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davidisen · 5 months

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NYC Music Safari, Part 3

[Updated to include December 27, 28, 29, 30]

On Wednesday, December 27, I caught the early show at Birdland, David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band.

That's Ostwald on the tuba, Will Anderson on clarinet, Joe Boga on trumpet, Jim Fryer on trombone. Not visible in the back row, Vince Giordano (banjo) and Alex Raderman (percussion).

Will takes a solo, revealing Vince and Alex. I've seen the show several times. Same cheesy jokes, same over-learned moves and dialog, but great, spectacularly great, expertly executed music.

At Birdland I sat next to Anna, an impressive young lady. She didn't know anything about jazz, but clearly took huge delight in the music!

Got down to the Zinc Bar just in time to meet Neal and Peter for the Miss Maybell show.

Miss Maybell had an expert supporting cast of Brian Nalepka (bass), Dan Levinson (reeds) and Andy Stein (violin). And, it goes without saying (or showing), Andy Judkins was ragging the keys next to Miss Maybell's right elbow.

On December 29, Peter and I got to Mezzrow early, so we heard the last half of the early set from the back of the room, and then had a band-side table for the second set.

It was the Chuck Redd trio, with Chuck on vibraphone, Neal Miner on bass, and (not shown) John DiMartino (piano).

There's John DiMartino.

Chuck has total command of the vibes. When I first saw him in a combo at Dizzys, he was completely new to me and so impressive that I had to hear more.

One Sunday night at The Ear, Chuck sat at our band-side table and played a rhythm on the table with drum brushes. I held an empty glass for him, and occasionally he'd hit it.

The surprise of the evening was Janis Siegel, of the original Manhattan Transfer, who sang a couple. Ooh!

On Saturday, December 30, Neal and I went to see Les Chauds Lapins at Pangea.

Anybody who plays the banjolele like it's a serious instrument is crazy enough to be a friend of mine. Kurt Hoffman and Meg Reichardt play French swing from the 1900s with style and humor. The French I learned in school wasn't quite enough to keep up with them, but occasionally I'd catch one of their double entendres.

The band's name, for example. Les Chauds Lapins literally means hot rabbits, but the better French syntax would be "les lapins chauds." I looked it up. Chaud lapin is an idiom for horny guy, or ladies' man.

Kurt and Meg were charming performers and good musicians. They were backed up by a violist, a cellist and a bass player who stayed decidedly in a supporting role.

On Saturday, December 30, Garrett Manley (guitar), Shane Del Robles (percussion) and Ian Hutchinson (bass) played a delightful brunch gig at The Canary Club in Chinatown.

Typical NYC gig - take three world-class musicians, hire them for your 15-seat cafe, and stuff them in a corner by the closet. By the way, the food was excellent.

That's Shane's washboard "kit."

That evening I went to see Quince Marcum at Barbes. He's one of the bartenders there, but he has a quirky folksongy genius.

He plays Bouzouki, not guitar. And he sings in at least three languages.

So ... tonight is New Years Eve. The prospect is a little bit frightening.

#traditional jazz #birdland #hot jazz #Mezzrow #Zinc Bar #NYC-Jazz

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newyorkthegoldenage · 8 months

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C.V. Farrow drew this beautiful map of what he called "The Wondrous Isle of Manhattan" in 1926. You MUST enlarge it. It wasn't intended to be used for navigation, but rather as a pictorial representation of the island's highlights. Below are a few details that show you what the full-size map is really like. You should enlarge them, too!

Source: Gothamist

#vintage New York #1920s #C.V. Farrow #map #vintage Manhattan #Jazz Age #Roaring 20s #1920s NYC #illustration #pictorial map #colored map #vintage NYC

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la-cocotte-de-paris · 4 months

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Kae Carroll in the Ziegfeld Follies, c. 1925-1927

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tygerland · 24 days

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John Coltrane 1963, by Jim Marshall.

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refiectionsafterjane · 5 months

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mentally i’m in the 60s listening to frank sinatra at a jazz bar

#girlblogging #this is a girlblog #girl interupted syndrome #2014 tumblr #new york city #girlhood #lana del rey #nyc #this is what makes us girls #girl interrupted #girl interrupted syndrome #tumblr girls #frank sinatra #60s #50s #female rage #female hysteria #jazz #old hollywood

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cyclesofmystery · 2 months

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I’ve been very into Abner Dean's work these last couple days. Here's one of his New Yorker Covers from 1934.

I’ve also been thinking about pairing music with my posts. Here’s the Ray Noble Orchestra getting particularly jazzy in 1933 with a vocal refrain by Al Bowlly (everybody loves Al Bowlly), some hot trumpet by Nat Gonella, some great baritone saxophone by Ernest Ritte, and reedman Freddy Gardner.

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jimmorrisonfants · 10 months

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(1993) Digable Planets - Where I’m From

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chromet · 6 months

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Hidden NY FW23

#hidden ny #menswear #fashion #street style #jazz #nyc #ny #manhattan

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swizziee · 7 months

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Digable Planets. (1993)

#digable planets #hip hop #rap #portrait #photography #nyc #photoshoot #vintage #music #90s #my upload #black & white #jazz

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jewishpopculture · 11 months

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One of the earliest pioneers of jazz music was Willie “The Lion” Smith, a Jewish Black man from New York.

The legendary Duke Ellington called Smith “the greatest influence of all the great jazz piano players who have come along. He has a beat that stays in the mind.” Ellington wrote two songs to tribute Smith: “The Portrait Of The Lion” and “The Second Portrait Of The Lion”.

Smith is also considered one of the inventors of the stride jazz piano genre.

Here is Smith photographed by William P. Gottlieb, in Smith’s apartment in Manhattan, NY., ca. Jan. 1947. The photo was used for the book “The Golden Age of Jazz”, and has been archived by the Library of Congress.

Recommended songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0UXZDUIJwEX3Iibr4OzKKj?si=mixFBwL4T_SAu4cZ4qWAYw

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newyorkthegoldenage · 10 days

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Dizzy Gillespie with his wife, Lorraine Willis, in May of 1946. They are standing on the corner of 52nd Street and Sixth Avenue—one end of Swing Street.

Photo: William Gottlieb via Reddit

#vintage New York #1940s #William Gottlieb #Dizzy Gillespie #Lorraine Gillespie #Swing St.#b&w photography #jazz greats #vintage NYC

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edhoppers · 7 months

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DON SCHLITTEN (B. 1932) Monk and Coltrane, September 8, 1957

#photography #b/w #black and white #thelonious monk #john coltrane #jazz #don schlitten #christie #nyc

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tygerland · 2 months

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Al Hirschfeld Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli in New York, New York. June 19, 1977.

#martin scorsese #robert de niro #liza minnelli #al hirschfeld #70s #1970s #movies #jazz #culture #retro #music #film #illustration #art #cinema #new york new york #nyc #art history #new york #🎶

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11oh1 · 3 months

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instructionsonback · 7 days

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THE SWEETEST TABOO 🍫 9” x 12” —

art by Jaevonn

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bobbyhasstardust · 4 months

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"I used to feel those words that you spoke over me, but now I don't I used to feel those powder blue eyes stare through mine, but now I guess I won't And now I don't know, if you want me so, I guess I'll go"

"Want Me" Puma Blue (Harvey Grant on saxophone) Live at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC, 11-18-23

#aesthetic #puma blue #jazz #jazz club #r&b #live performance #concert #nyc #new york #music #underrated #saxophone #want me #song #soul #blues #holy waters #jazz music

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