“He was very much ahead of his time, very much influenced by Bix Beiderbecke,” Rudman said. “His songs, ‘Stardust’ and ‘Riverboat Shuffle’ and ‘Washboard Blues’ really are quite kind of jazz tunes.” ...
Hoagy Carmichael's career as one of America's great songwriters is unlike any of his peers. Carmichael, like George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, was born at the tail end of the 19th ...
This is the second hour dedicated to the music of Hoagy Carmichael, the most jazz oriented of all the American songwriters. His output was remarkably varied, and without a signature style that ...