Universal Music, Jazz France One of the most highly praised reissue series in jazz, Jazz In Paris, was heralded by collectors around the world when it was released over twenty-five years ago. Volkher Hofmann chronicled his passion for the series on his web site, living with music.com. Alas, the site no longer exists. His introduction […]
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Stars of Jazz/A New View 4
Don Jim was present at over three dozen broadcasts of Stars of Jazz. His 35mm color slides captured rare photos of the songbirds who appeared on the series.
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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 1955 Sam Donato and Ben Arkin had been tinkering with the décor of Zardi’s ever since they acquired the club in 1953. The woven raffia ceiling that was framed in bamboo remained but the backdrop below the ceiling behind the musician bandstand changed several times. The strip below the bamboo termination of ceiling […]
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The Tiffany Club opened the last half of 1953 with The Ink Spots plus comedian “Slappy” White.
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The Nat “King” Cole Trio opened at Tiffany Club on July 3, 1952. This was Cole’s fifth appearance at the remodeled Tiffany Club. Previous dates included December 1950; July, August and December of 1951. King Cole Trio Isn’t Dead, Beams Feather! Los Angeles—The King Cole trio, no matter what the publicity stories and the […]
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Chuck Landis budgeted over one hundred thousand dollars for talent in his Tiffany Club in 1952.
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