Category Archives: jazz

skronk, swing, miles davis, ornette, john ellis, my list of 1,001 sax players, new artists on tour, people who book their own tour but will talk to me for 45 minutes when i cold call, nina simone “save me…yeah” project, compositions, instruments, artists, recordings, labels and people

‘Bemsha Swing’ by 86 different artists including Charlie Hunter, TJ Kirk and MMW– but I learned it from my then-client Jack Walrath, at the Octopus Lounge in Pacifica, on October 5, 2004

Posted on March 26, 2019 by markweiss86

  And I once wrote about it to a Penn grad student Bethany Klein, who apparently had different ideas of what is “our song”. The song of course is by Thelonius Monk and Denzil Best. It’s a pigeon of “Bimshire”. … Continue reading →

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14 piano players with whom I’vry worked

Posted on March 15, 2019 by markweiss86

  Taylor been paid since his days of underoos — which is actually a Biggie Smalls line; which I copped from Spider-Man Spider Verse; and sample Herb Alpert. andand: I just got off the phone, eight minutes, with the advertising … Continue reading →

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8 Ella songs, and their respective composers

Posted on March 14, 2019 by markweiss86

Edit to add three months later or bottom line up front: BLUF: I put this up after confirming a Jane Monheit show June 21 at Mitchell park el Palo alto room  but was not allowed to announce it until after … Continue reading →

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Sshhh! (Secret Mountain View Jazz heaven with Larry Vukovich w Jackie Ryan)

Posted on March 10, 2019 by markweiss86

Vuckovich Ryan $25 > Allen Woolf Stewart $35 B. 1936:

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Newk’s fade

Posted on February 26, 2019 by markweiss86
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Luciana Souza, John Salley

Posted on February 23, 2019 by markweiss86
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Amendola vs Blades vs Parker vs Skerik vs Palo Alto

Posted on February 21, 2019 by markweiss86

The band known as Amendola vs. Blades vs. Parker vs. Skerik performs a free show Saturday, March 30, 2019 8 p.m. at Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium presented by Earthwise Productions. Doors, 7:30 p.m. Program is 8 to 9:30 one … Continue reading →

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Former 650 singer Hale Baskin now a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader or jazz singer with a residency at The Mitchell

Posted on January 31, 2019 by markweiss86

I saw her at Cogswell Plaza nooner brown bag dealio it must have been 2006, maybe with Akira Tana in her band and maybe Jim Harrington still of the Weekly wrote her up and now thru the magic of the … Continue reading →

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Shedroff Farms Revisited

Posted on January 4, 2019 by markweiss86

First off, I want to note here that I just learned, researching this post, that Joshua Redman has lost his mother, as of November, 2016. I saw him play in June at Stanford, about a month before I lost my … Continue reading →

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On the same day The New York Times critiqued ‘Baby, It’s cold outside…what’s in this drink?’ Magos Herrera thanks her tequila sponsor in blast

Posted on December 19, 2018 by markweiss86
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