[From the Archives] Q&A with Pete Douglas: 45 Years Booking Jazz at the Beach House
Originally posted 22nd January 2009 by Alexa Weber Morales. Reprinted in JazzWest. Pete died July 2014. Pacific Mambo Orchestra will play Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society on May 29. In 2007, I had the fortune of playing the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society at the Douglas Beach House in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco on mostly misty...
Louis Armstrong’s ‘Hello, Dolly!” Knocks the Beatles off Billboard’s #1 (on this day in 1964)
Louis Armstrong’s ‘Hello, Dolly!” Knocks the Beatles off Billboard’s #1 Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Museum of the Moving Image join forces and celebrate the 50th anniversary. On Saturday, May 10th, 2014 the Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Museum of the Moving Image will host a dessert reception and special screening of the beloved...