The New York Classic Seven Make Swiss Time
Brian Sheridan
June 28, 2022
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The jazz community lost a true legend with the passing of vocalist-bandleader Pat Yankee on Memorial Day, May 30, at the age of 94. The
While there’s a special place in cinematic hell reserved for characters portrayed as trumpet players (“The Trumpeter’s Cinematic Curse,” TST, August 2019), the perennial theme
Whenever some new discovery of historical interest is made, it always fascinates me to think that the newly uncovered thing was really there all along.
In 1966, while visiting a friend in San Diego, our conversation turned to my obsession with traditional jazz. My friend said, “I think my dad
The all-female Big Band of Ada Leonard (see Part 1) was the best-known of around 100 “all-girl” Swing orchestras playing for the troops during WWII.
When one thinks of the top swing era bandleaders, the names of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Harry James
Jeff Barnhart: Hal, last month I mentioned we’d continue with an exploration of the seminal early jazz classic, “Copenhagen.” Let’s postpone that for a month
The weather gods smiled on this year’s Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival on June 1-4 in Sedalia, Missouri. After a cold front dumped 2.9 inches of
In April, I described from whence came my fascination with silent film comedy and introduced to my column Jan Fitzgerald, a woman who would continue
Omer Simeon was born July 21, 1902, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Though born in the Crescent City, Simeon ironically did not start to play clarinet
Even with all the adventures I had in NYC, as described in the previous three articles, there are still a few things I have not
So you’ve just met that special someone, but you’re worried they might be a little “out of your league.” You’ve taken them on a few
When Joe Bebco forwarded an inquiry about Max Morath from Anne Phillips recently, I anxiously responded. Anne and her husband, bassist Bill Phillips, were neighbors
Starting the summer back in Arizona, the May meeting of the Arizona Classic Jazz Society in Chandler, Arizona, featured Cheryl Thurston’s annual birthday party celebration
In general, artistic “titles” such as actor, dancer, painter, potter can have a set of preconceived notions or stereotypes that go along with them. I
Pat Yankee, who passed away in late May at age 94, loved an audience, whether it was singing with her own band or for Turk
Congratulations! To the Editor: Congratulations on your Jazz Hero award, well-deserved. Keep up the good work and keep swinging. Nancy Wyndham Mendenhall PA To the
Scott Joplin’s ornate and harmonious Fig Leaf Rag is probably his most difficult piece to play. The B and C sections—with their right hand thirds
Dear Jazz Fans, I am preparing a biography on
Memorial Day weekend this year was once again the
16th RAGTIME TO RICHES FESTIVAL (Omaha, NE & Crescent,
Andy Senior: In my column last month (“Genre Fluid”),
Imagine sitting on the platform of your towns’ railroad
Ever since he began recording as a leader in
When it comes to big bands of the 1924-34
A fine alto-saxophonist and arranger who was a member
During 1938-45, Linda Keene (1911-81) sang with Glenn Miller,
Singer-songwriter Tia Brazda burst onto the jazz scene ten
Stretched out with my eyes closed, atop a lounger
One of the great things about jazz, as I’m
Did you ever hear an album and think, “Gee,
As I have often said, the U.K. has been
It would be impossible to put together a documentary on the brilliant cornetist Bix Beiderbecke today without relying exclusively on third-hand accounts. Since Bix passed
Scott Yanow is pleased that many people assume that he lives in New York despite being a lifelong resident of the West Coast. It means
The New Orleans Jazz Museum, from January 30, 2020, through September 1, 2021, hosted a joint exhibition featuring the paintings of Noel Rockmore and his
Vol.7, No.7 July 2022
The New York Classic Seven Make Swiss Time, by Brian R. Sheridan
Diana Does Billie: Lady Sings the Blues at 50, by Steve Provizer
Unearthing and Restoring One Step to Chicago, by Bryan Wright
Remembering Burt Bales 1916-1989, by Hal Smith
New Orleans Music Observed, book reviewed by Scott Yanow
Nights at the Turntable, CD reviews by Scott Yanow
Life Through the Eyes of a Jazz Journalist, book review by Joe Bebco
Doyle’s Discs, CD reviews by Dave Doyle
Red Beans ’n’ Rice, CD Review by Bert Thompson
Bix “Ain’t None of Them Play Like Him Yet”, DVD review by Scott Yanow
Jazz Birthday of the Month: Omer Simeon, illustration by Joe Busam
Static from My Attic, by Andy Senior
Jazz Jottings: Saying Goodbye to Pat Yankee, by Lew Shaw
My Inspirations: The Yankee Silversmith Inn, by Jeff Barnhart
The Professor is IN: Dating and Modern Jazz, by Adrian Cunningham
Ragtime Vignettes: Fig Leaf Rag, by Brandon Byrne
Quarter Notes: Hot Jazz in the Hot (But Dry!) Desert, by Shelly Gallichio
New York City Trip Wrap-Up, by R.S. Baker
Jazz Travels: The 2022 Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival, by Bill Hoffman
Ada Leonard, Pt. 2 & Sharon Rogers Band Overseas, by Dave Radlauer
Festival Roundup, compiled by Joe Bebco
Profiles in Jazz: Charlie Barnet, by Scott Yanow
Blowing off the Dust: Show Business Neighbors, by Larry Melton
Ain’t Cha Got Music: We Get Letters!, by Jeff Barnhart & Hal Smith
What’s in a Name?, by Randi Cee
Clancy Hayes: A Call For Memories, by Chris Reid
San Francisco Mourns Jazz Legend Pat Yankee, 94, by Lew Shaw
Old Time Piano Playing Contest Winners, by Larry Melton
