Hot (Compilation CD)
Terry J Lover Man Billie Holiday The Legend Of Billie Holiday
Lover Man Charlie Parker Charlie-Parker Jazz-Portraits
Be Bop Charlie Parker Charlie-Parker Jazz-Portraits
My Man (Mon Homme) Billie Holiday The Legend Of Billie Holiday
Richard D Waiting for Benny Charlie Christian Charlie Christian (7" EP)
Martinique Wilbur de Paris Marchin' and Swingin' (EP)
Moon Dance Georgie Fame The Best Jazz Album Ever (Compilation CD)
Eddie N Don't Take Your love From Me Alan Barnes One For Moll
Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blues Duke Ellington Newport Jazz Festival 1956 (EP)
I'll See You in My Dreams The Barratt Brothers Live at the Astor Theatre
Kath C St Louis Blues Art Tatum Best of Jazz
South Rampart Street Parade Chris Barber All That Jazz
Marilyn P Happiest Man Alive Dan Burnett (You Tube)
Richard J Rhapsody in Blue Duke Ellington Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?
Autumn in New York Jose James & Jeff Neve For All we Know
Items in blue above may be clicked to bring up You Tube performances of a title or Amazon listings of an album.
Notes:
The Duke Ellington composition "Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue" practically started a riot at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival. Featuring a 27-chorus tenor solo by Paul Gonsalves', it made headlines around the world. Incredibly Ellington’s band didn't have a record deal at the time. Columbia quickly released "Ellington at Newport" to capitalize on the Duke's success. But much of this supposedly live album was actually recorded in a studio two days after the performance, complete with canned applause and spoken song introductions for the non-existent audience. A month later, Duke was on the cover of Time magazine. "I was born in 1956, at the Newport Jazz Festival," the Duke later declared. The momentum generated by this concert led to Duke Ellington's comeback and never let up during his 18 remaining years.
Charlie Parker recorded “Lover Man” in a session in July 1946 in Los Angles, where his playing suffered from the effects of an involuntary withdrawal of heroin and a compensatory reliance on pills and a quart of whiskey. He had to be held up to the microphone during the recording; he missed his intro and barely made it through. Some, including Charles Mingus, consider it among his greater recordings despite its technical problems. But Bird hated the recording and never forgave his producer for releasing it. That night, Parker wandered around his hotel lobby naked, set fire to his mattress, was arrested and committed to the Camarillo State Mental hospital, where he remained for six months. When he died in 1955 aged 34, the coroner mistakenly estimated his age as between 50 and 60 years old.
Richard D highly recommends "The Charlie Parker Story" which provides a fascinating insight into this complex but enormously talented musician. It can be found at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqorVLscxRI&spfreload=10
Another highly rated film on Charlie Parker is ‘Bird’ directed by Clint Eastwood. The trailer is here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS0M-GjgEi8