Boundary Stones, the local history website of WETA, has a fine article on Felix Grant and jazz radio in Washington, D.C.
Continue ReadingNew discography of Frank Wess
Frank Wess wasn’t born in Washington, D.C. but he spent some very important time in the district, on and off from 1935 to 1953, ending when he joined the Count Basie band. The interviews and oral histories that contain his vivid recollections of the Washington jazz scene are invaluable primary sources.
Continue ReadingLloyd McNeill
Curiously, here’s a link to my other website, www.jazzdiscography.com, but not to a discography that I myself created. I am very happy that Mike Weil has done the work of researching and compiling a detailed discography of Lloyd McNeill, who was an important Washington, D.C.
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Left Bank Jazz Society
Some information on concerts presented by the Left Bank Jazz Society of Baltimore, Maryland between 1964 and 1989. This is very much a rough draft. It is based on research in historical newspapers and magazines, the book Music at the Crossroads: Lives & Legacies of Baltimore Jazz edited by Mark Osteen and Frank J.
Continue ReadingCharlie Byrd at Dukes’ Place, 1983
Beginning in 1974, the newly relaunched Dukes of Dixieland took up residence at Dukes’ Place, a jazz club used as their own home base as well as featuring national acts. It was located on the top floor of the historic Monteleone Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
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