July 1 marks yet another milestone in the evolution of our native land, as well as our musical landscape. Canada has never really had to take a backseat to other nations in the arts, especially in music. Legendary and iconic […]
SUITE 157 – A JAZZY CANADA DAY CELEBRATION Read More »
If you are not totally convinced by now about the alignment of the stars and planets with the 12 main signs in the zodiac suite or world, then perhaps the pairing of various artists on recordings and concerts might serve
THE JAZZ SOUL OF THE ZODIAC SUITE – PART 3 Read More »
The involvement of women in the all-male world of jazz as early as the 1920s, not merely being singers and accompanists on piano or percussion, but also as various instrumentalists, composers, and arrangers. The evolution of this genre would be
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WOMEN IN JAZZ TO MARL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY-MARCH 9, 2023 Read More »
As my musical intelligence grew in the 1960s/’70”s, I began, not only to think about the finest composers or lyricists, and occasionally both components in one entity, but also collaborations or writing teams. like Lennon/McCartney, King/Geoffin, Leiber/Stoller, John/Taupin, Jagger/Richards, and
BURT BACHARACH WAS MUCH MORE THAN A POP COMPOSER Read More »
Occasionally I have been asked by people why a ‘nickname’; and why would anybody ever go to the trouble of trying to get an autograph. The latter question will be addressed in a future article, but for now I will
NICKNAMES IN JAZZ Read More »
I often thank God when it comes to turns or twists of fate in one’s destiny; and the fact that one of jazz’s finest pianists, composers, and combo leaders nearly became a vet instead of the famous jazz master into
TIME FURTHER OUT WITH DAVE BRUBECK Dec. 6, 1920 – Dec. 5, 2012) Read More »
It could not have been an easy task being in the shadows of the greatest jazz composer of all time; but because of his extraordinary gifts as an arranger, composer, pianist and occasional lyricist, Billy ‘Swee Pea’ Strayhorn managed just
SOMETHING ABOUT BILLY ‘SWEE PEA’ TO LIVE FOR Read More »
Each year on or near November 18, I find myself thinking about my Huckleberry friend while singing one of my three favourite songs by the incomparable lyricist and sometimes composer, Johnny Mercer from Savannah, Georgia, Moon River; the other two
MY HUCKLEBERRY FRIEND – THE LEGACY OF JOHNNY MERCER (Nov. 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) Read More »
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