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Ernie Krivda Stokes the Flames with "Blues for Pekar"

Ernie Krivda Stokes the Flames with "Blues for Pekar"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards

Tenorist Ernie Krivda has unassumingly been at it for decades, building up a rather voluminous discography of hard swinging jazz with roots in the hard bop of the mid-late '50s through early sixties. Many of those disks are quite fine; many were made for the Cadence-CIMP label complex Bob Rusch heads. And herewith, a new offering [Blues for Pekar (Capri 74110-2)] (dedicated to jazz writer/critic Harvey Pekar) for his quartet-quintet (tenor, piano, bass, drums and an added trumpet/fluegel on four ...

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Writer W. Royal Stokes Returns to Washington for Jazz Forum at the University of the District of Columbia - Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Writer W. Royal Stokes Returns to Washington for Jazz Forum at the University of the District of Columbia - Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Source: Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives

The University of the District of Columbia welcomes jazz author, historian, radio personality, and critic W. Royal Stokes back to his home town for a special appearance on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 from 7-9 PM as part of the Jazz Forum series presented by UDC's Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives. The author of four books on jazz, Mr. Stokes is a D.C. native and a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School who relocated to West Virginia four years ago after ...

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W. Royal Stokes Donates Collection to the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives

W. Royal Stokes Donates Collection to the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives

Source: Michael Ricci

The Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives at the University of the District of Columbia has acquired a significant collection of recordings, books, and periodicals from jazz author, historian, radio personality, and critic W. Royal Stokes, a D.C. native and former writer for The Washington Post. “The University of the District of Columbia is a natural and most appropriate repository for my donation. After all, I am a D.C. native, graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, and, after living here and ...

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Frank A. Stokes Previews Walk with Me

Frank A. Stokes Previews Walk with Me

Source: All About Jazz

Track list and performance credits for the album Walk With Me. Selections from this album are online at The Awakening's official MySpace page.

1. Sacred Journey 2. Walk With Me 3. Breeze 4. Something About 5. You Are Not Alone 6. Just Blue 7. The Awakening 8. Broadway Groove 9. Road Song 10. Marie

All songs composed by bandleader & ...

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The Revision of Frank Sinatras Luck Be a Lady by Swingsation, BJ Stokes

The Revision of Frank Sinatras Luck Be a Lady by Swingsation, BJ Stokes

Source: All About Jazz

USCA International is proudly to release the revision of Frank Sinatras Luck Be A Lady out of the Swingsation Vault The song Luck Be A Lady indicates how good it feels to be lucky. The song tells a story about how lucky Frank Sinatra night is going because of one special dame. This significant classic was a must for the Swingsation BJ Stoke to a rebirth. “Luck Be a Lady" is a song written by Frank Loesser and performed by ...

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