Jazz Music
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L E’s Stories – The Life And Times Of America’s Musical Word Merchant And Melodic Poet Laureate Tribute To Bob Dylan Part 1
NOTE: This is Part 1 of a 3 Post Series – Tribute To Bob Dylan It was early September 1965…..when…
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L E’s Stories – In The World Of Music There Is Only One Leon Redbone In Voice,Originality And Sound
My favorite comment on Leon Redbone and his music is the following: “I remember Leon Redbone sitting there by himself…
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L E’s Stories – “A Diamond Who Wants To Stay Coal With A Voice Like The Sand In The Sandwich” – Salute To The Genius Of Singer/Songwriter Tom Waits
When it comes to great American songwriters, Bone Daddy, the original Sportsphile, has his favorites which include Hank Williams, Paul…
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L E’s Stories – “Ol Blue Eyes Was The King Of Bobby Soxers And Buddies With Lucky Luciano & Bugsy Siegel”” – The Story Of Frank Sinatra
Bone Daddy has often told me how Granny and Pops would get up in the morning and put on music…
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L E’s Stories – To Satchmo: “What A Wonderful World It Is With You In It” – Tribute To Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
From as long as Bone Daddy can remember…..his entire family growing up was into Satchmo known as Louie Armstrong (not…
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L E’s Stories – “Sock Hop Dancing With The Fat Man” – Salute To Fats Domino
It was a Friday night in October of 1962, when as a freshman, Bone Daddy went to his first ever…
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Music – 1953 – Duke Ellington & His Orchestra – Caravan – Playing Live At The Apollo Theater
“Caravan“ is an American jazz standard that was composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington….and first performed by Ellington in 1936….whereas Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they…
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Music – 1984 – The Showband Of The Southwest – It Dont Mean A Thing + Stars And Stripes Forever
As seen in this video herewith…..the University of Texas Longhorn Band performs at halftime of a 1984 SWC home football…
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Music – 1982 – The Stripper – Put To Credits Of The HBO Special By The Same Name – With Gwen Verdon
“The Stripper“ is an instrumental composed by David Rose….which was recorded in 1958….and released four years later….as it evinces a jazz influence with especially prominent trombone slides….while…
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