Chuck Redd: A Drummer’s Odyssey
Lew Shaw
December 1, 2017
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(Don’t worry! There’s no need to have your mother sew your name into your clothes!) Since I’m the executive director of the New Orleans Trad
Among the treasures of the Sedalia Ragtime Archive are sections of G. Thomas Ireland’s old clarinets. Though Sedalia ragtime is usually associated with Scott Joplin,
Audiences at the Valley Jazz Club always respond enthusiastically to Ginger Pauley and the Hoosier Daddys. Their shows are characterized by more smiles and less
When I signed up for the Jazz Fest at Sea cruise (January 2-14 out of Miami) as a paying and playing passenger on a Big
Italian-Americans were instrumental in the creation of jazz: Nick LaRocca. Leon Roppolo. Joe Venuti. Louis Prima. When he was born, Eddie Lang was named Salvatore
You may have met Dick Rippey selling CDs at numerous Midwest jazz festivals. Perhaps you own several favorite CDs on the Triangle Jazz label, such
From Elvis to Ella, from Crosby to Sinatra, from Nat King Cole to Dean Martin, each of these American artists created Christmas albums worth spinning
This autumn I successfully funded an ambitious double CD project with the Glenn Crytzer Orchestra through Kickstarter. Disc one will be of classic Swing Era
In late October I finished a bicycle trip in New Orleans, where I had allotted two days to indulge my other passion, traditional jazz. I
I don’t know if you’ve figured this out yet, but I’m a pretty big deal. It wouldn’t be a stretch to think of me as
It’s the most wonderful time of the year With the kids jingle belling And everyone telling you be of good cheer It’s the most wonderful
– Not Shellac? Alack! – To the Editor: You mentioned Diamond Discs recently (“A Diamond Disc as Big as the Ritz,” August 2017) and wrote
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr., was born in Cuthbert, Georgia, on December 18, 1897. His parents were both educators, and his mother gave him and
How many jazz musicians from the 1920s were involved in playing modern jazz of the 1960s? I can only think of three: Duke Ellington (who,
I am old enough to remember when the prospect of having one’s mouth washed out with soap was a credible threat. Not that such a
In the spring of 1973, one could not turn on a radio without the voices of Tony Orlando and Dawn emerging from it, singing “Tie
This is The Festival Roundup as printed in our December 2017 issue, the most recent roundup can be found under “Events” on the menu. TUCSON
The sounds of New Orleans were very much in evidence at the 28th annual Arizona Classic Jazz Festival held Nov. 2-5 at the Crowne Plaza
Always very industrious, Irving Mills was not only Duke Ellington’s manager (also managing Cab Calloway, Fletcher Henderson and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band), a music
The World’s Greatest Jazz Band (an obviously outlandish name for a group but one that got immediate attention) was an all-star Dixieland ensemble that was
The trad jazz movement in the United Kingdom was a bit of a phenomenon. From the mid-1950s until the rise of the Beatles in 1964,
The ragtime era is generally thought of as being roughly 1899-1915, and certainly ending with the death of Scott Joplin in 1917. Other than “Maple
Trumpeter Joe Smith formed the Spicy Pickles in Denver, Colorado in 2013 as a sextet that played swing and New Orleans jazz for dancers. The
There’s plenty of great music to help us celebrate Christmas, but my all-time favorite holiday album has to be Leon Redbone’s Christmas Island. Leon burst
Trombonist and record producer Delfeayo Marsalis has produced his first live album. The group here group includes father Ellis Marsalis on piano, Reginald Veal, bass,
Christmas With Champian is the seventh recording for this accomplished New York City based pianist/vocalist. She is supported by bassist David Williams, drummer Fukushi Tainaka,
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly is a new and noteworthy CD by chanteuse Lisa Lindsley. She performs on two continents, usually around the San Francisco Bay
Clarinetist Dave Bennett performs on his new CD, Blood Moon, with a small combo. He has a mix of original compositions co-written with record producer
WENDELL EUGENE, 94, on Nov. 7 of pneumonia in New Orleans, Louisiana. Eugene was one of the most respected and longest-serving trombonists in traditional New
TIM BELL, 75, on Oct. 18 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Bell was an in-demand reedman and professor of music at University of Wisconsin-Parkside from 1975 through
NICHOLAS DENUCCI, 94, on Sept. 9 in Keene, New Hampshire. In his 20s, Nick DeNucci was the pianist for Glen Gray and his Casa Loma
ANTOINE “FATS” DOMINO died on Oct. 24 of natural causes in Harvey, Louisiana, he was 89. Known for his rollicking piano style, he was one
Vol.2, No.12 December 2017
Chuck Redd: A Drummer’s Odyssey, by Lew Shaw
Pizza Parlor Polyphony, by Russ Tarby
The Remarkable Rippeys, by Tom Bartlett
On Programming an Album of Original Swing Music, by Glenn Crytzer
Jazz Camps for Adults, by Banu Gibson
Static from my Attic, by Andy Senior
Jazz Birthday of the Month: Fletcher Henderson, illustration by Gary Price
Jazz Jottings, by Lew Shaw
Blowing off the Dust: Tom Ireland’s Clarinet, by Larry Melton
Profiles in Jazz: Coleman Hawkins, by Scott Yanow
Jazz Travels: Walkin’ in New Orleans, by Bill Hoffman
Festival Roundup, compiled by Andy Senior
Final Chorus, compiled by Lew Shaw
Oy, Humbug!, by Randi Cee
The Professor is IN: The Fame and Fortune of Jazz, by Adrian Cunningham
Jazz Toon “New Year’s Eve Celebration”, cartoon by Dean Norman
Nights at the Turntable, CD Reviews by Scott Yanow
CD Reviews #1, #2, #3, #4, by F. Norman Vickers
Concert Review: Ginger Pauley and the Hoosier Daddys– Harvey Barkan
Seagoing Jazz Concert to Aid Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief, by Joel Albert
“Christmas Ball Blues”, by Russ Tarby
Homecoming, by Andy Senior
Seasonal Syncopation, by Russ Tarby
