Anat Cohen Plays a Game of Shuffle

October 21, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: anat cohen, blanton, blue serge, cohen alon, digital library, django reinhardt, djangology, dr lonnie smith, duke ellington, game, Interviews, Jazz Alive, joe zawinul, Listening Post, live at the village vanguard, meade lux lewis, quartet, radio josh, shuffle, unreleased music, wbgo, webster, whip

Photo by Osnat Rom

Question: What do the following songs have in common?

1. Anat Cohen/Alon Yavnai "Very Early" unreleased music
2. Dr. Lonnie Smith "The Whip"
3. Joe Zawinul "Mi Gente (My People)"
4. Meade Lux Lewis "Blues Whistle"
5. Duke Ellington's Blanton-Webster Band "Blue Serge"
6. A chorino
7. Django Reinhardt's "Djangology"

Answer: They are all part of Anat Cohen's digital library.
And our newest game of Shuffle. Listen to it here.
Wednesday at 9pm, WBGO and NPR present the Anat Cohen Quartet.
Join us for the next installment of Live at the Village Vanguard.
See you on the radio.
-Josh

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Dr. Billy Taylor's Online Video Archive

March 6, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: 1950s, billy taylor, broadcaster, cbs sunday morning, correspondent, duke ellington, gems, good doctor, half a century, Interviews, Jazz Education, jazz message, jazz musicians, kennedy center, Masters, npr programs, param name, platforms, radio program, seven years, Video, web presence, willie the lion smith, www youtube

Dr. Billy Taylor, at 86, is still a great broadcaster. The good doctor has been spreading the jazz message on multiple broadcast platforms for more than half a century. In the 1950s, he was one of the first jazz musicians to have a daily radio program. He also hosted a weekly television show, The Subject is Jazz. He was the jazz correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning. He hosted two NPR programs, Jazz Alive and Jazz at the Kennedy Center. He founded Jazzmobile. And he's had a web presence for the last seven years. Dr. Billy Taylor's website now includes many classic videos culled from an extraordinary life in jazz. Here's one of the many gems you'll discover - a performance with Billy Taylor, Duke Ellington and Willie "The Lion" Smith:

While you're here, dig this interview with Dr. Taylor and WBGO's Gary Walker.
-Josh

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Sam Woodyard - Stompin' the Yard

January 7, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: Birthdays, drummers, duke ellington, Jazz Alive, killer solo, Masters, sam woodyard, Video, www youtube

It's the birthday today of Sam Woodyard, one of the great drummers from Duke Ellington's Orchestra.

Check out a killer solo from Sam Woodyard with Ellington, 1961.

January seems to be a good month for drummers to join the world. This month alone, you'll find the birthdates of Kenny Clarke and Max Roach on the 9th and 10th (that's the bulk of bebop drums in two days). Then there's Grady Tate (1/14), Gene Krupa (1/15), and both Jeff "Tain" Watts and Jimmy Cobb on January 20th. - Josh

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