Bruce Klauber

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10/16/12    Community Articles

Jake Hanna: A Book About the Man Who Wrote the Book on the Integrity of Swing

A review of "Jake Hanna: The Rhythm and Wit of a Swinging Jazz Drummer"

09/13/12    Albums

Bassist Lee Smith's "Sittin' on a Secret": An Impressive Debut

A review of veteran bassist Lee Smith's new CD, "Sittin' on a Secret."

08/05/12    Community Articles

PHILADELPHIA JAZZ COALITION AND JAZZ BRIDGE: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ISSUES AND ANSWERS

A re-cap of a recent town meeting, sponsored by the Philadelphia Jazz Coalition and Jazz Bridge.

08/02/12    Community Articles

Bernard Peiffer: Defining "Improvision"

A review of "Bernard Peiffer: Improvision," a new CD release from the late, great jazz piano master.

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07/22/12    Community Articles

SInger Mary Ellen Desmond: The Most Refreshing Sound in Jazz

A review of singer Mary Ellen Desmond's recent appearance at Tavern17 in Philadelphia.

07/16/12    Community Articles

James Witherite: Big Band's Triple Threat

Arranger/composer and flugelhorn player James Witherite's recording with the Zeropoint Big Band is a superb outing on every front.

06/02/12    Community Articles

Knowing Bernard (Peiffer)

My personal and professional association with the late, great, French jazz pianist, Bernard Peiffer.

05/31/12    Community Articles

Andy Kahn Meets Vladimir Horowitz

Philadelphia jazz pianist Andy Kahn and Russian classical pianist Svetlana Smolina perform on Vladimir Horowitz's personal piano, and are interviewed on WRTI-FM about same by Jill Pasternak.

05/13/12    Community Articles

Julie Charnet: A Pure Swinger

Jule Charnet is a blues shouter and straight-ahead swinger whose sense of swing and purity of tone make her a joy to listen to.

05/13/12    Community Articles

Julie Charnet: A Pure Swinger

Jule Charnet is a blues shouter and straight-ahead swinger whose sense of swing and purity of tone make her a joy to listen to.

01/30/12    Community Articles

JAZZLEGENDS.COM BACK ONLINE

JazzLegends.com, devoted to providing students, fans and musicians with the rarest video and audio in the universe, is back online after technical difficulties shut it down for a month

08/30/11    Community Articles

A Winning Bet: Andy Kahn Wows 'Em at Atlantic City's Resorts Hotel/Casino

Pianist/singer Andy Kahn's "Music by Intention" program features the words and music of America's greatest composers. Was his show a hit in an Atlantic City casino? You bet!

04/08/11    Community Articles

"Frank: The Voice," an Extraordinary Book about Old Blue Eyes

Exhaustive research and compelling insights help make "Frank: The Voice" one of the most objective and fascinating books on The Chairman ever written.

03/25/11    Community Articles

Ella on Broadway

Singer/actress Tina Fabrique pays tribute to the late and great First Lady of Song in "Ella."

02/26/11    Community Articles

Rockin' with Milt

For three years, off and on, I had the great honor of playing drums with one of the unsung heroes of jazz, Milt Buckner. Here's how it happened...and here's what happened.

02/17/11    Community Articles

Louis Prima: The Zooma-Zooma Legacy Continues

Louis Prima's legacy is preserved and perpetuated by these new discoveries, with the driving force behind them being Gia Maione Prima.

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About Bruce Klauber

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Dr. Bruce H. Klauber is the biographer of Gene Krupa, producer/writer of the Warner Brothers and Hudson Music "Jazz Legends" DVD series, a working jazz drummer and recording artist since childhood, and head of JazzLegends.com, one of the most valuable domain names and destinations in the industry. Klauber has accompanied Charlie Ventura, Milt Buckner, Jimmy Bruno, Pepper Adams, Bernard Peiffer and dozens of others. His 1998 recording, "Bruce Klauber Salutes the Legends of Jazz Drumming," charted in the Gavin Report Top Ten that year and reached the final stages of Grammy nominee consideration. Klauber is currently a jazz columnist for The Naples Daily News and several other Scripps-Howard publications in southwest Florida, and is regularly performing with noted trumpeter Bob Zottola and jazz vocalist Joy Adams.

Bruce Klauber joined the JazzTimes community on Mar 20, 2009