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Stomp-off
http://stomp-off.blogspot.com
My own ramblings and recollections of 60 years on the fringes and in the hub of jazz. Photos, videos, audio. Recommendations, likes and dislikes of a guy who has been around and paid attention—most of the time.
- Added on: Aug 5th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Thank you for the many visits in 2009
The Chicago Sessions Begin. Murphy\'s Law Applied
Having received the go-ahead from Bill Grauer, I started pursuing contacts in Chicago and lining up artists. Billie Wallington sent out a press release that was picked up by Variety and produced a call from Bill Nichols. He was an NBC television pr...
Between Living Legends projects: 1961
As I sat down to make pixels out of my Chicago: Living Legends recollections, I'm afraid got a bit carried away in my introduction. This will therefore serve as just that, a lead in. I will post the rest by Monday, December 7. My grandparents were ma...
Coming Attraction
As promised, I will be following up the New Orleans: Living Legends post with an account of my subsequent adventure in Chicago. Expect that to appear here within the next two days. In the meantime, I created a little video using one of the Chicago re...
New Orleans, 1961
1961 was a productive year for me. In January and September, I made two trips out of New York for Riverside Records, both of which remain remarkably fresh in my memory as I look back on my career. My aim was to capture before it was too late, perform...
More from the Armstrong folder: 1955-56
Here is more from the Armstrong file folder. George Avakian sees Louis's career getting ready to bloom again and wants Columbia to get a piece of the action. With talk of a film based on Louis's life (Hollywood actually never got around to it—which...
