Friday, July 31, 2015

And the Hits just keep on coming!

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As Guaraldi fans know, this is a big year for Dr. Funk — being the 50th anniversary of both his Grace Cathedral Jazz Mass, and the televisi...
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Monday, July 27, 2015

Mass appeal: Chapter 3

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The rehearsal began promptly at 10:45 a.m.; choir director John McDaniel runs a very tight ship. I spent an engaging 90 minutes Sunday ...
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Monday, June 29, 2015

Homage to Vince

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A new Guaraldi-hued album becomes available today, and you’ll definitely want it in your library. Full disclosure demands tha...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Fantasy (almost?) on the block ... the first time

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Google Books’ massive wealth of material includes the complete archives of Billboard magazine, free for anybody to peruse. It’s easy to sp...
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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Mass appeal: Chapter 2

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Continuing our updates regarding the approaching 50th anniversary Guaraldi Jazz Mass celebrations... As mentioned in an earlier post ...
Monday, June 1, 2015

A rather confused 'Boy'

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Silly me: Until a few hours ago, I thought Fantasy's Max Weiss was solely responsible for the error-prone liner notes on Guaraldi's ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Golden memories of Grace

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50 years ago today, Vince Guaraldi and his trio — bassist Tom Beeson, and drummer Lee Charlton — made history when they debuted America'...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Lighthouse memories

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Jazz historian Steven A. Cerra began a correspondence with me last summer, while conducting background research for what eventually emerg...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

Stanford unlocks its vaults

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If the relevant Facebook post can be taken as gospel, as of last September 2, Stanford University made the entire contents of its campus new...