(Paying subscribers, at the bottom you’ll find several bonuses: a recording by Smock, and several articles about her, one of which also includes 1952 news about Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday and Hazel Scott.)| lewisporter.substack.com
(For Paying Subscribers, in this essay I mention home recordings of Serge Chaloff and Gene Sedric.| lewisporter.substack.com
Norman Granz’s first Jazz at the Philharmonic (J.A.T.P.) concerts took place in 1944, and by the early 1950s, whenever he brought his famous stars to town, it was a big deal.| lewisporter.substack.com
On February 9, 1998, Elvin Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004), then 70 years old, was a guest artist at the Manhattan School of Music.| lewisporter.substack.com
On February 9, 1998, Elvin Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004), then 70 years old, was a guest artist at the Manhattan School of Music.| lewisporter.substack.com
