Loads of great Dave Brubeck bio info. What a talent. Check it out.
Don’t you love it when you find a great web source, with lots of good information? Read on. Jazz Profiles.
Found this blog, but can’t read a word of it! I do see lots of Shelly Manne, so it can’t be half bad!
54 minutes of pure West Coast jazz is found here, including Shelly Manne and His Men!
Shorty Rogers was a ‘Giant’ in the jazz world. His appearance on Frankly Jazz is a classic! Here he and His Giants perform ‘Time Was.’
This Blog gives a nice overview of this album featuring Miles and the gang from The Lighthouse. Many of the folks are also featured on an episode of Frankly Jazz.
Miles way out west could be a way to describe this session recorded in 1953. The Lighthouse was a jazz bar in Hermosa Beach south of Los Angeles and had a regular in house band comprisng Rolf Ericson-Trumpet, Bud Skank-Alto Saxophone, Bob Cooper-Tenor Saxophone, Lorraine Geller-Piano, Howard Rumsey-Bass and Max Roach on Drums who had just replaced Shelly Manne. All West Coast Players and good ones at that.Chet Baker was a regular at the club and actually the last track on this album(“At Last”) is Chet with the band and not Miles.
I like the Examiner.com articles, and this one is about Oakland Jazz and gives a nice, brief introduction to West Coast Jazz. 
Frankly Jazz was produced in concert with Pacific Jazz.
For the past decade, Octobop has been exciting music fans around the globe with its special brand of West Coast Cool. From local venues to retro conventions in Las Vegas, 
I just ran across this download for the Android phone. But does anyone know anything about Jazz Shots West Coast – Vol. 2? Wondering who is featured on the video? Bud Shank, Shorty Rogers …
