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Watch How Vinyl Records are Made With Duke Ellington and His Jazz Band

Have you ever wondered how vinyl records were recorded on, pressed and made? Now, have you ever wondered that same process but with Duke Ellington as your maestro? In a video from June 1937, entitled 'Record Making with Duke Ellington,' we see the jazz bandleader bring the jazz sound to a standard LP, which is shown being pressed, buffed and put on the line.
By Ian Holubiak

  • Jazz Pianist David Paquette Finds $300,000 Steinway Piano in Wairoa, New Zealand

    What do you do when you find a $300,000 Steinway piano from 1893 in a community hall cupboard? You play it, of course! That's what happened Saturday, Jan 23rd at the Gaiety Theater in Wairoa, New Zealand, after American-born jazz pianist David Paquette was asked to arrange a concert in the small New Zealand town, but needed a piano for the event. Told by the town council that there was an old piano hidden away in the community hall, Paquette did not expect to find a barely-used 8 ft. grand intended for concert hall use.
    By Steve Nagel

  • Louis Armstrong Museum Opens New Hot Five Exhibit For Black History Month Jazz Celebration

    In celebration of Black History Month, the Louis Armstrong House Museum are honoring Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five with an all new exhibit: Hotter Than That –- 90 Years of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five. The Hot Five has been lauded as the most influential band in jazz history and their recordings stayed a favorite with Armstrong throughout his storied career.
    By James Knight