Saturday, December 24, 2016

Happy Hipster Holidays

A Hi-De-Ho Happy Holidays greeting from Mr. Calloway from a full-page ad in the December 15, 1942 edition of Down Beat magazine (then a quarter-fold tabloid). 

Best wishes to all of Gems' web friends for a swinging holiday season and a syncopated New Year. Let's hope 2017 will be an improvement over 2016. But whatever the future holds, you can depend on Gems of Jazz to post more obscure treasures, curious rarities and other jazzy oddities over the next twelve months. Here's a favorite of mine from Babs Gonzales that, if you've never heard it before, I think you'll dig. Best wishes to all!


8 comments:

  1. bichoDecember 25, 2016 at 9:43 AM

    merry x-mas and a happy new year 2017 and thanks for all the great, rare Music here in your fine blog!
    Keep boppin´
    marcel

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    1. David DannDecember 28, 2016 at 6:22 AM

      Same to you and yours, Marcel! Thanks for visiting over 2016. More goodies to come in 2017 (if I can just find the tine to post them!).

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  2. doctorsientetebienDecember 25, 2016 at 10:15 AM


    I wish you a Merry Christmas. I hope next year we will have many gems to enjoy

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    1. David DannDecember 28, 2016 at 6:23 AM

      Depend upon it, Julián. Happy holidays to you, too!

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  3. sunmanJanuary 1, 2017 at 4:18 PM

    Happy New Year David and thanks for all the great music you post!

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  4. DougJanuary 2, 2017 at 6:42 PM

    David,I am a little late but have a great 2017.Always enjoy popping into Gems of Jazz.

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  5. JineteJanuary 2, 2017 at 8:28 PM

    Thank you for this blog, it is a real gem. May 2017 be better than the last one, or at least not worst, that's my sincere desire (believe me, I live in Mexico).

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  6. David DannJanuary 8, 2017 at 9:51 AM

    Thanks to all of you for your good wishes! The one thing that's certain about the year ahead is that great art will prevail, regardless of who's doing the tweeting. More to come, y'all!

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