I’ve loved Blue Note Records for as long as I’ve loved jazz. Growing up as an aspiring jazz musician not much felt better than leaving Applause/Cheapo on Snelling in Saint Paul with a couple of those white jewel boxed Blue Note releases and heading home and finding out what they were all about. Early on...Read More
A regular business meeting of the MPS School Board has been noticed. : Jan. 9 : 5:30pm : 1250 West Broadway Ave., Mpls Public comment process and meeting notice: https://www.mpschools.org/about-mps/school-board Agenda and materials: https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807… Watch online: https://mps.eduvision.tv/liveeventsRead More
Jazz88 celebrates the birthday of legendary jazz drummer Tony Williams, born in Chicago on December 12, 1945. Williams began his professional career at the age of thirteen playing with iconic avant garde saxophonist Sam Rivers. Three years later, he was hired by altoist Jackie McLean and, at the age of 17, he joined the Miles Davis Quintet. This...Read More
Jazz88 celebrates the birthday of Jim Hall, born this day in 1930 in Buffalo, New York. Hall was widely admired for his harmonic acumen, his understated guitar style and his distinctive compositional voice. While he admired guitar innovators like Charlie Christian and Barney Kessel, he was largely inspired by horn players like Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. After morving to Los Angeles...Read More
Jazz88 celebrates the birthday of legendary jazz artist Billy Strayhorn, born this day in 1915 in Dayton, Ohio and raised in Pittsburgh. Strayhorn was a gifted composer, pianist and lyricist who worked closely with Duke Ellington for decades. Strayhorn’s first contribution to the Ellington book was “Take the A Train” which the band used as its theme song....Read More
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Beans and Cornbread Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan – Petootie Pie Louis Prima Banana Split for My Baby Una Mae Carlisle Coffee Cakes Slim and Slam Chicken Rhythm Cab Calloway Everybody Eats When They Come to My House Fats Waller Loungin’ at the Waldorf Bob...Read More
Jazz 88 celebrates the birthday of Eddie Condon, born November 16, 1905 in Goodland, Indiana. As a guitarist and banjo player based in Chicago in the 20’s, Condon cut his teeth working with artists like Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden and Frank Teschemaker. Relocating to New York in 1928, he got work organizing recording sessions and was responsible for racially integrated...Read More
A regular business meeting of the MPS School Board has been noticed. : Nov. 14, Tuesday : 5:30pm : 1250 West Broadway Ave., Mpls Public comment process: https://board.mpls.k12.mn.us/comment Agenda and materials: https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807… Watch online: https://mps.eduvision.tv/liveevents Meeting notice: https://board.mpls.k12.mn.us/notices More Posts for Show: Jazz with ClassRead More
Bob Jurek’s Spooky Picks: 1. The Twilight Zone by Golden Earring 2. The Egg Plant That Ate Chicago by Dr. West’s Medicine Show And Junk Band 3. Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford 4. Wait Til The Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett 5. I Put a Spell On You by Screaming Jay Hawkins Sean McPherson’s...Read More
