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21 November 2016
Capitol Records / Duke Ellington

Marc Myers researches the architecture for the Capitol Records building in Hollywood, an iconographic landmark often believed to have been inspired by a stack of vinyl records whereas, as Myers finds out, the architect Lou Naidorf didn't even know the client's name when he handed in his plans which came out of his late 1940s graduate thesis ( Wall Street Journal). --- We were alerted of a highly informative rehearsal tape in which drummer Sonny Greer explains the rhythmic intricacies of Duke Ellington's "Echoes of Harlem" during a recording session with Cootie Williams and his Rug Cutters from January 1938 ( Vimeo).

23 November 2016
... what else ...

Michael Rüsenberg reports about the Jazzforum of the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker last week in Cologne ( SWR2 Cluster), and Jan Tengeler attends the event's symposium about "jazz and health" ( Deutschlandradio Kultur ). --- Tom Reney talks to the saxophonist and scholar Loren Schoenberg about the Savory collection at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, as well as about his work for Benny Goodman (sound file, NEPR).

Obituaries

We learned of the passing of the Thai clarinetist, saxophonist (and king) Bhumibol Adulyadej at the age of 88, the German singer (and actor) Manfred Krug at the age of 79, the Canadian trumpeter Bobby Hales at the age of 82 ( CBC), the guitarist Al Caiola at the age of 96 ( Hollywood Reporter), the singer Kay Starr at the age of 94 ( New York Times), the pianist and singer Mose Allison at the age of 89 ( New York Times, The Guardian, Washington Post), the bassist Bob Cranshaw at the age of 83 ( Washington Post, New York Times), the Polish drummer Janusz Stefanski at the age of 70 ( Frankfurter Rundschau), the South African singer Pinise Saul ( SABC News), the South African trumpeter Peter Nthwame ( IOL), the DJ David Mancuso at the age of 72 ( New York Times), the pianist Hod O'Brien at the age of 80, as well as the singer Charles Darden at the age of 43 ( Daily News).