National Saxophone Day (Pt. 2)!! Famous instruments…

Lester Young’s tenor sax

Don Byas’s famous snake octave key

Ben Webster’s horn

All photographs courtesy of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers.

Download Last Week’s Ellington Show Here:

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It’s All Ellington Again! (This Friday, 02/27/09)

Ellington

Given the popularity of last year’s It’s All Ellington Tonight!, I’ve decided to make it an annual tradition. Whereas last year’s broadcast focused on later period small group Ellington, this week we’re going straight big band with a thorough investigation of two box sets I recently acquired:

Ellington-Webster-Blanton

So join me at 6pm on WSVA Radio or check back here next week for a download of the program!

Ahmad Jamal Trio – Darn That Dream (1959)

Ahmad Jamal – piano
Israel Crosby – bass
Vernell Fournier – drums

Standing in the background around the piano: Hank Jones, Ben Webster, George Duvivier, Papa Jo Jones, Nat Hentoff, and Harold Ashby.

Last Night’s show now downloadable…

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZC17VCQE
Last night’s three tenors program: one of the best shows I have ever done.

Note: Bop and Beyond skips a week and will return on October 10th with a very special guest. Check back for the proper announcements.