John Allred: Carrying Forward a Family Legacy
Lew Shaw
March 1, 2016
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The “hot” band touring the country these days is appropriately named The Hot Sardines. This eight-member group out of New York City has six musicians,
There aren’t many Native Americans who became big names in the world of jazz. Among the few, Mildred Bailey, the “Rockin’ Chair Lady”, came from
Trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, who joined the Basie band in 1937 when he was 19, was asked, “How much of the music played by the
Behind the Armstrong Singer’s Dealings with the famed Nightclub Owner and Oswald Killer. Most people associate Jack Ruby with the striptease shows that unfolded nightly
Jazz fans know Scott Anthony as the leader and banjoist-guitarist of the Golden Gate Rhythm Machine and a key member of Bob Schultz’s Frisco Jazz
Clint Baker and Alisa Clancy are the proud parents of 15-year-old twins, Ramona and Riley, who have shown a high degree of musical talent at
36th ANNUAL JAZZ BASH BY THE BAY FESTIVAL. (Monterey, Calif.) – March 3-6. While the Monterey Convention Center is undergoing a $40-million upgrade, the 36th
This month we celebrate cornetist, pianist, and composer Leon Bix Beiderbecke, born March 10, 1903. Reams of biographical prose, criticism, hearsay, and speculation have been
I have been allowed to live on this planet (by virtue of not being worth the energy to throttle) for fifty-three years. It’s a lovely
Jim Jones writes, “What a delightful, fulfilling and much-needed surprise! As the heady swirl of newness gives way to the long-term realities of your life
When acclaimed guitarist Howard Alden married Diane Garcia a year ago January, the question came up as to where they would live. She lived in
French Quarter Festival proudly bills itself as the largest showcase of Louisiana music, anywhere. The 33rd annual festival which lights up the old Vieux Carré
Every Sunday night for the past 43 years, Rich Conaty has kept the music of the 1920s and 1930s alive on The Big Broadcast. Rich’s
When we want to undertake a task that may be easily accomplished, we may call it a “cakewalk” or perhaps “a piece of cake.” But
Flash and bang and motion flicker in my periphery Demanding brief bursts of comment but never silence. What is there to like? But approval is
The paper you hold in your hands is a paper you hold in your hands for a reason. I’ve stated a determination to produce an
The soul selects her own society,/Then shuts the door;/On her divine majority/Obtrude no more. –Emily Dickinson Today, of course, anyone reflective enough to read the
Carol and Jeff Loehr are taking their classy brand of jazz 152 miles down the road from Sun Valley to host a Springtime jazz party
Ben Polcer had the unfortunate experience of being robbed at gunpoint in mid-January not far from his house in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
A street in the Bronx at Ritter Place and Prospect Avenue has been named in honor of the late singer Maxine Sullivan. She lived at
They may be named the Chicago Hot Six but the band’s style is sheer New Orleans. “We aim for a very old New Orleans sound,”
Jeff Barnhart makes everything look so effortless. Like his idol Fats Waller, Barnhart not only finds it easy to take a vocal while playing heated
James P. Johnson may not have been the very first stride pianist in history but he was the most influential and the pacesetter of the
WILLIAM DUNHAM, 88, on Jan. 11 in New York City. Organized one of the early traditional jazz bands, the Grove Street Stompers, that performed Monday
GLENN JENKS, 69, on Jan. 21 in Camden, Maine. As a teen studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and went on to graduate
RICHARD “Mush” MUSHLITZ, 86, on Jan. 20 in Newburgh, Indiana. The banjo-playing co-founder of The Salty Dogs when he was an undergraduate at Purdue University.
For nearly 50 years, Arkansas-born Dan Hicks picked guitar and sang songs that cleverly blended the best of American music styles. Hicks died Feb. 6,
Vol.1, No.2 March 2016
John Allred: Carrying Forward a Family Legacy, by Lew Shaw
Remembering Dan Hicks, by Russ Tarby
The Hot Sardines, by Lew Shaw
Jewel Brown, by Russ Tarby
Why Must We Always Communicate?, by Andy Senior
Harry “Sweets” Edison, by Lew Shaw
Scott Anthony, by Lew Shaw
Native American Jazz Legend Russell Moore, by Lew Shaw
Do You Have an Ear for Jazz? by Lew Shaw
The Musical Baker Twins, by Lew Shaw
A “Cakewalk?” Hardly, by Andy Senior
Jazz Birthday of the Month: Bix Beiderbecke, by Gary Price
Static from My Attic, by Andy Senior
Hot Jazz Breaks, by Russ Tarby
Final Chorus, compiled by Lew Shaw
Selected Correspondence from Readers
Jazz Jottings, by Lew Shaw
Festival Roundup, by Russ Tarby
Busy Box, All Too Busy Box (poem), by Andy Senior
In Praise of Dead Trees, by Andy Senior
NYC Street Named For Maxine Sullivan, by Lew Shaw
Musician Robbed at Gunpoint, by Lew Shaw
Boise Jazz Party June 3-5, by Lew Shaw
French Quarter Fest Update, by Russ Tarby
The Jazz Age Sings and Swings on The Big Broadcast, by Andy Senior
CD Review: James P. Johnson on Mosaic, by Scott Yanow
The Syncopated Bookshelf, by F. Norman Vickers 1 & 2, Russ Tarby
CD Review: Three by Jeff Barnhart, by Scott Yanow
