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JazzLegends.com will be offering the hard-to-find, justifiably award-winning documentary, "The Miles Davis Story," for a brief time. Though not a performance film, per se, this project has plenty of rare film footage, interviews with the likes of Clark Terry and Shirley Horn and other features. Though it is not yet posted, you can order now just by ordering any other item in our catalog, and in the messages section, typing in "Miles." Get this while you can!… Continue

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King Porter Stomp (with drum solo) - Martin Litton - John Petters - James Evans

www.traditional-jazz.comKing Porter Stomp (with drum solo) - Martin Litton - John Petters - James Evans Filmed at the White Swan Hotel, Alnwick, Northumberl...

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jerry brennan replied to Metropole's discussion 'Salaries'

Hi I thought i would send a quick reply, Gene made an appearance at the Paramount with his own band on May 15th 1940, and broke all opening records with 12,800 people attending before noon and grossed $59,000 the first week,$47,000 the second and ...

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Salaries

Greetings to all, I trust this post will not be unethical. I recently had a discussion with several musicians regarding the average salaries that established bands of the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's earned. Of course both Gene and Buddy's nam...

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John Petters replied to John Petters's discussion 'BBC Radio 2 Benny Goodman Docu - Krupa Query'

Hi Jerry, Many thanks for the reply. My ears tell me it is not Gene. The fills and the overall feel is not his. I've got most of his early recordings and as you rightly say there is some very interesting drumming. Interesting that he had an early ...

October 26

jerry brennan replied to John Petters's discussion 'BBC Radio 2 Benny Goodman Docu - Krupa Query'

This is very easy to answer! Gene is not the drummer on this recording,and it is Ben Pollack. The best discography in my opinion is probably the one that Russ Connor produced, and is a must for Gene fans. Gene's first association with BG recording...

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