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The Blue Book of Storyville by Max Easterman in Vintage Jazz Mart
The Blue Book of Storyville by Don Vappie http://www.vjm.biz/reviews.html Listen and buy The Blue Book of Storyville HEREe/ 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 […]
Continue readingCD Review Blue Book of Storyville. The Syncopated Times by Joe Bebco
The Blue Book of Storyville by Don Vappie Listen and buy The Blue Book of Storyville HEREe/ 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 […]
Continue readingDave Gelly CD Review Blue Book of Storyville. The Observer/The Guardian
Dave Gelly Review https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/17/don-vappie-jazz-creole-the-blue-book-of-storyville-review-delicate-rhythm-and-banjo Check out the album and more HERE An easy-going singer, virtuoso of the banjo and larger-than life character, Don Vappie is as New Orleans as they come. His mixed-race Creole ancestors were living in the city before Napoleon sold it to the US in 1803. A century later, Creoles, still speaking […]
Continue readingCD Review in Gazette Bleu for Blue Book of Storyville.
Gazette Bleu review https://lagazettebleuedactionjazz.fr/don-vappie-jazz-creole/ Check out the album HERE N’oublie jamais ceci : jouer du jazz, c’est comme raconter une histoire » : Est-ce que que Don Vappie avait un livre de Maxence Fermine dans ses bagages pendant l’enregistrement de ce nouveau disque ? Peut-être, ce qui est sûr, c’est que le musicien originaire de […]
Continue readingCD REVIEW. The Blue Book of Storyville in Bebop spoken here
Bebop spoken here review of The Blue Book of Storyville https://lance-bebopspokenhere.blogspot.com/2020/01/cd-review-don-vappie-jazz-creole-blue.html Check out the album HERE Don Vappie (banjo, vocals); David Horniblow (clarinet); Dave Kelbie (guitar); Sébastien Girardot (double bass) Don Vappie has amassed an impressive back catalogue of recordings as a bandleader and sideman. The Blue Book of Storyville on Dave Kelbie’s Lejazzetal Records […]
Continue readingDon Vappie & Jazz Creole
Don Vappie & Jazz Creole AWARD WINNING Jazz Creole leader Banjoist guitarist vocalist, considered one of the best banjoists in the history of New Orleans and credited with preserving Creole culture. JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2020 – THE TIMES UKBEST OF THE BEAT NOMINATION 2020 – OFFBEAT USAJAZZ IN MARCIAC 2022STEVE MARTIN BANJO […]
Continue readingCURRENT HOMEPAGE OF LEJAZZETAL RECORDS
Lejazzetal Great music from all over the place! LEJAZZETAL & LEJAZZETAL RECORDS THE STORY SO FAR Founded by musician, producer, and rhythm guitarist Dave Kelbie, Lejazzetal has been a driving force in bringing world-class, genre-defying music to audiences for nearly three decades. With a deep love for jazz, folk, and traditional music from across Europe […]
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