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A serious record collector of classic jazz for 50 years, and an amateur musician, I am well-versed in matters pertaining to traditional/Dixieland and Swing/mainstream jazz - in other words, hot music and its first cousins. I invite your questions, evaluations, opinions, ideas, etc., in exchange for some of mine.
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Recent Answers from Jay Kay
2010-03-24 Jazz vocalist trends:
I share many of your sentiments, although admittedly "jazz singing" has always been a diificult technique (art?) for me to define. You cite "depth and power," but I'm not sure those terms would include
2009-05-09 Louis Armstrong:
To say that Armstrong "influenced the world" may be going a bit too far. He influenced music - particularly jazz and (Western) popular music - but I don't believe such an influence belongs in the same
2008-08-06 Pipe the shine:
[edit] Louis Armstrong version The song was performed in a film short Rhapsody in Black and Blue by Armstrong. A 1931 recording by Armstrong with his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra is a subset of
2008-04-13 Duke Ellington- sophisticated lady:
Ellington's best-known female vocalists were Adelaide Hall, Ivie Anderson and Betty Roche. He also recorded with quite a few others who were not regular members of his ensemble. In addition, he recorded
2007-01-15 album question:
Album titles come and go, with their contents often duplicating, overlapping, etc. To the best of my knowledge, the earliest Parker recording of the song "A Night in Tunisia" is from a concert on 9/29/47
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