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 LINKS "FOUR BOYS AND A DREAM": MARTY GROSZ, DAN BLOCK, ANDY SCHUMM, KERRY LEWIS at JAZZ AT CHAUTAUQUA (Sept. 20, 2012) JAZZ LIVES (Blog) "Four Boys and A Dream" was Marty Grosz's mocking/affectionate title for this splendid little group that delighted us at Jazz at Chautauqua on the first night of music, Thursday, September 20, 2012. READ MORE » "RHYTHM IS MY BUSINESS": AN EVENING WITH MARTY GROSZ DVD REVIEW January 6, 2012 JAZZ LIVES (Blog) In the last year, whenever I encountered Marty Grosz at a jazz party, he would tell me that someone good was doing a documentary with him as the subject.Ê Since we know that many projects never get completed, I didn't dare to anticipate that I would ever see the results. But the DVD is out and it's a thorough pleasure. READ MORE » HOT NOTES IN THE PARLOR WITH MARTY GROSZ AND FRIENDS at JAZZ AT CHAUTAUQUA 2011 October 25, 2011 JAZZ LIVES (Blog) All I will say about the 2011 Jazz at Chautauqua is that Western New York State was rocking as it probably hadn't rocked since the mastodons held an Ice Age party. The music started off wonderfully Ñ after a sweet warmup set by the Faux Fenchmen, we were into serious rhythm business with Marty Grosz. READ MORE » DEUCE AMBIENCE: JAZZ GUITAR WITH MARTY GROSZ AND HOWARD ALDEN December 16, 2010 RIVERWALK JAZZ Radio Broadcast Two contemporary giants of jazz guitar, Marty Grosz and Howard Alden, join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band at The Landing for a show devoted to a trio of early jazz guitaristsÑLonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang and Carl Kress. READ MORE » THE GROSZ CLINIC - A QUICK MASTER CLASS ON PHILLY'S HOT JAZZ GIANT MARTY GROSZ. Wednesday, Dec 8, 2010 Marty Grosz doesn't care much for "egghead" jazz. He wants you to dance. READ MORE » REMEMBERING SOUTH PHILADELPHIA'S EDDIE LANG, 'FATHER OF THE JAZZ GUITAR' Friday, October 22nd, 2010 Marty celebrates the life of Eddie Lang with guitarist RICHARD BARNES, the leader of the Blackbird Society Orchestra, a group of Philadelphia-area musicians that specialize in early American jazz music. LISTEN HERE » NORWICH JAZZ PARTY: THE KEN 'N' MARTY SHOW May 8, 2010 ALISON KERR'S JAZZ BLOG Among the many highlights of this year's Norwich Jazz Party was the return, to British shores anyway, of "The Ken 'n' Marty Show". READ MORE » MAKING RECORDS WITH MARTY GROSZ May 26, 2008 JAZZ LIVES (Blog) The facts first. Grosz, looking more healthy and energized than at the previous recording session I attended (Marty Grosz and his Hot Combination for Arbors) is in equal parts vaudevillian and serious jazz scholar, crooner and chordal guitar virtuoso - someone who loves what he calls "jazz arcana" and an indefatigable rhythmic sparkplug. I've seen him lead groups where his is the only rhythm instrument, and he swings any number of horns easily. READ MORE » 2009 JAZZ AT CHAUTAUQUA September, 2009 JAZZ LIVES (Blog) Three articles (with videos) of Mary Grosz on stage at the 2009 "Jazz At Chautauqua": MARTY GROSZ: "EARLY BENNY" September 30, 2009 MARTY GROSZ IN THE GROOVE! October 10, 2009 MARTY GROSZ LIKES IT HOT! October 19, 2009 MAKING RECORDS WITH MARTY GROSZ May 26, 2008 JAZZ LIVES (Blog) The facts first. Grosz, looking more healthy and energized than at the previous recording session I attended (Marty Grosz and his Hot Combination for Arbors) is in equal parts vaudevillian and serious jazz scholar, crooner and chordal guitar virtuoso - someone who loves what he calls "jazz arcana" and an indefatigable rhythmic sparkplug. I've seen him lead groups where his is the only rhythm instrument, and he swings any number of horns easily. READ MORE » 
MY FATHER, THE FAMOUS ARTISTTo celebrate the great George Grosz, see his art and his son. By Rosie Millard The Independent He is a prolific recording artist who cut his first record in 1950, has made star appearances in movies such as Tootsie and Bullets Over Broadway and is a renowned jazz champion of original and rare works. But compared to his "old man", as he calls his father, the radical satirist George Grosz, he's not quite in the same league. READ MORE » Marty Grosz Interview October, 1992 Jazz Journal International, Vol. 45, No. 10 & No. 11 British publication Jazz Journal International published a great interview in 1992 that spanned two issues and is presented in PDF format for your reading pleasure here. RIVERWALK JAZZ WESITE: A weekly radio show devoted to classic jazz 
RANDOM QUOTES "Electrified rhythm guitar is rarely successful if at all, particularly when we mean rhythm in the accepted swing era sense, that is strumming chords in a 4/4 time. When the production of the beat becomes too easy, when there is no resistance, then there's no bite, no incisiveness, and usually NO SWING."
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