Peter Spitzer Music Blog

First, a bit of background: Some years ago, I arranged a number of beginning/intermediate-level duets of famous classical themes, for clarin...

As of January 1, 2025, U.S. copyright will expire for works published in 1929, including the following songs: Ain't Misbehavin' Am I...

I've been reading The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins , edited by Sam V. H. Reese, and can recommend it to anyone, musician or otherwise, who...

Fairly often, I receive blog comments that are just advertisements, that have nothing to do with the article that is supposedly being commen...

I’ve been checking some of Tadd Dameron’s compositions. The definitive biography Dameronia lists “Cream Oil Charlie” as one of them, compos...

  As of January 1, 2024, U.S. copyright will expire for works published in 1928, including the following songs: Back in Your Own Backyard (J...