Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Erroll Garner: London, 1964

Reprinted from http://jazzwax.com
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I'm on the road this week for the Wall Street Journal. Which is neither here nor there when it comes to why you're here at JazzWax now. So, I can think of no better way to start the week than with 35 minutes of Erroll Garner, filmed in London in 1964. In jazz, there are pianists. And there is Erroll Garner. That's Eddie Calhoun on bass and Kelly Martin on drums. Special thanks to John Cooper for passing along this clip...


In today's Wall Street Journal, I write about the rise of Latin boogaloo in New York in the early 1960s and how Colon_johnn_boogaloob_102bthe music is being kept alive today by younger artists and DJs, and older masters like Johnny Colon. You'll only find this article in New York editions of the paper's "Greater New York" section or online here.
Used with permission by Marc Myers

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