Tony DeSimone

Jack Newlon, Oriental Blues and Oriental Rag

by Ben Model
February 26, 2019February 25, 2019
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Jack Newlon may have been hoping lightning might strike twice in 1952 when he composed and recorded Oriental Rag. His former piano student Tony DeSimone’s recording of his Oriental Blues was now being heard fairly regularly on Ernie Kovacs’ popular… Read More »Jack Newlon, Oriental Blues and Oriental Rag

The Further Adventures of Jack Newlon and “Oriental Blues”

by Ben Model
February 15, 2019February 15, 2019
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Thanks to a number of comments here and on FB in response to yesterday’s post, I now am a little further down the Jack Newlon rabbit-hole. For one thing, it turns out Oriental Blues was written much earlier than Kovacs’… Read More »The Further Adventures of Jack Newlon and “Oriental Blues”