tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50837272011-04-21T13:05:06.292-07:00Musings from a Jazz LoverTinanoreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083727.post-1165895207258317282006-12-11T19:45:00.000-08:002006-12-11T19:46:47.270-08:00

This is a remarkable slide show from the Kansas City Star.

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One of many of tributes to the Kansas City great. Often mentioned with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie as one of the creators of Bebop McShann lived long and well.

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Of the great jazz singers there is no greater than Anita O'day. Check out the great story on her appearance in The Village.

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Although the true origin of Bebop is said to rest in the smokey clubs of Kansas City this site certainly gives credit to the artists responsible

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It doesn't get much better than Tatum. Check this great article about a jazz great.

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A great article about a great book. Check it out.

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Check out this great article from the Village Voice. By the way, he's right about the movie "Kansas City", it blows.

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It is well known by jazz fans that Oklahoma was home to some of the best bands of the big band era. Best and most famous of these was the Blue Devils, originally known as The Oklahoma Blue Devils. The devils through their history had on their roster the best of the best. No less than Charlie Parker, Count Basie and Lester Young called themselves Blue Devils. During their many trips across

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Religious Feedom Watch is a great site for exposing those who wish to squash the right to practice the religion of your choice. Spiritual freedom and freedom of expression are attached by those who despise individuals right to choose. This site shows who these people really are.

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In the great Clint Eastwood produced "Bird" the story of Charlie Parker is distilled into a chronology of his life changing events. From the famous cymbal throw to his legendary drug and alcohol dependency Eastwood has captured the essence of the life of perhaps the greatest talent in jazz history. Of course that statement is arguable but what can not be argued is that along with Dizzy and Monk

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There are at least two stories on how Charlie Parker got the nickname of "Bird" or "Yardbird". One is that the tag Bird was given due to his choppy and very fast staccato style. The explanation most given by his fellows is that on a trip to Omaha that the car Parker was riding in hit a stray chicken on the road. Parker insisted that they turn around and go back to the scene of the accident,

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Of all the jazz greats to come out of Kansas City Lester Young may convey the most emotion. Lester Young, or Prez as he was know by jazz fans, created tremendous excitement when he arrived on the New York scene with The Jay McShann Band. From the local press to the incomparable Billie Holiday New Yorkers knew that they were witnessing greatness. As documented in the book Kansas City Jazz

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While no city has played a more significant role in crating America's music than New Orleans jazz has been altered and improved upon by it's evolution in many cities across America. Some say that Chicago blues civilized and expanded the art form and is more important in the jazz revolution that NYC. Few however would say that some of the most important advances happened in Kansas City. That

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If ever there was a single art who represented the evolution of Bebop it was Miles Davis. Thought of by many as a progressive player Miles roots were in Bebop. With guidance from Charlie Parker and Dizzy he took their lead and created a new sound. That sound eventually morphed into what most people think is Mile's greatest effort, the famous "Bitches Brew". The CD that best represents his

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There is no shortage of books about jazz but on occasion I find and report on one that I find exceptional. Here is one such book. JAZZ

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Of all the books written on the bebop era one of my personal favorites is Blue Monday by Harper Barnes. Blue Monday is a fictional account of a young musician making the rounds in Kansas City in 1935. At the center of the story is the mysterious death of the great Bennie Moten. According to the story Moten died at the hands of a surgeon. Jazz fans, in stunned disbelief, suspect murder. What

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No, it's not 12th Street and Vine it's 18th and Vine. The real center of Kansas City jazz, that is. 18th Street is the home of the Hey Hey Club, Club Royal and not less than a dozen other hot hot hot bebop joints. Those great clubs disappeared with the advent of federal control of the KC Police force and the conviction of Boss Pendergast, the Democratic politico who ran the city mid 20th

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At the center of any great jazz band is a great jazz pianist. City Light's center was Tim Whitmer. Tim has long since left the group and has his own restaurant and production and touring companies.

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The great Kansas City bebop jazz tradition continues with the help of a new generation of players. No discussion of KC jazz is complete without the mention of David Basse and City Light. Starting as the house band at the famous City Light Restaurant in the city's Waldo neighborhood the band was a mix of solid veterans and young up-and-coming players. At base was the late Laverne Barker or "Big L"

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The Oklahoma Blue Devils stormed across the U in the 1930's and created new sound- one that has lasted the test of time. The Blue Devils was made up of jazz legends. Count Basie, Lester Young, "Hot Lips" Page, Eddie durham, Jimmy Rushing and Henry "Buster" Smith. The inclusion of just one of these jazz greats would have secured the Blue Devils place in music history but to have all these plus

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There is not one person on the planet who has not benefited from music and musicians. Music has civilized our planet. Why is it then that musicians are the principle target for oppression? Easy, they spread the word of freedom and free thought and human rights. Check out this web site and help us win the war for human rights.http://www.humanrights-france.org/profile/

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One of the most fearsome tools of oppression in the 21st century was the use of psychiatry to control and manipulate lives of minorities. From the experimental education systems to the testing of psychiatric drugs on inmates, black American has suffered mightily at the hands of psychiatrists. Often in the name of good but in reality in hate, no minority has paid a bigger price since the

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Is it a coincidence that the great Yardbird plunged deeper into addiction and ultimately death after his visit to the Camarillo California psych clinic? I think not. Look what they have done for us.http://www.cchr.org/

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One of the best web sites for jazz is Red Hot Jazz. Check it out.

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One of the finest jazz vocalists in America can be and heard around Kansas City's lively jazz scene. David Basse and the City Light Orchestra have been at it for 25 years and won't stop anytime soon if jazz fans have anything to say about it.

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Check this out! The Golden Age of Jazz, Volume 1 will be release in August. 

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At great site for the fan of any type of jazz is found at Jazz Hall.  This site could take hours to explore, vast is an understatement.  From the back-alley rhythms of New Orleans to the uptown sophistication of New York - it is all covered here.

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On one truely great day in 1958 many, perhaps most, of the great jazz musicians in the world gathered in Harlem for a photo shoot.  The untimate result is a truely great documentary, "A great day in Harem."

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For the latest, I do mean latest, on the Jazz scene check out Jazz Online.

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Just got back from a trip to the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City. Fantastic!

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B.B the official site.

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Just listened to one the the man's great cd's. It would be hard to overstate the contribution that B. B. and Lucille made to Jazz, Blues and Rock. A must read is his autobiography, "Blues all around me".

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We all know that the clothes make the man but what makes him persist. The answer of course is music, jazz specifically. The look is not the thing its the sound. We can drive our cars, run, ride bikes or for that matter do nearly anything and listen to music. It is the essence of the time continuum. Jazz, not cotton is the fabric of our lives.

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For more about the "Fiddler" check out this great web-site. It is complete with audio of interviews from other jazz greats on the contribution made by Cluade in his 80 year career. http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archives/williams_c.html

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Click on this site it gives a good view of what Kansas City contributed to America's original music form.

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Claude Williams left his body Monday at 4 A.M. Best known for his work with pianist Jay MacShann the 96 year old's career was really three separate careers in three distinct jazz eras. I knew Claude from my stint at Kansas City's City Light and the 80's K.C. jazz renaissance. More about that later. For now here is the fine article from the Kansas City Star. Posted on Mon, Apr. 26, 2004

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Got a few hours to burn? Jazzcorner.com can take care of your needs. This site is vast and very well put togather. With hours worth of datao on current artist it also has excellent quality audio for each.

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Is there a better name for a jazz club than this? Check this web site!

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As most jazz fans know, one of America's greatest jazz stations resides in Long Beach California. KKJZ, 88.1 FM has long entertained and enlightened area fans. It is no coincidence that one of the all-time best Jazz DJ's has call KKJZ his home for 50 years. Chuck Niles passed on March 15th of this year. A fine tribute to Chuck can be found at www.kkjz.org.

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Here's a tribute to a great jazzman from a great jazz fan. Charlie "Bird" Parker 1920 - 1955 Jazz Great Charles Christopher "Bird" Parker, Jr. was born in Kansas City, Kansas August 29, 1920. At age seven, Parker came to Kansas City, Missouri and began studying music. "When he was only a child, he wanted to be a music maker," said his mother. He played baritone horn as a freshman at Lincoln

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If you haven't seen the movie titled "The Last of the Blue Devis" you have missed one of the best jazz documentaries ever. Here is what Sam Graham has to say about this fine film. Kansas City in the 1930s was a wild, wide-open place. Under political boss Tom Pendergast, the booze flowed freely, prostitution and gambling flourished, and the Depression pretty much passed the city by, making it

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A treat for bebop fans - American best jazz radio station plays the best of all jazz on Saturday mornings 9-12 PST. Of course I'm talking bebop. Better yet it's available on the web at www.kkjz.org

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Here is a web site that gives a good feel for the importance of Kansas City in the development of jazz.

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If you want to know what Kansas City Jazz is all about, here is an excerpt from the web site of the Jazz Museum at 18th and Vine. Kansas City, Missouri, the mother of swing and the nurturer of Bebop, proudly hosts the reflection of its dynamic musical heritage - the American Jazz Museum. Inside the American Jazz Museum, the essence and living spirit of jazz legends fill the atmosphere, as the

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No one knows exactly where or how it all began... Most say it began in New Orleans, in the whorehouses of Storyville. Where the clientele seemed to like a raucous mixture of European melodies and African rhythms. But suddenly, America was in the Great War, and the raw recruits coming through New Orleans on their way to Europe made the fleshpots of Storyville into a pilgrimage. Federal officials

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Some of the greatest jazz players in all of history got their start in the clubs of Kansas City. World-class musicians such as William "Count" Basie, Charlie "Bird" Parker, and Orin "Hot Lips" Page, among many others, came together to create a sound the town can call its own. "As much as jazz is America's original contribution to music, Kansas City was a unique voice in jazz," said Chuck Haddix

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Anyone who has ever had the privilege of seeing the City Light Orchestra at the famous City Light in Kansas City knows what I mean when I say that CLO is a trip to the cities Pendergast era. City Light restaurant was created in the early 80’s with the idea that the city would respond to the kind of music that made it the hotbed of creativity in the 40’s and 50’s. The city responded and how. So

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Kansas City may not be the birthplace of jazz but it is the location of its maturity. The political and social climate of the Pendergast political era was the perfect incubator for what became to be known as Bebop. While the rest of the nation was hammered by the depression, Kansas City, in spite of its location in the hard hit mid-west, flourished in every way. Both financially and culturally

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Jazz music took a sharp turn with the creation of Bepob. The likes of Park, Gillespie, and Monk changed the way we listen to music and created opportunities for expression that simply did not exist in the more traditional sounds of Big Band. From the wide-open streets of Pendergast's Kansas City to the famous night clubs of Harlem came a sound that challenged the abilities and sensebilities of

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