8th of March, 2010

 

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13th of March, 2010

I'm Following You - Ben Pollack Orchestra

 

On Thursday the 13th of March, 1930, on the day that Clyde Tombaugh announced that he had found a new planet, later named Pluto, the fifth regular weekly Hit of the Week record was released. It seems that, around this date, the records were also "exported" to other major cities in the country.

12th of March 2010

publicity photo: Jan Van der Ven

Congo Jazz: a musical expedition

 

Like David Livingstone in the nineteenth century discovered the inland of dark Africa, Ziya Ertekin, aka Blue Flamingo, introduces us to still undiscovered treasures of long gone times on vulnerable 78-rpm records. In his latest mix, Congo Jazz, he tells about the popularity of Cuban music in the centre of Africa, jungle music as critics called it years ago and about the birth of gospel music thanks to Tommy A. Dorsey.
10th of March, 2010

Vincent Herring Quartet plays in Porgy en Bess

 

The Vincent Herring Quartet, also known as the Earth Jazz Agents, features Vincent Herring on alto- and tenor saxophone; Anthony Wonsey at the piano and Rhodes; Richie Goods on electric and double bass and, last but not least, the Austrian drummer Joris Dudli (born in Frauenfeld Switserland on the 8th of March, 1957 .... at the top of a mountain .... I've never understood where he learned to play on such a high level ... ). (Vincent Herring)

A review of a live concert in Porgy en Bess - Terneuzen ( The Netherlands)

9th of March 2010

photo courtesy:  Gani Jakupi

OA 1926 - Oscar's Roots of Swing

 

When young Oscar was left alone as an urchin to his own survival in the streets of Santos, Brazil after his family had broken up - his father and mother had died following tragic circumstances and his siblings had rejected him as their equal for unknown reasons and were taken to an orphanage, - he had to find a way to survive from day to day like countless other homeless children at the time.

Learn more about Oscar's child hood in OA 1926: Alemán's  Roots of Swing by Jřrgen Larsen

9 maart 2010

Vincent Herring speelt in Porgy en Bess

 

 

Ik was verrast om te ontdekken dat Vincent Herring's geluid op de alt heel veel leek op dat van Cannonball Adderley en toen ik hem zag spelen op zijn altsaxofoon, zag ik Charlie Parker voor me zoals ons die in zeldzame bewegende beelden is nagelaten en op de paar momenten dat Vincent de tenor vasthield, leek hij af en toe als twee druppels water op John Coltrane; redenen te over om een psychiater te raadplegen, ware het niet dat ik dit ook van anderen hoorde.

 

8 maart 2010

Congo Jazz: Een muzikale expeditie

(Friday: Congo Jazz: a musical expedition)

Zoals David Livingstone in de negentiende eeuw de witte vlekken van donker Afrika beschreef, zo brengt Ziya Ertekin, alias Blue Flamingo, ons in aanraking met onbekende juweeltjes uit onontgonnen tijden - ooit vastgelegd op breekbare 78-toerenplaten. In zijn laatste mix, Congo Jazz, vertelt hij over de populariteit van Cubaanse muziek in midden Afrika, over "oerwoudmuziek", zoals de critici vroeger de Jungle music omschreven en de geboorte van de gospelmuziek dankzij Tommy A. Dorsey. Je vindt het allemaal bij elkaar in de mix Congo Jazz.
6th of March, 2010

Vincent Lopez Orchestra - My Sweeter Than Sweet

 

The Vincent Lopez Hit of the week 1023 was released in two versions: 1023-A and 1023-B which puzzles record collectors of these 80 years old card board records.

5th of March, 2010

Charquet et Co: Live Recording Gentbrugge (Belgium) 1976.

 

If you grew up in the 1970s and you didn't hear about the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, you might have been a fan of the music of Charquet. These French boys toured along Dutch and Belgian venues and all venues were jam packed!

The 1976 Gentbrugge concert was released in 1988.

4 maart 2010

Charquet & Co.: Optreden in Gentbrugge - 1976

 

Als je bent opgegroeid in de jaren zeventig en je moest niets hebben van de muziek van The Beatles of The Stones dan zou het zomaar kunnen zijn dat je de muziek van Charquet helemaal te gek vond ....... Deze maffe Franse jongens speelden elke zaal plat in Nederland en België.

Het optreden in Gentbrugge ( juni 1976) werd pas in 1988 uitgebracht

2 maart 2010

Rein de Graaff ontmoet Conte Candoli en Bob Cooper

 

Rein De Graaff, geboren in Groningen in oktober 1942, is tamelijk onbekend gebleven buiten ons land en dat is onterecht. Hij leidde eigen groepen vanaf eind jaren vijftig. Zijn Rein de Graaff trio, met Eric Ineke op slagwerk en Koos Serierse op bas ( de afgelopen tien jaar is dat Marius Beets) begon in de jaren tachtig met het begeleiden van Amerikanen die naar Nederland kwamen in de zgn. Stoomcursus Bebop ..........

Een serie mooie opnamen uit 1993 met twee legendarische muzikanten: Conte Candoli en Bob Cooper.

1st of March, 2010

Rein De Graaff  meets Conte Candoli and Bob Cooper

 

Rein De Graaff, born in Groningen, The Netherlands, October 1942, is rather unknown outside The Netherlands, and that is undeserved. He led his own groups since the late 1950s. His Rein De Graaff trio, featuring Eric Ineke on drums and Koos Serierse on bass ( for the last decade: Marius Beets) started in the 1980s up to now, to accompany American musicians visiting Europe for its Stoomcurssusen Bebop tours ..........

This great new album with dated recordings was released last year .........

Tips + Commends
 
7 maart 2010

Vincent Herring Quartet

Porgy en Bess - Terneuzen

A review | Een terugblik

more to follow
 
 

8th of March, 2010

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