July, 2020 | Lejazzetal

Review of The Blue Book of Storyville by Max Easterman in Vintage Jazz Mart

http://www.vjm.biz/reviews.html VINTAGE JAZZ MART 01.07.2020 The Blue Book of Storyville by Don Vappie and Jazz Creole I first encountered Don Vappie at the 2016 French Quarter Jazz Festival in New Orleans, in the plush surroundings of the Hotel Royal. He was playing modern jazz guitar duets with Steve Masakowski, and very fine they were too. […]

Review of Andrew Oliver’s ‘No Local stops’. By CLIVE DAVIS of The Times

If you loved the American pianist’s heroic YouTube journey — alongside clarinettist Dave Horniblow — through the Jelly Roll Morton songbook, you’ll be pleased to hear that The Pearls and Mamanita are part of this cultured solo set. James P Johnson’s Carolina Shout turns up as well, but Oliver — part of the spirited band […]

CD Review ‘Live in Foix’. Los Angeles Jazz Scene by Scott Yanow

Tcha Limberger and Mozes Rosenberg - Live in Foix

CD Reviews Tcha Limberger, who is blind, started out as a guitarist, added the clarinet, and did not take up the violin until he was already 17. Within a few years he was a masterful violinist and on his way to becoming one of the leaders in the Gypsy Swing movement. His trio with rhythm […]

CD Review Blue Book of Storyville. The Syncopated Times by Joe Bebco

https://syncopatedtimes.com/the-blue-book-of-storyville-by-don-vappie-and-jazz-creole/?utm_source=The+Syncopated+Times&utm_campaign=0f29ccb585-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_01_03_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1d5b1765d2-0f29ccb585-355729890&fbclid=IwAR3nM1k1H9hAouBNLak2CMBHfVOaUXnYiubo3YSVOVoSV9YkceU3GNwW-7c Don Vappie, who is interviewed in this issue, has had a long career for a man of 64. He drifted into traditional jazz from other styles of New Orleans music and by the ’80s was recording as a leader and playing in Europe with Dr. Michael White. In the spring of 2005 he made […]