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If there were ever a trumpet player you wish the technique-crazed screechers coming out of music schools these days would listen to--Art Farmer. He'd probably sound wonderful on kazoo.
Commented Jul 13, 2011 on Art Farmer and Jim Hall at JazzWax
Art Farmer and Jim Hall
After Jim Hall's dynamic and experimental work as a member of the Jimmy Giuffre 3 in the mid- and late '50s, the guitarist became an in-demand partner of small-group leaders. This period in the early '60s began with Sonny Rollins' The Bridge and What's New (January and April 1962, respectively...
Not to forget Frank Rosolino, Herbie Fields, and maybe Doug Mettome, "Lemondrop"
"Hey Pete Let's Eat Mo' Meat" is scraping the bottom of the barrel, Marc.
Commented Jan 20, 2011 on JazzWax List: 10 Singing Boppers at JazzWax
JazzWax List: 10 Singing Boppers
By the late 1940s, bebop was all the rage—thanks largely to radio disc jockeys who hyped the music and artists through the air-play of records on late-night shows. What began in the mid-'40s as a spectacular, secular jazz style flourished by 1948 as more musicians figured out how to play and a...
This is brilliant man. Does Don's daughter know about this? I sent her a copy of a photo of Don with Krupa. I'm working on a small piece about two other "unknown" players, Nick Travis and Doug Mettome.
Commented Sep 12, 2009 on Dave Pell on Don Fagerquist at JazzWax
Dave Pell on Don Fagerquist
If you're unfamiliar with trumpeter Don Fagerquist [pictured], that's about to change. The now nearly forgotten West Coast trumpeter had one of the richest tones in the business in the 1950s and 1960s, and he made everything he played sound melodic and effortless. Fagerquist's solos were like t...
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