Just wanted to share this documentary the focuses on 4 classic jazz albums that all came out in 1959: Kind of Blue by Miles Davis Time...

I just saw this brief documentary posted by a dance friend on Facebook (thanks to Dom Eagleton for the find!) and it was super...

Another episode of Jazz Casual, this time with the great master of swing, Count Basie! Highlights include: 8:14 Basie killing it on...

Just wanted to share this great piece about probably my favorite jazz musician of all time, the great Lester Young:...

In 1941 Duke Ellington created an all black musical called "Jump For Joy". It was truly progressive for it's day. He called it the first...

Supported by the great Ben Webster and the Vince Guaraldi Trio, Jimmy Witherspoon performs here on a great old show called Jazz Casual....

Regardless of what you are doing on Valentine's Day, this album has enough love to get you by, be it together with someone else or all...

Here's another gem on the Jazz with Jarvis YouTube channel. It's a live TV show with some really great players from the swing era. The...

If you haven't partaken of some Errol Garner then you are welcome! If you have, you know what a pleasure it is to listen to this jazz...

Jimmy Rushing, famously of the Count Basie Orchestra, is one of my very favorite singers. This is a great 1/2 hour if you have it to...

Ramona mentioned this clip during her session with us so I wanted to post it (go to 53:26). Frankie Manning often spoke of how close he...

In honor of our Masters Challenge this month to the great song "Moppin' & Boppin'" by Fats Waller, I just wanted to share this...

This excerpt is from Louis Armstrong's first autobiography, published in the 1930's. The introduction was written by Rudy Vallée, who was...

You know he meant it because Benny was his boss for a time. From the Afro-American National Edition March 4th 1939

These quotes from Thelonious Monk were jotted down by saxophonist Steve Lacy from his time playing with Monk in 1960. I find them to be...

Illinois Jacquet: King of the Screeching Tenor Flying Home was one of the songs that I loved starting out that I am not embarrassed to...

Have you heard of this? Years ago I was lamenting to my guitar player Jake that I wished there was a place I could look up who a musician...

"We need to bring swing back, not out of dumb, misguided nostalgia but because swing is a modern rhythm, much more suited to the...