Great news – Eddie Durham rides again

Long-time Jazz on the Tube subscribers know we have been dedicated advocates to the idea that arranger/composer/music director/ amplified guitar pioneer/trombone virtuoso Eddie Durham deserves a much higher profile among jazz fans and jazz students than his memory currently enjoys.

How high?

It’s time that he be placed at the level of Duke Ellington and other ESSENTIAL masters of the art.

As an important step in that direction, we’re delighted to announce a MAJOR documentary on Eddie’s life and music that launches tomorrow February 1, 2024.

Details and an informative wide-ranging interview.

Watch the interview above, and for more info on the documentary, click this link.

– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube

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Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker

Interview with Cisco Bradley

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This book is a model for jazz biography (and really for a biography of any creative person.) It not only documents the striving of an individual artist, in this case, William Parker, but also the dynamic communities that are essential for the development of artists.

I strongly recommend this book for music educators, music students, and anyone who wants to get “under the hood” of what goes into making an artist who succeeds in expanding the boundaries of the art.

Anyone interested in (or nostalgic for) the stunning flowering of creative music that took place in the 1970s when, believe it or not, rents in the East Village and Soho of Manhattan were low and musician-operated venues were abundant will also love this book.

– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube

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Music credit: The Jazz on the Tube podcast theme song is “Mambo Inferno” performed by The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria from the CD ¡Que Viva Harlem!

Music, Math and Mind – David Sulzer (aka Dave Soldier)


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You can order the book “Music, Math and Mind” from you local independent bookstore or online here.

You can learn more about Dave’s music here: DaveSoldier.com

References

“Puerto Rico” – Eddie Palmieri

“Jeleo” – Steve Beck, composed by Dave Soldier

Bo Diddley on the Ed Sullivan Show (1955)

Stuff Smith’s Unfinished Concerto arranged by Dave Soldier, played by Miranda Cuckson

Work with children
Da Hiphop Raskalz

San Mateo Ixatan, Guatemala

“Osage Stomp” and “Get with It” – Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys (1935)

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith (1909-1967) – Toured Texas extensively in the ’20s

Ramblin’ – Ornette Coleman (Texas) with Charlie Haden (Missouri) and Don Cherry (Oklahoma) (1959)

BONUS

As I mentioned in the interview, we were only going to be able to scratch the surface of Dave’s work on this call. One areas he’s done work in is exploring the musicality of animals. If they can recognize and make music, we may need to recalibrate how we view and treat them.

“Rain” – Elephant Orchestra. Instruments built and directed by Richard Lair and Dave Soldier in Lampang, Thailand (2006)

Dave’s web site

You can order Dave’s book “Music, Math and Mind” from you local independent bookstore or online here.

– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube

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Videos and Other Resources

 

 

 

First-time visitor to New Orleans and/or want help getting off Bourbon Street?

* A Few of My Favorite Places: Ken’s list
* Getting around the city that is shaped like a crescent: Essential orientation
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Audio and Video References in the Book

John Swenson

(1) The Making of Glen David Andrews’ “Walking Through Heaven’s Gate.” 

(2) Helen Hill Funeral.

(3) Dinneral Shavers in the 2006 Big Nine parade. 

(4) Glen David Andrews at the “Silence Is Violence rally” at City Hall, New Orleans. (2007).

Bonus Videos:

(5) Smokey Johnson and Bob French talk about New Orleans drummers. At the Ponderosa Stomp. (2008).

(6) “Farewell Spotted Cat – The Shout.” 

(7) “Defending the Mardi Gras Indians.” 

(8) “Eddie Bo at the Sound Café.” (2008) 

(9) “Aurora Nealand at the Spotted Cat.” (Fall 2006) 

Glen David Andrews

(1) Glen David Andrews at the “Silence Is Violence rally” at City Hall, New Orleans. (2007).

(2) Glen David Andrews, “Easter Sunday Parking Lot Jam.” (2009) Filmed by Ken McCarthy.

(3) The Making of Glen David Andrews’ “Walking Through Heaven’s Gate.” 

Ronald Lewis

“Chuck Perkins interviews Ronald Lewis.”

Part one

Part two

Roger Lewis

Jazz on the Tube: Roger Lewis and the Good News from New Orleans

Ornette Coleman

(1) Jazz on the Tube: Ken and Ornette Talk About New Orleans

(2) Jazz on the Tube: Complete ‘Remembering Ornette’ Collection

(3) Podcast: Marble, Matt. The Black Hawk Chant – Mothers Leafy Anderson and Catherine Seals. Secret Sound.

(4) Podcast: Mother Catherine Seals And The Temple Of The Innocent Blood

(5) Podcast: The Legendary Lasties. TriPod: New Orleans at 300

(6) Podcast: TriPod Xtras: Herlin Riley And Joe Lastie. TriPod: New Orleans at 300

Levees.org

The Katrina Myth.

Chuck Perkins

(1) Lil’ Liza Jane – Live at Chickie Wah Wah.

(2) We Ain’t Dead Yet.

(3) Congo Square.

(4) Chuck Perkins in Liverpool and Manchester.

(5) English Poet Grevel Lindop in New Orleans

New Orleans Musicians Clinic

Video appeal Ken made for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic (2010).

Recommended Reading, Listening, and Viewing

Music and Poetry

Perkins, Chuck. A Lovesong For NOLA. 2012

Documentaries

Tradition Is a Temple. A film by Darren Hoffman (2013).

The City of a Million Dreams. A film by Jason Berry (2019).

Books

(1) Swenson, John. New Atlantis, Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans. 

(2) Lewis, Ronald. The House of Dance & Feathers.

(3) Sullivan, Jack. New Orleans Remix.

(4) Smtih, Michael. Spirit World: Pattern in the Expressive Folk Culture of New Orleans. 

(5) Rosenthal, Sandy. Words Whispered in Water. 

(6) Berry, Jason. Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II.

(7) Berry, Jason. The Spirit of Black Hawk: A Mystery of Africans and Indians.

(8) Berry, Jason. City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300.

(9) Kennedy, Al. Chord Changes on the Chalkboard: How Public School Teachers Shaped Jazz and the Music of New Orleans.

– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube

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Michael Lazaroff: Taking live-streaming to a new level

Interview with Michael Lazaroff


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For more information

First show:  George Benson
Saturday, October 10, 9 PM eastern
FREE!

Sign up here:

SaturdaynightwithMarcusMiller.com

More info about the Jazz Cruise here:
ThejazzCruise.com

– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube

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