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Text and photographs by
Tony Gieske
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Tony
Gieske has been reviewing jazz and occasionally playing it on
his cornet since the 1950s, when he wrote the jazz column for
the Washington Post. Now he works for the Hollywood Reporter,
where his reviews and photographs, such as these, appear
regularly.The photographs are available as prints or as scans by
sending an e-mail to grnskl@earthlink.net. More jazz stuff can
be seen by clicking on the links beneath.
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Jumpin' in the
Boneyard: The prelude
The night they
remembered Woody
Woody remembers
Woody
Woodchoppin'
for the old Woodchopper
The blue flame
goes out
Riding with the boys on the Count Basie bus
A
mockingbird sang on Citrus Place: Annie Ross
Melissa Manchester's voice does everything she asks
Earthy delights
with the Bricktop of the blues
Uan Rasey:
Play it reverently
Young Jazz
Giants: Newsy and juicy
A taste
of the new Brownie, Maurice Brown
Hank Jones:
Not a minute to waste
Horace
Silver becomes more spiritual
Take your
time, Sister D
Gerald Wilson
reveals the secret of bebop
Teddy Edwards:
'You ain't done nothing but play great.'
No sun, no day:
Sun Ra
Tiny Grimes:
'I never could afford the other two strings'
'Ain't
that a bitch!' said Jay McShann
Woof of
melancholy, warp of jazz
'Pop,
can you play this thing?' Stacy asks Jimmy Rowles
Hamp's
last stand
Hamp's last
stand: The outtakes
Final
flight
'I never wanted a band,' said Marshal Royal
Twinkly but unblinking: Lorraine Feather
Pronounced
john-gear-off
Miss
Peggy Lee, 1920-2002
The real
Count
'A little trumpet player from down in Dayton named
Snooky'
Sweets Edison: Death of a Mainstay
Hubbard in the hood
With
abandon but chops: DDB
Dwight Trible, kick-ass holy man
'I'm
Roy Haynes, Dammit!'
High
kicks and belly blows: James Carter
The accursed
Coltrane
Jazz
Fusion Is Not Dead: Billy Cobham
Brookmeyer: Soft spoken but hard core.
Snakes in the Clover: Steve Lacy
Sam
Rivers: Like Bartok rocking out
Les Paul,
Solid Body
Billy Higgins: We're really blessed
A
night full of deep things: Charles Lloyd
Death
of the horse whisperer
Talking about Chet Baker
A visit
from the Poinciana Kid
Adieu
to Art, a Euro-gentleman of jazz
Blues
for Bags, 1923-99
A night with the Florence nightingales
An ancient afternoon with Dizzy
Bill Berry's Own Private Ellington
A
Bowl full of bebop
A blessing blows into town
Blowing with Buckaroo Banzai
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