Blog of the month week – Greg Hester Jazz
I know, I know, I have been remiss in bringing you all that’s best in movies, music, dance and theatre. I, in a word, suck, but this blog is enough to bring me out of hiding.
The blog of the week this week is, Greg Hester Jazz. The blog is frequently updated and offers a great resource for the casual jazz fan looking for music opinions, links and photos.
Big swing bands have come and gone – some good, some even great – but since the early forties, the one quality for which all big bands have striven (strived?) – though only few attained – was the big, rich, fat sound of the great Count Basie bands; bands that were always – always – anchored by a strong, outstanding drummer, and bands without which, who knows to what level of mediocrity they might have slipped. The Basie band that gave us this album is no exception.
Damn straight, Greg.
What do you think, Fabulous Reader?
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