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Interests: Art Music Lit Substack: ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC! A daily blog on SubStack devoted to the Music of THE JAZZ AGE! https://onthisdayinjazzagemusic.substack.com/

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<<INTERMISSION>> GET UP! EXCERCISE YOUR LEGS!! DO THE RACCOON!!!

<<INTERMISSION>>
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12.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!
MARCH 12TH...
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#March12 #March12TH #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #Vaudeville #1920s #1930s #MUSIC #BLUES #JAZZ

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MARCH 12TH Happy Birthday Freddy Johnson!

ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!
MARCH 12TH...
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#March12 #March12TH #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #Vaudeville #1920s #1930s #MUSIC #BLUES #JAZZ

12.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Golden Beetle (France, 1907)

Direction: Segundo de ChomΓ³n, Ferdinand

Zecca

#silentfilm #1900s #cinema #film #movie

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Theda Bara's lost film THE SHE DEVIL

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Birthday Spotlight: Amede Ardoin! AmΓ©dΓ© Ardoin (March 11, 1898 – November 3, 1942) was an American musician, known for his high singing voice and virtuosity on German-made one-row diatonic button accordions...

Birthday Spotlight: Amede Ardoin!
(March 11, 1898 – November 3, 1942)
American musician, known for his high singing voice and virtuosity...
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#AmΓ©dΓ©Ardoin #Musician #Virtuoso #CreoleMusic #CajunMusic #CajunAccordion #Accordion #Louisiana #zydeco #Singer #Songwriter

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Silents are Golden's Lea of Silent-ology talks about The Iconic Careers of Lillian and 'birthday girl' Dorothy Gish. http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/silents-are-golden-the-iconic-careers-of-lillian-and-dorothy-gish/

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Jean Renoir with his famous father, Pierre-Auguste Renoir 🎨

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Brightly coloured picture of a man carrying cats in his arms, with more following him, & ahead of him, on a hilly landscape.

Book cover Brightly coloured picture of a man carrying cats in his arms, with more following him, & ahead of him, on a hilly landscape.

Wanda GΓ‘g's Millions of Cats, published in 1928. The oldest American picture book still in print.

11.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Self-portrait in charcoal with white highlights

Self-portrait in charcoal with white highlights

Remembering Wanda GΓ‘g on her birthday πŸŽ‚
🎨 Self-portrait, 1915

"There is, to me, no such thing as an empty place in the universe, and if Nature abhors a vacuum, so do I β€” and I am just as eager as nature to fill a vacuum with something β€” if with nothing else, at least with a tiny rhythm of its own."

11.03.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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MARCH 11TH
Happy Birthday Jessie Mathews!
Jessie Matthews, OBE (March 11, 1907 – August 19, 1981)
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#JessieMathews #StageStar #Flapper #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #78rpm #TinPanAlley #Music #Stage #Singer #Actress #BritishStage

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MARCH 11TH Happy Birthday Jessie Matthews!

MARCH 11TH
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furlight (@onthisdayinjazzagemusic) I've heard a lot of cats try to play like Bix, but ain't nobody play like him yet. ~Louis Armstrong Finally Beiderbecke took out a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound c...

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MARCH 10TH HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIX BEIDERBECKE!

MARCH 10TH
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIX!
American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer, Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#BIX #BixSky #March10TH #March10 #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #78rpm #HotJazz #Music #JAZZ

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ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!
MARCH 9TH...
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#MARCH9TH #MARCH9 #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #JAZZ #TANGO #BLUES #MusicHistory

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MARCH 9TH BIRTHDAYS

MARCH 9TH
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#MARCH9TH #MARCH9 #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music#TANGO #SilentFilm #BLUES #Vaudeville #JAZZ

09.03.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday Raquel Meller!

Raquel Meller (March 9, 1888 – July 26, 1962) was a Spanish diseuse, cuplΓ©, and tonadilla singer. She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films and touring Europe and the Americas.
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#MusicSky
#MusicianSky

09.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did I?
Apologies.

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don’t have to tell me twice

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David Bowie, Amsterdam 2003, by Ellen von Unwerth.

09.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great PHOTO!!
Have never seen that before~!
Thanks for sharing it here πŸ˜€

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Marvin Gaye on drums

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Celebrate the legendary life of Albert Ammons, the King of Boogie-Woogie, whose electrifying piano style transformed jazz and blues in America. So much to discover, on the Blues Beats from Blues Music Fan Radio! #BoogieWoogie #BluesPiano #AlbertAmmons

https://bit.ly/4sas44R

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The Weight by Hozier, Elvis Costello, Mavis Staples, Warren Haynes Love Rocks NYC March 5, 2026
The Weight by Hozier, Elvis Costello, Mavis Staples, Warren Haynes Love Rocks NYC March 5, 2026 YouTube video by Mark Lachovsky

Mavis Staples, Warren Haynes, Elvis Costello, and Hozier perform The Band’s β€œThe Weight” from Thursday nights Love Rocks concert.

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Finished rereading

09.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Birthday Raquel Meller!

Raquel Meller (March 9, 1888 – July 26, 1962) was a Spanish diseuse, cuplΓ©, and tonadilla singer. She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films and touring Europe and the Americas.
substack.com/profile/3854...

#MusicSky
#MusicianSky

09.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wanna slice of that JOHN CAKE!!πŸ€—

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Ernest Ranglin: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Ernest Ranglin: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert YouTube video by NPR Music

youtu.be/CsbWsKvyQTU?...
Thank You @stritchmanzello.bsky.social Stritch!

09.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Ernest Ranglin: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Ernest Ranglin: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert YouTube video by NPR Music

I just found this -
He's 82 years old -
And terrific!
Thank You for this!
youtu.be/CsbWsKvyQTU?...
@stritchmanzello.bsky.social

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