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The Jazz Loft Project

ethan — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:51:26 +0000

The Jazz Loft was documented from 1957 to 1965 by the great photographer W. Eugene Smith. This documentation spanned 40,000 photographs and thousands of hours of audio tapes. Smith captured over 300 jazz artists like Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Bill Evans and Roy Haynes.

Through preservation of his documentation, we are able to hear and view the Jazz Loft through rose colored glasses. Here are some links to listen, watch, and read more about this great time in Jazz history.

The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 [Deckle Edge] (Hardcover)

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The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series – WNYC Public Radio
Listen to the full Jazz Loft Anthology that played on WNYC in November of 2009.

Listen to The Jazz Loft Anthology Hour 1

Listen to The Jazz Loft Anthology Hour 2

Listen to The Jazz Loft Anthology Hour 3

Listen to The Jazz Loft Anthology Hour 4

Bing Crosby Christmas

ethan — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:19:07 +0000

Listen to this classic Bing Crosby album on the Lala embedded audio player below.

Bing Crosby Christmas – Bing C…

Musician Feature: Charlie Poole

ethan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:08:44 +0000

With the new project by Loudon Wainwright III entitled High Wide & Handsome making its media rounds we wanted to highlight the artist Charlie Poole. He was the leader of the North Carolina Ramblers in the 1920’s and 1930’s. As Wikipedia states, he was a “fast living and hard drinking man”. When he was not drinking or playing his banjo he was a mill worker and semi-pro baseball player. After recording many hits for Columbia Records, Poole’s life ended early due to a 13-week drinking session. He was 39 years old.

Update: Found an WNYC Article and Broadcast on this topic from yesterday.