Art Tatum

Dodo Marmarosa

November 24, 2020 by James Harrod 8 Comments

Bob Dietsche visited Dodo Marmarosa at his home outside Pittsburgh in 1990.

Tiffany Club – 1950/1951

April 25, 2020 by James Harrod 3 Comments

The Tiffany Club began to present top drawer jazz artists in the early 1950s like Art Tatum, Dave Brubeck, George Shearing, and Nat King Cole.

JAZZ CITY PART SIX JANUARY – JUNE 1956

December 29, 2015 by James Harrod Leave a Comment

The December 28, 1955, issue of Down Beat magazine ran a short column announcing a series of West Coast bookings for Miles Davis’s current combo with Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Red Garland, and John Coltrane. The new quintet had a recent release on the Prestige label, MILES, that featured the new quintet. Miles Davis’s new quintet opened at Jazz City on Friday, January 6, 1956. The quintet’s engagement ran through Thursday, January 19, 1956. Prior to heading north to San Francisco for their booking at the Black Hawk, Paul Chambers joined a combo led by Kenny Drew for Jane Fielding’s second album for Herb Kimmel’s Jazz:West label.