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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 9h

That’s a great source of information 👍😎

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 9h

Hats a great compilation 👍😎

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On This Day In Jazz Age Music! @jazzagemusic.bsky.social · 17h

Birthday Spotlight: Speckled Red
(October 23, 1892 – January 2, 1973)
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#BluesSky
#MUSIC
#BoogieWoogie
#PianoSky
#SpeckledRedSky

Birthday Spotlight: Speckled Red

Before There Was RAP There Was "Speckled Red"

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Malt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 20h

"Sonny Criss was like the Shadow. He was a master saxophonist. He played very, very beautifully." - Ornette Coleman

Happy Birthday Sonny Criss
born 23 October 1927

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On This Day In Jazz Age Music! @jazzagemusic.bsky.social · 1d

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#MusicSky
#MusicianSky
#October23
#OTD ##BOTD
#JazzSky
#JazzAge
#Jazz
#Blues

OCTOBER 23RD

BIRTHDAYS

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Steve McPherson @steventurous.bsky.social · 1d

Also: Miles Davis. Story from a bass player subbing in his band.

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 1d

Starting the day with…

Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen - Colyer Plays Standards (2000 CD reissue of 1959 LP)

Not as ‘live’ as it pretends to be but absolutely fantastic stuff 👍😎

#NowPlaying #Jazz #UKjazz #TradJazz
JazzSky

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Account reposting Peter Parcek's tweets @peterparcekrepost.bsky.social · 2d

Happy B'Day Oct 21 to Doctor Ross blues great famed for "Cat's Squirrel" (1925-1993)
Chicago Breakdown & Come Back Baby youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Cat’s Squirrel youtube.com/watch?v=QX5G...
Boogie Disease youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#Blues #bluesmusic #harmonica #bluessinger

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Malt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 2d

"Heavenly music. That's what you get when you're dealing in the spirit. We're dealing in spirit now in jazz. Music, certainly, can transcend the soul to a higher level."

Happy Birthday Dizzy Gillespie
born October 21, 1917

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Malt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 2d

"My friend, all the good tenor saxophones are my students, all of them. I play the most modern of all, modern in the good sense, that is to say while keeping the concern for swing, dance, exchange with those who listen to me."

Happy Birthday Don Byas
born October 21, 1912

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On This Day In Jazz Age Music! @jazzagemusic.bsky.social · 3d

OCTOBER 20TH...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JELLY ROLL MORTON & ADELAIDE HALL!!

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#October20 #October20TH #JellyRollMorton #AdelaideHall #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #jugBand #EarlyRecordings #Music #OnThisDayInJazzAgeMusic

OCTOBER 20TH

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JELLY ROLL MORTON & ADELAIDE HALL!!

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely not a light read 😃

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Account reposting Peter Parcek's tweets @peterparcekrepost.bsky.social · 3d

Happy B'Day October 20 to Jelly Roll Morton jazz piano pioneer (1890-1941)
Jelly Roll Blues youtube.com/watch?v=H4o0...
King Porter Stomp youtube.com/watch?v=ca-b...
Wolverine Blues youtube.com/watch?v=s5XO...

#Jazz #jazzmusic #piano #jazzpiano

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Malt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 3d

"People haven't always known how to program me... 'No one knows where to put you.' I'd say, 'Why don't they just put me in a category called "Don't know where to put you?"' You can do anything you want to do if you want to do it."

Happy Birthday Eddie Harris
October 20, 1934

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Malt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Birthday William "Willie" Jones, Jr.
born October 20, 1929

I cannot find any decent photos, much less any in-depth information about this fantastic drummer, apart from a short, witty biography by Eugene Chadbourne.
However, he unquestionably left his mark on modern jazz.

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 3d

Read it!
I did, many years ago, not sure I could cope with it now though. Really enjoyed it at the time, I came away with a long list of other ‘difficult’ books I never read 😃

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 3d

It must have told his friends!

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On This Day In Jazz Age Music! @jazzagemusic.bsky.social · 4d

OCTOBER 19TH...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROGER WOLFE KAHN!
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#OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #OnThisDayInJazzAgeMusic #October19 #October19TH #KAHN

OCTOBER 19TH...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROGER WOLFE KAHN!

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 4d

😳

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 4d

Cheers 👍

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DD @gingergray.bsky.social · 4d

Remembering Jazz Icon Anita O’Day on her Birthday♥️. She gave one of the best filmed Jazz performances in the film JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY, capturing the 58’ Newport Jazz Festival. She sang SWEET GEORGIA BROWN and TEA FOR TWO. #TCMParty #JazzSky #MusicSky

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 5d

Cheers, it was fun figuring it out

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks 👍
Not unsurprisingly, he has very good taste

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 5d

Cheers, it was fun and well worth it as I have another great album 😃

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Stritch Manzello @stritchmanzello.bsky.social · 5d

That’s great! I’d love to see him, he often plays not far away, but it’s not possible with my illness.
Besides, he might want his CDs back 😃