Today would have been the 99th birthday for the great Earl Hines! He was one of the greatest pianists in the history of jazz and of course, made several...
Bravo thank you very much for keeping us up to date on all the important dates and events in jazz duane I really appreciate it. I can't figure it out either...
Hello there..lol...now this may work, this time. If necessary to view photo, go waaay down to the bottom of the page and click "download attachment." warm...
Sorry Mike the photo didn't work. --Andrew ... view photo, go waaay down to the bottom of the page and click "download attachment." warm regards, cornetmike ...
Damn! I sent the same joke to another Yahoo group and the photo made it..curious. Anyway, it was a photo of a girl with the biggest implanted breasts I've...
how 'bout add the pic to the photos section of the group and see if that works! I have opted to disallow attachments on the message board because of virus...
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Any one who enjoys Louis, is likely to enjoy the music of trumpeter Kermit Ruffins. Here's a review I wrote of his latest CD, "Big Easy". Before you put this...
Hey guys I was wondering if any of you may know the last couple verse to Billie Hollidays racial protest song "Strange Fruit" Here's what I have: Southern...
Here are the lyrics to Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit." It was written by a New York school teacher named Abel Meeropol who was a member of the Communist...
Thank you very much. I was listening to this song and it was driving me nuts trying to figure out the last line lol. --Andrew ... From: "Samuel Spade"...
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Always one of my favorite songs. Years ago, I bought a Billie record just for that. "Haunting" is the best word I can think of to describe "Strange Fruit."...
Well I think the song is very poetic and it made a very good statement. The really "sick" part of the song is when she siings "For the trees to drop" and makes...
I've been a fan of Louis for several years, digging Phil Schaap's WKCR "birthday broadcasts" every summer and owning several of his CDs, including the complete...
Hey V welcome aboard! Yes I too am a big time Louie fan and I've listened to a bunch of Louie stuff and other jazz singers too. I own the entire Hot Fives and...
Does any one know if either of these 2 gentlemen are still alive? The listing in Leonard Feather's "Biographical encyclopedia of Jazz" for Gersh says that he...
No sorry Duane havent heard whether they're alive or not although I do remember somebody mentioning something about the drummer being alive. --Andrew...
I ran a Google search and found nothing useful...except allmusic.com says Barcelona wowed the tribal drummers when the Allstars toured Africa. Barcelona also...
Thank you very much for sharing this with us Mike. Aren't mellophones marching french horns or am I thinking of a different instrument? --Andrew ... ...
Well, yes and no...There are marching french horns and marching mellophones...both are shaped like large trumpets and held the same way...but mellophones have...