Short-stories

Sartre and Jazz

In 1938, Jean-Paul Sartre published La Nausée (Nausea). Asoft melody provides the tempo for the final pages of thebook, when the main character, An...

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Jump, Jive and Wail

Jump, Jive and WailNever heard of Sam Butera? And yet this goofy tenorsax player – who on stage acted as the counterpoint to LouisPrima’s jokes – i...

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Kind of Blue

In a world where extraordinary people abound, certainmusical and personal events have burned incandescent trailsthat will never be extinguished.Inc...

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Love For Sale

Love For SaleJazz and sex have always gone well together,occasionally joining hands with large quantities of alcohol ordrugs to form love triangles...

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A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember It is a beautiful September evening in Tennessee. Ithas been a warm day and the evening is shaping up to bered hot … Ray Charle...

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Jousts & Battles

On Sundays in New Orleans, families and friendscome together for picnics on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.They eat, drink and make merry, of cour...

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Bonjour Tristesse

Françoise Sagan’s first novel was Bonjour Tristesse,so named in homage to Billie Holiday and to one of her mostfamous songs, “Good Morning Heartach...

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Jamming

JammingThe be all and end all of jazz since … forever? Jammingfrees Jazz from its constraints, from its rules andconventions. Pianos are a focal po...

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There is a House in New Orleans

There is a House in New OrleansWhorehouses: an integral part of NOLA’s history.New Orleans is split in two. North of Canal Street iswhite territory...

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The Race Records

The Race RecordsDuring the Roaring Twenties, recordings of Rhythm & Bluesmusic played by musicians from the south and the mid-westbecame in...

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Just a … Tango!

Just a … Tango!A theme, a rhythm, a shuffle beat known throughoutthe world. Just a Gigolo is one of the greatest hits of the1950s, forever linked t...

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