Stolen Moments

 Cootie Williams

 

Rex Stewart

Roy Eldridge at the Arcadia Ballroom 1939

Fats Waller ain't misbehavin

Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye

Clifford Brown

 

Lee Morgan

 

Fats Navarro

 

Llyod and Adderley brothers

Miles Davis

Dexter Gordon & Benny Bailet at The Village Vanguard June 1977 by Tom Marcello

Dizzy Gillespie, 1990.  N.R.C.Handelsblad, Vincent Mentzel

All The Things You Are

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Lester Bowie... a way of life

Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.
Lester Bowie

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker, November 1974 during rehearsal for concert at Carnegie Hall "Reunion with Chet Baker". Organized by Don Friedman.
Photographs by Franca R. Mulligan

Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan : El Viento Sagrado
por Diego Fischerman

“Mingus On Mingus”

Kickstarter Campaign for "Mingus On Mingus": a project documentary

Orangethenblue starts a Campaign to raise funds for filming a Charles Mingus documentary directed by his grandson Kevin Ellington Mingus. For more information go to Kickstarter Campaign for "Mingus On Mingus" to contribute. They even are open for suggestions and any help is important to keep the project moving forward. The goal is to raise $45,000 in 40 days until 18 dec.
To find more info about the documentary go to www.orangethenblue.com

"A grandson’s journey through the lore and legends of jazz history to find his grandfather, Charles Mingus he never knew
... . ...
There are many perspectives of my grandfather that have not had a place in defining his legacy…
I am seeking them out to understand him beyond myth, fable or a singular vision of his work.
We have begun to create a platform where we can use the ideals of jazz in the art of making a film"
~ Kevin Ellington Mingus

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The Miles Davis Quintet 65-68

Miles Davis trumpet Wayne Shorter tenor saxophone Herbie Hancock piano Ron Carter bass Tony Williams drums

Lee Morgan

Edward Lee Morgan
Jul 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA : Feb 19, 1972 in New York, NY

Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Neo-Bop, Modal Bop

Wadada Leo Smith

Gunter "Baby" Sommer and Wadada Leo Smith at the Hungry Brain for the Umbrella Festival, Chicago 2010
photo by Kelly Weime

Booker Little

Booker Little, Jr
(born on April 2, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee - died October 5, 1961 in New York City, New York)

American jazz trumpeter and composer.
Despite having one of the shortest careers in jazz history, Little nevertheless made a noteworthy contribution to the music. Stylistically Little belongs to the lineage of Clifford Brown, featuring crisp articulation, a burnished tone and balanced phrasing.
He trained at Chicago Conservatory (1956–58) and worked with leading local musicians such as Johnny Griffin. Later, moving to New York, his most significant associations were with drummer Max Roach and multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy, recording with them both under his own name and theirs. With Dolphy, he co-led a residency at the Five Spot club in New York in June 1961, from which three classic albums were eventually issued by Prestige Records. Here he showed promise of expanding the expressive range of the “vernacular” be-bop idiom of Clifford Brown.
Only four albums under his own name were recorded: Booker Little 4 + Max Roach (1958) for United Artists, Booker Little Quartet (1960) for Time, his masterpiece Out Front (1961) for Candid and finally Booker Little and Friend (reissued as Victory and Sorrow) for Bethlehem mere weeks before his passing.
He died from uremia at the age of 23.

Miles Davis et Jeanne Moreau

Paris 1957

what a nice trumpet

Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Rolf Ericson, photo by Ray Avery

Chet Baker in St. Louis

Picture For Your Exhibition

Chet Baker in St. Louis

by Joe Schwab



Here's a shot of a very young Chet Baker, taken here in St. Louis at The Glass Bar (Peacock Alley). I'm guessing this is right around 1956, shortly after Chet had returned from his first trip to Europe, resulting in the untimely overdose death of pianist Dick Twardzik. Pictured here along with Chet are tenor player Phil Urso, drummer Lawrence Marable and I'm guessing Carson Smith. Maybe someone out there can verify this. The photo was taken by Bernie Thrasher.


Rare photo

I just found this rare photo of Chano Pozo playing his conga backstage with Dizzy Gillespie. Chano’s legacy is one of mythical proportions and I couldn’t believe it when I found this rare, unseen photo. For decades his music was difficult to find, until 2001 when a three CD box set was finally released (Chano Pozo-El Tambor De Cuba), containing thousands of dollars worth of rare records, along with a nice thick booklet of pics, bio, etc.

Posted by Joey Altruda

Oh, Lady Be Good

Lyrics by Dizzy Gillespie

Listen to my tale of woe,
It's terribly sad but true,
All dressed up, no place to go
Each evening I'm awfully blue.

I must win some handsome guy
Can't go on like this,
I could blossom out I know,
With somebody just like you. So

Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Oh, lady, be good to me
I am so awfully misunderstood
So lady, be good to me
Oh, please have some pity
I'm all-alone in this big city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
So lady be good to me.

Oh, please have some pity
I'm all alone in this big city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
So lady be good to me.
Oh lady be good to me.

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing
GERSHWIN, GEORGE & IRA

Dizzy

Dizzy Gillespie The Lighthouse 1975 by Paul Slaughter

Dizzy Gillespie smoking a cigar 1976 by Tom Marcello

Dizzy Life

Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Man at Fort Belvedere Near Ascot July 1963

Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Man at Fort Belvedere Near Ascot July 1963