Gene Krupa was once asked about his thoughts on “modern music.” His reply was, “I certainly believe in progress and modernism, but I do think it has to be presented and played carefully and intelligently.” The same thing could be applied to technology, which is why JazzLegends.com has kept its Community Pages open for such […]
The legendary jazz songstress known as “pretty, perky Peggy King” had an impressive career before and after her mid-fifties tenure on George Gobel’s television program. Paying dues at the big band era’s end with the ensembles of Charlie Spivak and Ralph Flanagan, King learned her lessons well, parlaying her good looks, fine voice and flair […]
We are doing everything possible to delete these offensive spammers as quickly as possible. It is becoming a full time job, and it would be a terrible thing to close down the community pages, which have been so valuable to so many for so long.
1. The Community Pages are important to JazzLegends.com. We need your donations to continue it and to continue to welcome members like Evan Shulman, son of Eddie Shu. I am spending at least one hour per day, seven days per week, deleting the spammers that seem to find the site attractive, in order to make […]
Perhaps I should take it as a compliment that so many spammers want to sell their hair products, among other things, via the pages of JazzLegends.com. When I do my site devoted to men’s hair replacements, I’ll welcome them, but right now, if they–and they know who they are–continue, I can guarantee they will be […]
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You’ve all heard about the gift that “keeps on giving,” but perhaps you’ve never applied it to jazz. The fact is, America’s only original art form has been giving to the world for close to 100 years, and in our own small way, JazzLegends.com continues to make its contribution by discovering rare and vital audio […]
We all presumably agree that “Papa” Jo Jones was one of the most influential jazz drummers who ever lived. That’s likely only one reason why DVDs and CDs with Jo on them continue to be among our most popular titles. For those interested in Jo–as you should be–and don’t have the time to go through […]
Celebrity biographer Darwin Porter has written several celebrity biographies—including those on Humprhey Bogart, Steve McQueen, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman and now, Frank Sinatra, for a publishing house called Blood Moon Productions, Ltd. In all of his “works,” if you want to call them that, Porter sets out to prove that all of these dead stars […]
Check out our DVD section for two new “discoveries”: A Count Basie concert from 1965 with Rufus Jones on drums; and a compilation DVD featuring a vocalist that many maintain was the finest in history, Jo Stafford. These were television shots from around 1961 and feature Stafford with guests Rosemary Clooney, Mel Torme’ and Ella […]
BRUCE KLAUBER
is an editor, writer and multi-instrumentalist who has contributed to and edited dozens of area and national periodicals. His works have appeared in Jazziz, Jazz Times, Down Beat and others. As a professional jazz drummer the author has performed with Charlie Ventura, Milt Buckner, Bernard, Peiffer, Joanie Sommers, and led his own "Jazz for the People" Trios and Quartets in Philadelphia, Atlantic City and Las Vegas.
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