You Can Buy Dave Brubeck’s House in Connecticut
Jazz legend Dave Brubeck’s house has eight bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, and at least four pianos. It’s not…
Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes
As previously mentioned, there’s a new Ella Fitzgerald album. Listen to it on Spotify.
Ella Fitzgerald’s “Lost” 1962 Berlin Concert
Releasing this week: Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes. Not to be confused with her legendary 1960 Berlin concert, or her…
Duke Ellington: Seven Tones
The Seven Tones Project pairs new interpretations of the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with short movies. The…
It Took a Long, Long, Time
Finally finished Volume 2 of Gary Giddins’ masterful biography of Bing Crosby. To celebrate, here’s Bing singing It’s Been a…
Rhythm on the River
We’re overdue for some Bing on this page. Crosby not only sings, he provides percussion for Rhythm on the River,…
T’aint No Sin, to Take off Your Skin, and Dance Around in Your Bones
One more for Halloween, from Jazz Age singer Lee Morse and the Blue Grass Boys:
The Jazz Age in Britain: New Exhibit at Two Temple Place, London
Rhythm and Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain has opened at William Waldorf Astor’s former Mansion, Two Temple Place,…