Claude "Fiddler" Williams Swingin' the Blues (Bullseye Blues & Jazz)

National Records

"...he was back in 1936 when he joined the Count Basie Band at the famed Reno Club in Kansas..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Lester Young The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions (Verve)

Box Sets

"...Lester "Prez" Young displayed during his 1936-40 stint with Count Basie, and none has exhibited the world-weariness that Young..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

The Composer's Roots

A look at the career of a premier jazz pianist, Dallas-born Cedar Walton

"...jazz giants such as Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie. Later, as a teenager, Walton took note of..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

A Very Select (and Edited) List of Bands Who Played Liberty Lunch

"...Wood, Mike Watt, Lotions, Beto, Extreme Heat, Uranium Savages, Counting Crows, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jesse Winchester, Los Lobos, Bela..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Digital Duke: Best of the Rest

"...Brown and Beige with Mahalia Jackson, Duke Ellington Meets Count Basie, the Shakespearian suite Such Sweet Thunder, and the..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature

Stompy Jones

"...to the lifelong jazzer, a retired writer/publicist, who once counted Ellington among his clients, and who was now in..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Put Your Weight on It

"...term ("Why don't they call mob films 'Italian-exploitation'?" he counters), he's appreciative of the genre's revival...."

April 30, 1999 Screens Feature by Mike Emery

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...the craft is more important than the cash, and counts highly praised albums such as Whisper and Persimmons to..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Texas Platters

Surfin' Senorita

"...playing a mix of jazz, rag, vaudeville, blues, and country -- are back with their third release, Hot Lunch..."

March 5, 1999 Music Review

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Count Basie's real first name was William...."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

A World in Which All Worlds Fit

"...in Nashville, and looked the part of a humble country singer: short hair, clean-shaven, a modest turtleneck and Western..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Overstanding

Big Game Hunter

"...improvisational numbers that proudly displayed their influences: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Doc Cheatham, and the..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Roadkill

Sebastian Campesi Victory Grill Sunday, June 8

"...later playing with everyone from Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, and Tony Bennet..."

June 6, 1997 Music Feature

End of the Line

The Passing of Grey Ghost

"...gnarled, nimble fingers that raced, danced, and jumped across countless battered upright barroom pianos are still. The cracked, soulful..."

July 26, 1996 Music Feature

Keepsakes

"...than four decades, Arnold has captured the lives of countless people in innumerable situations, and while her images bear..."

July 5, 1996 Arts Feature

Distributor Capped!

"...$3,000 in cash that was destined for their bank account when Marrs' house burned last weekend. Marrs also lost..."

June 14, 1996 Music Column

Black and Tan Fantasy

Duke Ellington in the Classroom

"...and they used to have Duke Ellington's band and Count Basie's band, and I told him I used to..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature

Black and Tan Fantasy

Duke Ellington in the Classroom

"...and they used to have Duke Ellington's band and Count Basie's band, and I told him I used to..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature

Record Reviews: Reissues

"...brothers that includes guests like Ella Fitzgerald, Al Jolson, Count Basie, and Louis Armstrong; the best songwriters like Hoagy..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Review

Jazz Sides

"...acoustic bassist Ray Brown, the swing set behind Ella, Basie, and Bird), or "Serenade," where Nelson's marimba-ing sends you..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature

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