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JEFF HAMILTON TRIO On Thursday the 16th of October 2008 the Jeff Hamilton Trio performed at the Porgy en Bess Jazz Club in Terneuzen in the southwest part of The Netherlands, before an enthusiastic audience. The trio featured Jeff Hamilton on drums, Tamir Hendelman at the piano and Christoph Luty on bass. Jeff Hamilton showed us, that nothing is left of the ingrained prejudice that a drum set always sounds very loud. With the brushes ( or sometimes even with his bare hands in a nameless tune, titled in Ternoezen as Arlen Goes To Brasil) and a fabulous technique, he can create a clear and transparent rhythmical base. Jeff Hamilton Trio Keep swinging Durium

FRANK ROSOLINO I really enjoyed his free-ranging lines and humour in the music. I liked Thou Swell and How Long which has a great improvisation between Frank Rosolino on the trombone and Richie Kamuca on tenor sax. In the Free For All session of December 1958 Frank Rosolino has some great names in his quintet, like Harold Land on tenor saxophone, Victor Feldman at the piano, Leroy Vinnegar on bass and Stan Levey on drums. Frank Rosolino: Let's Make It Keep swinging Durium

I poste some contribution of some last active survivors of the 1930s. Some passed away recently, like Franz Jackson and Al Gallodoro. Al Gallodoro Franz Jackson - part 1 | part 2 Bill Tapia - part 1 | Bill Tapia - part 2 Svend Asmussen - part 1 | Svend Asmussen - part 2 Leo Slab and what about ................... Eubie Blake-1 | Eubie Blake-2 | Eubie Blake-3 Keep swinging Durium

I poste some contribution of some last active survivors of the 1930s. Some passed away recently, like Franz Jackson and Al Gallodoro. Franz Jackson - part 1 | part 2 Bill Tapia - part 1 | Bill Tapia - part 2 Svend Asmussen - part 1 | Svend Asmussen - part 2 Leo Slab and what about ................... Eubie Blake-1 | Eubie Blake-2 | Eubie Blake-3 Keep swinging Durium

AL GALLODORO Al Gallodoro, aged 95, passed away last weekend. Al Gallodoro (1913-2008) Keep swinging Durium

MARIANO DI NUNZIA This record, although dedicated to the music of Kurt Weill, has become a real jazz album with some great ballads. Je ne t'aime pas is such a ballad on flugelhorn and the final tune, Speak Low, a known jazz piece, which concludes this fine disc. The Mariano di Nunzia Trio has transformed the 17th century harmonies and rhythms ( like the polka) into swing and funky jazz rhythms and it became a great document in modern jazz. Enjoy tunes like Via Pacinotti nº 25. Mariano di Nunzio: trumpet player Keep swinging Durium

RIK MOL Rik Mol, our booming Dutch jazz trumpet player, who was born and raised in our own region of Zeeland, in the southwest part of The Netherlands, has made his first record under own name, titled What's On Tonight. It is a great album on which Rik Mol shows that he is a many-sided trumpet player. This kind of jazz will be liked by the younger generation and gives the band the potential to reach new groups of admirers. Rik Mol: What's On Tonight Keep swinging Durium

JAZZ FROM CARNEGIE HALL Late September 1958, now 50 years ago, an all-star band travelled along European venues to give concerts - most of the times two concerts were played nightly. This all-star band featured Lee Konitz on the alto saxophone, Zoot Sims on the tenor, Jay Jay Johnson and Kai Winding on trombones, Phineas Newborn and Red Garland at the piano, Oscar Pettiford on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums. They toured along England, Scandinavia, France, Germany and The Netherlands. 1958:Jazz From Carnegie Hall concerts Keep swinging Durium

JACOB FISCHER TRIO (with SVEND ASMUSSEN) Today, on Thursday the 25th of September 2008, the Jacob Fischer Trio with special guest, the eminent grise of the jazz violin, vocalist and entertainer Svend Asmussen will give a concert, due to the release of the new Jacob Fischer album. The release concert in Copenhagen is for an invited audience only. The Jacob Fischer Trio contains Jacob Fischer on the guitar, Hugo Rasmussen at the bass and Janus Templeton on drums. Jacob Fischer Trio with Svend Asmussen Keep swinging Durium

TIVOLIS BIG BAND Three years ago, September 2005, the Tivoli Big Band recorded an album titled Tivolis Big Band Live.(SU 9069). This orchestra is the big band, that can be found at the famous Tivoli Garden in the center of Copenhagen. Tivolis Big Band: Live Keep swinging Durium

DON ELLIS The final part of the DON ELLIS triptych. Don Ellis: His Final Years Keep swinging Durium

DON ELLIS Back to the business ................ Part two: Don Ellis: His Own Sound Keep swinging Durium

So I did: Don Ellis - Ken Orton: "In Search of Don Ellis, Forgotten Genius” Hope this is more specific !! Durium

I guess I better delete this subject about Don Ellis. It brings too much discussion and emotion it seems ! Isn't it? Durium

No it isn't .................... this is part one of Ken Orton, talking about his book, still unpublished. Part 2 and 3 will be published later ........... Keep swinging Durium

DON ELLIS Ken Orton loves to publish his Don Ellis biography: “In Search of Don Ellis, Forgotten Genius” – written in American English - completed and copyrighted in October 2007. There are well over 800 pages of text and over 200 pages contained in the “Picture Galleries”, that include many rare, unpublished shots. Although he has tried over the past months to find a publisher or means of publishing, he was unsuccessfully. That’s why he loves to share exclusively this extensive article with the readers of the Keep Swinging blogin: Don Ellis: May Time Restore? Keep swinging Durium

JORGELINA ALEMAN Jorgelina Aleman is the granddaughter of the great guitar player Oscar Aleman . She follows in his footsteps. El Jazz en las venas Keep swinging Durium

We are the only lucky ones with that knowledge !! Nedly Elstak: trumpeter Keep swinging Durium

NEDLY ELSTAK Nedly Elstak is one of those musicians, active in the Dutch jazz scene in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, who is now almost forgotten. Almost .........., but thanks to a great compilation record, released by the Dutch Jazz Archive (NJA 0102) some years ago, his musical heritage is available for everybody who is anxious to learn how he sounded. Nedly Elstak: trumpeter Keep swinging Durium

ARNE DOMNÉRUS The creator of Jazz At The Pawnshop has passed away. Arne Domnérus (1924-2008) Keep swinging Durium

SONNY ROLLINS Today, the 7th of September, Sonny Rollins, hopes to celebrate his 78th birthday. He was born in New York City on the 7th of September 1930. He is still an active man and most of you will remember the "hype" around the concert November last year in Carnegie Hall, New York City to memorate that it was 50 years ago that he first played in that famous venue. Happy Birthday Sonny Keep swinging Durium

Thanks Steve ............... I'll keep my eyes and ears open .................... Smokey Wood: The Houston Hipster Keep swinging Durium

It's never too late .... You're never too old to learn new things ............... Smokey Wood: The Houston Hipster Keep swinging Durium

SMOKEY WOOD John Bryce Wood got the nickname Smokey because he always smoked weed and that kind of stuff. He even would pop it right there on the stand - it didn't made no difference where they were. He lit 'em on both ends and smoked 'em in the middle. They bought that stuff by the pound, two pounds, whatever. Even grew some for awhile there, between the signboards right off Main Street in Houston, Texas. Had about twenty, thirty stalks growing. Smokey Wood: The Houston Hipster Keep swinging Durium

AUREX JAZZ ALL STARS A great line-up... Aurex Jazz All Stars (1982) Keep swinging Durium