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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. […]

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 […]

John Etheridge’s Sweet Chorus – 20th Anniversary Tour

2019 marks the 20th anniversary of John Etheridge’s Sweet Chorus debut album. The band was formed by guitar legend John Etheridge as a personal tribute to Stephane Grappelli, arguably the greatest jazz violinist of the 20th Century. Etheridge accompanied Grappelli on numerous world tours between 1976 and ’81 and appeared on 4 discs, including two […]