Television reality shows, specifically amateur talent competitions, focus on everything from singing and dancing to cooking and home remodeling. Think there will ever be a reality/competition program devoted to jazz? You never know, but the fact is, there actually was one, and it had all the qualities of today’s programming, excepting the fact that this […]
Woody Herman led a band for six decades, and in those six decades, granted complete musical freedom to only two sidemen: Drummers Dave Tough and Jake Hanna. Because of their taste, time, ability to swing, support and play for the band, the Old Woodchopper let them play any way they wanted. In the process, Tough […]
Evidently, the JazzLegends.com audience is valuable enough for a number of spammers to post their junk on the Community Pages. Rest assured that we’re doing everything possible to get rid of these rude clowns and to ensure that our pages will never be graced by them again. And believe me, my friends, if it takes […]
Those who remember the firery, hard-swinging, uncompromising, perfectionist known as “the world’s greatest drummer” may be in for a surprise after perusing the following. Before moving on, however, bear in mind that Buddy Rich was, for a good part of his career, as much a part of show business as he was a part of […]
Though the years, I’ve had the good fortune of being involved with several charitable causes, including the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis Foundation, Asbestos Victims of America, Mural Arts Program, Shriner’s Lulu Temple, Philadelphia Orchestra, Drexel University, Combs College of Music ,and Breast Health Foundation among them. All were and are good and very worthy causes […]
[Excerpted from the book, “My Life in Showbiz and All that Jazz,” by Bruce H. Klauber] The long-anticipated feature length film about The Three Stooges is now out on DVD. For those who haven’t seen it, or even for those that have, the Farrelly Brothers production is surprisingly good and often damn funny. Moe, Larry, […]
The 2012-2013 Jazz Bridge schedule of performances for this year and next promises to be among the most exciting in its history, featuring a stellar array of creative, innovative, incredibly talented—and yes, swinging—jazz artists from virtually every genre’. For further information on the performers, show times, ticket prices and other pertinent details, visit the Jazz […]
[Excerpted from the book, “My Life in Showbiz and All that Jazz” by Bruce H. Klauber] My earliest musical memory? Elvis Presley. I was four years old when I used to curl up for hours by a heating vent in our row home, playing “Hound Dog” over and over again on a record player that […]
This is not “Real Estate Corner” and I’m no real estate maven, but I don’t do badly in the common sense sweepstakes. And common sense tells me that if real estate experts want to build some kind of facility and attract big spenders, THEY SHOULDN’T BUILD IT IN A SLUM AREA. And if they do, […]
Check out our CD and DVD sections for new additons. On CD are the first recordings by the Goodman Trio and Quartet, and a two-CD set of JATP in Seattle, 1956, featuring the Krupa Quartet and a host of other jazz stars. We’re offering the two CDs for the price of one. On DVD are […]
BRUCE KLAUBER
is an editor, writer and multi-instrumentalist who has contributed to and edited dozens of area and national periodicals. His works have appeared in Jazziz, Jazz Times, Down Beat and others. As a professional jazz drummer the author has performed with Charlie Ventura, Milt Buckner, Bernard, Peiffer, Joanie Sommers, and led his own "Jazz for the People" Trios and Quartets in Philadelphia, Atlantic City and Las Vegas.
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