After an hour and four more martinis, you take a cab down to the jazz strip, where you catch John Coltrane jamming with Max Roach and Maynard Ferguson, who dropped by to riff a few solos.
After an hour and four more martinis, you take a cab down to the jazz strip, where you catch John Coltrane jamming with Max Roach and Maynard Ferguson, who dropped by to riff a few solos.
Beautiful cinematography, great story, fantastic acting and direction, incredible music; From the moody jazz clubs to the brightly-costumed dance numbers, everything about this movie screams the things we love. Fred and Ginger would have been right at home making this picture.
Remembering Buddy Greco…Buddy was also and accomplished jazz/lounge pianist, who would have been as at home in smokey bar as a concert hall.
…many people don’t realize that Bowie’s career began way back in 1962, when he played sax in a band he formed …
“Let’s take it from Bar 46, just the saxes. 1, 2, 1-2-3-4…” Swing back to a rehearsal hall in New York City, 1943. Those words, […] Read More