Jazzipedia's Stories and Anecdotes

These are some of the experiences of Jazzipedia's own Mike Ducey, but Jazzipedia itself wants other cool experiences, funny incidents and anecdotes - so, share the experience.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

The American Guitar Museum

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The reason for early jazz bands using banjos and never guitars was simply because guitars were not loud enough. But by utilizing brand new r...

Saturday, June 14, 2008

The Hot Guitar - By Jack Wilkins

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By 1982 I’d been playing my Gibson guitar for over 20 years. I love this guitar! I know her and she knows me. It’s a relationship based on t...

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

The "Windows" Recording - By Jack Wilkins

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For this discussion I’d like to take you back in time to 1972! (A long time ago). It was my first recording under my own name for the Mainst...

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Lotte Jacobi in and out of the Jazz Age

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Years ago, I went door to door speaking to people about the Bible. It was something I grew up doing. It was on one of these times going door...

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Wayne Wright Shared The Whole Notes

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On Friday (May 9 th, 2008) the world lost a great musician and a wonderful human being named Wayne Wright. Everyone that came to know W...

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Scott Samuels - The Joe Pass of Pop

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Scott was extremely flattered when I told him that he was to pop what Joe Pass was to jazz. But those of us that would rush down to the p...

Let Me Connect You With Ella's Room

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In 1991 Ella Fitzgerald was performing her last concert at Carnegie Hall and I always would get to see her when Joe Pass played for her, s...

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