Where “lives” is both noun and verb. Written by Michael Steinman and Nominated as one of the Best Jazz Blogs of 2009 by the Jazz Journalists Association. Michael Steinman first heard Louis Armstrong on records in the 1950s, a transcendent experience. (He also saw Louis and the All-Stars in 1967.) An unashamed jazz addict, he writes for HOT HOUSE, Cadence and The New York Jazz Record. He has been published in CODA and other jazz periodicals, and was the New York correspondent for The Mississippi Rag. Michael is called upon frequently to write liner notes, which have been an integral part of compact discs on many labels, including Arbors, Nagel-Heyer, Stomp Off, NifNuf, Jazzology, Audiophile, LaLa, Azica, Little Simmy, Amber Lake, and GelberMusic.
- DOT’S AUTOGRAPH BOOK (1944-47) March 4, 2015
These remarkable pages come from a time when big jazz bands appeared regularly at large urban ballrooms — for dancing and listening. The assiduous jazz fan and “autograph hound” was one Dot Spokisfie … - CROSSING OVER: WILLIE FARMER MEETS FATS, RAZAF, LOUIS, and MOSE March 3, 2015
I had never heard of Willie Farmer and his Orchestra when I happened upon this Bluebird 78 in the Food for Thought shop in Sebastopol, California, last year, but the two songs sold the disc for me. A … - “DUCHESS” SWINGS BY, ON DISC AND IN PERSON March 2, 2015
A delicious new group has made an equally satisfying debut CD. See here! DUCHESS — an ebullient female trio — is quirky, swinging, silly, and loose but exact. The three “girl singers,” justly known … - FOR THE LOVE OF SWING (AND THE SWING OF LOVE): DANIEL BARDA, LOUIS MAZETIER, JERÔME ETCHEBERRY, CHARLES PRÉVOST: JANUARY 30, 2015 March 1, 2015
This delightful swing aubade came to me — and I hope many others — through Facebook, and I learned that this is trombonist Daniel Barda’s Super Swing Project, “Hommage à Fats Waller,” performed on Jan … - TAKE ME TO THAT LAND OF GROSZ February 28, 2015
I expect that Marty Grosz, who celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday on February 28, would say something acerbic about any fuss. But those who know him have worked hard to get around his sharp-edged …
