The Jazz Voyager
On the way east to Music City USA to check out an authentic jazz experience standing out as a beacon in the city that boasts country music. Rudy’s Jazz Room embodies the history and spirit of traditional jazz clubs, where musicians played their hearts out while people gathered to listen, dance, eat, drink and socialize in a swingin’ atmosphere. The venue raises Nashville to the level of other great jazz cities like New York, New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City and many more.
Hitting the stage this evening is saxophonist Don Aliquo who Presents Bebop Live and explores the various elements, depths and history of bebop jazz. In the early 1940’s when the younger generation of jazz musicians expanded the creative possibilities of jazz and bebop music first hit the jazz scene it wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
Tickets: $14.00
Rudy’s Jazz Room is located at 809 Gleaves Street, Nashville, TN 37203. For more information contact the venue at rudysjazzroom.com.
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No More Brew ~ Brew Moore | By Eddie Carter
This morning’s album offered for your consideration is a live performance by Brew Moore. No More Brew (StoryvilleSLP-4019) was his final album, released eight years after his passing. Brew was born in Indianola, Mississippi and began playing the trombone at age twelve, later graduating to the clarinet and eventually the tenor saxophone. His professional journey took him from a Texas territorial band before attending college, to New Orleans, Memphis, and New York, to further his craft. He’s joined on stage by Lars Sjösten on piano, Sture Nordin on bass, and Fredrik Noren on drums. My copy is the 1981 U.S. Stereo release.
The set begins with Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke’s It Could Happen To You. Lars opens with a swinging introduction, setting up the quartet’s theme. Brew launches into a sizzling solo. Lars comes in energetically next. Sture illustrates he’s an effective soloist in a polished reading. Brew and Frednik exchange a brief dialogue, leading to the theme’s return and closure. Moore addresses the audience, then Sjösten’s introduction leads into the ensemble’s lively melody of Manny’s Tune by John Marabuto. Moore takes off first quickly. Sjösten responds with an impressive reading. Moore and Noren wrap things up with a concise conversation ahead of the closing chorus and abrupt finish.
Brew’s contribution to the set, No More Brew begins Side Two with the foursome’s joyful introduction and melody. Moore opens with energetically captivating phrases, then Lars’s vigorous reading flows through the rhythm section like ephemeral shadows. Brew and Fredrik fuel the finale with a concise comment preceding the theme’s return and a short announcement by Moore that concludes with Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk. The quartet begins with a soulful, blues-inspired melody that sets the stage for Moore to accelerate into an extended, captivating solo. Sjösten mines a rich vein of sentimentality next until the tempo slows again for the melody’s reprise and exit.
Rune Öfwerman produced the album, although it’s unknown who recorded it. However, the album’s sound quality is excellent, with a soundstage placing the listener in the club audience as the musicians are performing. Brew Moore, known for his irresistibly appealing tone that could either stir excitement or touch the heart, recorded twelve albums as a band leader and contributed to seven more as a sideman. Tragically, he passed away on August 19, 1973, at age forty-nine after a fatal fall down a flight of stairs. If you’re a fan of swing and bop and also enjoy the tenor sax, I highly recommend exploring No More Brew by Brew Moore on your next record store visit. This exceptional album showcases a talented young musician whose promising career was sadly cut short!
~ Blue Monk – Source: JazzStandards.com
~ It Could Happen To You – Source: Wikipedia.org
© 2025 by Edward Thomas Carter
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Theodore McCord was born May 17, 1907 in Birmingham, Alabama and was the twin brother of Castor McCord, also a reedist. While both brothers played tenor saxophone and clarinet, in addition Ted played alto saxophone.
As a student at Wilberforce University in the 1920s, he played in a student group led by Horace Henderson. He also played in Edgar Hayes’s group, the Blue Grass Buddies, and the McKinney’s Cotton Pickers and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band.
He can be heard playing on their sessions with Louis Armstrong. Other credits include recordings with King Carter and the singer Ollie Shepard.
Roping out of music in the Forties, saxophonist Ted McCord, who was principally active in the 1920s and 1930s, his date and place of his death is unknown.
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The Jazz Voyager
On the way east to Music City USA to check out an authentic jazz experience standing out as a beacon in the city that boasts country music. Rudy’s Jazz Room embodies the history and spirit of traditional jazz clubs, where musicians played their hearts out while people gathered to listen, dance, eat, drink and socialize in a swingin’ atmosphere. The venue raises Nashville to the level of other great jazz cities like New York, New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City and many more.
Hitting the stage this evening is saxophonist Don Aliquo who Presents Bebop Live and explores the various elements, depths and history of bebop jazz. In the early 1940’s when the younger generation of jazz musicians expanded the creative possibilities of jazz and bebop music first hit the jazz scene it wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
Tickets: $14.00
Rudy’s Jazz Room is located at 809 Gleaves Street, Nashville, TN 37203. For more information contact the venue at rudysjazzroom.com.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Giuseppe “Pippo” Barzizza was born on May 15,1902 in Genova, Italy. He was a child prodigy and at age six he entered the Camillo Sivori Institute to study violin, quickly passing the exam and taking his first award. He could hardly read words but he was already able to write a Mozart symphony without error.
After attending primary and secondary schools he went to Cristoforo Colombo High School, where he studied violin at the Conservatory. Listening to his father’s phonograph, Pippo developed a passion for classical and symphonic music. He became skilled in mathematics and decided to follow mathematical studies, graduating as an engineer.
Barzizza also studied harmony, counterpoint, composition, and instruments. He focused on the piano until 1933, followed by the violin, banjo and the trumpet section. During this period he was the lead violinist at Politeama and performed music for silent movies at the cinema near his home.
By seventeen he had stopped his violin studies for the pursuit of conducting and composition. For the next four years he performed on ships and for orchestras in Genova. However, it was in New York City he first heard jazz and swing music. Through the 1920s Pippo became a skilled arranger, joined an orchestra, served in the Italian Army and founded a military orchestra.
His first line up was playing violin for Blue Star Orchestra, then he conducted the Cetra Orchestra, recorded during the Thirties for Fonit, Columbia, La Voce del Padrone, Odeon, Brunswick and Fonotipia record labels. Post World War II he played on soundtracks and counducted the Modern Orchestra. Retiring from music in 1960 he taught music, established a recording studio in his home
At the age of 92, composer, arranger, conductor and music director Pippo Barzizza, who was active from 1924 to 1960 playing violin, piano, saxophone, banjo, and accordion, died on April 4,1994 in Sanremo, Italy.
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