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Photo by John Beresford Often, after dinner, our family would sit around the Magnavox record player, stare at its magic eye and listen to...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Nov 4, 20141 min
A Quiet Meal
Last week, Diego Rivera and his quartet challenged us to come up with new superlatives. This week the Dog is giving us the elegant...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Nov 4, 20141 min
INVISIBLE STAFF
Sometimes at the Dirty Dog the enthusiasm for the music and the place leads to unforeseen circumstances. While I was photographing the...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Nov 4, 20142 min
The Creative Process The Zone
As a painter I have suffered through periods of abject failure. Canvases covered with bad starts begin to pile up against the wall...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Oct 27, 20142 min
A ROOM IN THE BACK
The space that performers use while they wait to go on stage is often called the “green room”, a place to wait and prepare before they...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Oct 14, 20142 min
Carl
The Detroit Jazz Festival All- Stars will assemble at the Dirty Dog this week to preview the excellence we associate with our world class...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Oct 3, 20142 min
Easy Job
The 2014 Detroit Jazz Festival is having its usual effect on Detroit. Detroit seems to get more energy in the fall after a sleepy summer...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Oct 3, 20142 min
Painting a jazz poster
On one of the coldest days last winter, I was asked to do a dream assignment. Tom Robinson asked for my thoughts for the 2014 Detroit...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Oct 3, 20141 min
Remembering Gerald Wilson
I really didn’t know Gerald Wilson well. I did know his kindness. This articulate giant passed away after 96 years of living the most...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Oct 3, 20142 min
Missing
Ricardo Thomas was a friend of mine. Ricardo also was a friend to me. At this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival Ricardo was missing. He...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Sep 17, 20141 min
The Gathering
Every labor day weekend, Detroit holds an annual gathering of musicians. jazz fans and old friends.It is called the Detroit Jazz...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Sep 12, 20142 min
Detroit The Beautiful
I still can’t get my mind off the Detroit Jazz Festival. The festival is appropriately held on Labor Day weekend. However, metropolitan...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Jul 20, 20143 min
Is The Dirty Dog Jazz Club The Best Jazz Club In America?
IS THE DIRTY DOG JAZZ CAFÉ THE BEST JAZZ CLUB IN AMERICA? In the 1950s I spent time in New York City. My idea of a great night was to...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Jul 15, 20142 min
The creative Process The Zone
The Creative Process – The Zone As a painter I have suffered through periods of abject failure. Canvases covered with bad starts begin to...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Jul 15, 20142 min
A Love Song By Charles Boles
HERE IS A BLOG ABOUT A GOOD MAN. A MAN THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD JUST BEING AROUND HIM. CHARLES BOLES I have to confess that I am a bit...
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JOHN OSLER'S UPBEAT Admin
Jul 14, 20142 min
Dedication
In the middle of winter of 2013, probably February, I was in envy of anyone that had escaped our deep freeze. The warmest place I could...
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