Ella Fitzgerald’s engagement at Zardi’s Jazzland carried over from 1956 into the first week of January 1957 closing on Sunday the 6th. Slim Gaillard and his combo were booked for two weeks beginning on the 7thduring midweek with the Dave Brubeck Quartet headlining weekend billing on January 11, 12, 13 and 18, 19, and 20. Dave […]
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Albert Marx: ARC & Musicraft
The music career of Albert Marx spanned six decades from the early 1930s well into the 1980s. Leonard Feather wrote a profile of Albert Marx that was published in the October 1982 issue of JazzTimes, “The Marxmanship of Albert.” Feather compared Marx with John Hammond and Norman Granz observing that he differs from the […]
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Zardi’s Jazzland kicked off 1956 with a double-bill – an Andre Previn combo plus Shorty Rogers and His Giants. Previn was recording for Decca Records at the time and his recent LP, let’s get away from it all!, Decca DL 3181, featured Al Hendrickson, Irv Cottler, and Red Mitchell. Shorty was recording for Atlantic Records […]
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Zardi’s 1954. 1954 provided a cornucopia of modern jazz for Los Angeles jazz fans. In addition to booming business at the city’s leading jazz clubs, jazz impresarios Gene Norman and brothers Norman and Irving Granz staged sell out concerts to meet the growing demand for modern jazz. Gene Norman continued to wear several musical […]
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