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Jazz gets a history

4696 days ago
Guardian Music23 December 1938: Number 12 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of jazz musicFrom Spirituals to Swing was the title of a concert at Carnegie Hall on 23 December 1938, marking the first time jazz had made a formal recognition of its own ... more info

Mary Lou Williams gets a weekly radio show

4696 days ago
Guardian Music1945: Number 16 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of jazz musicIn what was a media breakthrough for an African-American woman, the pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams signed up with New York's WNEW radio station in 1945 t... more info

Monica Lewis sounds her 'Siren'

4721 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentShe was discovered by Benny Goodman and romanced by Kirk Douglas and Ronald Reagan. The singer's autobiography is 'Hollywood Through My Eyes: The Lives & Loves of a Golden Age Siren.'During her heyday in the 1940s and '50s, dimple-cheeked Monica Lewi... more info

Radio review: Perppermint Candy

4723 days ago
Guardian MusicA cool swing music show hosted by two vintage style icons will shatter all your expectations of jazz radioThere are several things to love about Jazz FM's new swing music show, Peppermint Candy (6-7pm), launched last night. The main one is that it co... more info

The Trappers - The Trappers (album stream)

4738 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Imagine Green On Red hitting it off together with Creedence Clearwater Revival. It's still early days for these guys, it's only their debut album, and it's still a bit too rough around the wrong edges, but there's definitely potential here... if you... more info

Laura Stevenson & the Cans - Sit Resist (free album)

4746 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Laura Stevenson & the Cans offer up their first proper full-length album "Sit Resist" as a free download through the end of May! "To celebrate this occasion and to reward our long-time fans for loyally supporting us for the past three years, we ar... more info

thursday morning updates

4808 days ago
Totally FuzzyBarbatrucmobile said... Vinylidyllique ! - Nintendo Teenage Robots (= Alec Empire) - "We Punk Einheit !" (1999, DHR) - Ekseption - "Classic In Pop" http://vinylidyllique.blogspot.com jeffen said... ** Sincerely, L. Cohen Volume One ** 01 Hallelujah ... more info

Clubs picks of the week

4814 days ago
Guardian MusicComputer Blue, LondonLast decade's 'lectro disco of choice, Computer Blue, returns in a super-special extended "directors cut" format and will be taking over Dalston Superstore this Friday for an evening of bleep-driven good times. Despite officiall... more info

Scott Hamilton review

4858 days ago
Guardian MusicPizza Express Dean St, LondonScott Hamilton, the former Benny Goodman saxophonist from Rhode Island, is 56 now – and to a casual listener who might have run across this Europhile swing artist's performances over the past quarter century or so, ther... more info

EVENT: Benny Goodman Centennial Tribute to Benefit Hospice

4929 days ago
All About JazzNationally recognized jazz vocalist and Woodstock resident Terry Blaine, along with acclaimed clarinetist Allan Vache, will present in concert a tribute to Benny Goodman on Sunday, November 14 at Olin Hall Theater on the campus of Bard College in Ann... more info

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