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Playlist:
1: Jakobsleiter…The Erwin Lehn Big Band, featuring Horst Jankowsky (piano) (1:08)
2: Too Marvelous For Words…From Artie Shaw’s final recording session (June 1954) (4:43)
3: Amapola…Jimmy Dorsey, with vocalists Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell (11:19)
4: Song of India…Tommy Dorsey in March 1952 (15:43)
5: Charleston…James P. Johnson (piano) (19:27)
6: Charleston Rag…Eubie Blake (piano) (20:58)
7: Honeysuckle Rose…Fats Waller (piano and vocal) (25:33)
8: Spinnin’ The Webb…Chick Webb and his Band (29:04)
9: Tuxedo Junction…Glenn Miller (32:04)
10: One Hour…Mound City Blue Blowers (1929) (37:10)
11: Frenesi…Jonny Cooper Big Band (41:08)
12: Pure Imagination…Jeff Weiner (vocal) (44:38)
13: Toyland Holiday…Japie Human (piano) (48:17)
14: At The Jazz Band Ball…The Riverboat Jazz Band (51:32)
New Orleans Chuck Perkins helped me host Grevel Lindop on this trip to New Orleans in 2008.
Grevel returned the favor by hosting him in Manchester and arranging him to be part of Manchester’s big poetry festival. This led to him performing at London’s prestigious South Bank Centre on the same bill as Amiri Baraka
One of our favorite New Orleans people. A deeply passionate person, he loves the city, the people and the music.
This was a “one off” jam in the parking lot of a school on Easter Sunday
“The Making of ‘Walking Through Heaven’s Gate'”
This film was made by Lily Keber and funded by FoodMusicJustice
New Orleans -2006
An important part of New Orleans history preserved by FoodMusicJustice.
When this was recorded, New Orleans was still in ruins. Most of its citizens separate from their homes. Basic services were scarce. Violence was rampant.
Glenn David was one of the first musicians back and the first musicians to start gigging.
So many moments of unexpected magic in New Orleans.
One night walking passed the Sound Cafe I came across this performance and who should be on piano but the legendary music master Eddie Bo. This was one of his last filmed performances.