Thinking Back on Flickr.Happy Birthday, Frankie.

Thinking Back on Flickr.

Happy Birthday, Frankie.

Ambassador of Lindy Hop
book signing
Frankie Manning
26 May 2012, 12:28 pm 1 note

NPR Song of the Day: Louis Armstrong: With Love And Grace, A Final 'Hello'

PS: Armstrong the Vote and secure funds for the Louis Armstrong House Museum!

NPR
Song of the Day
Louis Armstrong
Hello Dolly
16 May 2012, 11:08 am

Duck Dunn, Bassist in Booker T. and the MG’s, Dies at 70

The Mar-Keys

Booker T and the M.G.s

The Blues Brothers Band

What a legend.

Duck Dunn
RIP
14 May 2012, 9:41 am 1 note

via @GeorgeGeeSwings:

Buddy Rich vs. Animal in the Drum Battle of the Century

Buddy Rich
Animal
Drum Battle of the Century
Muppet Show
Muppets
George Gee
8 May 2012, 3:39 pm 10 notes
via life: Glendale Junior College students dance on California’s Balboa Beach in 1947. (Peter Stackpole—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images) See more here.

via life:

Glendale Junior College students dance on California’s Balboa Beach in 1947. (Peter Stackpole—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

See more here.

Life
Balboa
Peter Stackpole
5 May 2012, 11:32 am 979 notes

Kid Koala performs “Basin Street Blues”

(via BoingBoing, of all places)

Basin Street Blues
Kid Koala
2 May 2012, 11:15 am
life: Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and other jazz greats at Gjon Mili’s Studio in New York in 1940… Pictured: The great pianist Mary Lou Williams appears satisfied with the way the night is proceeding, 1942. (Gjon Mili—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

life:

Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and other jazz greats at Gjon Mili’s Studio in New York in 1940…

Pictured: The great pianist Mary Lou Williams appears satisfied with the way the night is proceeding, 1942. (Gjon Mili—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

LIFE
Gjon Mili
Mary Lou Williams
1 May 2012, 3:34 pm 1,316 notes
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