Béla Fleck (left) and Chick Corea onstage at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre on April 4. (Photo: Andy Argyrakis)
When two virtuosos give a duo concert, it’s tempting to measure the performance on a notes-per-minute metric. But there are more refined ways of evaluating the program that … More…
Freddy Cole is a singer and a pianist. Outside of a couple of showpieces he was compelled to compose by way of acknowledging and freeing himself from the looming presence of his famous brother, Nat Cole (“I’m Not My Brother, I’m Me” and “He Was The K …
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About 27 years have gone by since they danced in the aisles to the music of Benny Goodman and his band at the Paramount Theater in New York City. In April 1937, the New Yorker ran a profile on “one Benny Goodman.” The writer commented in wonderment o …
Benny Goodman: From the Inside
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The advertisement for a recent weekend booking at New York’s Village Gate read “Chico Hamilton Trio,” but inside there were seven musicians on the stand in addition to the drummer-leader himself. And it was no jam session—it was an organized gr …
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