Archives for April 2007

Side by Side

This album features a small group setting with players who are mostly from the Ellington band. It follows another album, which is on my list, called Back to Back.
The tracks feature a mixture of musicians with Johnney Hodges (alto sax) and Jo Jones (drums) being the only two that are on all of the tracks.
The [...]

2 April 2007 | Jazz, Music, The Duke | Comments Off

The Bacardi Special Cocktail

The Bacardi Special Cocktail

1 teaspoon grenadine
1/3 oz. gin
2/3 oz. white rum (Bacardi)
juice of 1/2 lime

shake – strain – pour
Rating: 5/10

2 April 2007 | Cocktails, Rating 5 - 8 | Comments Off

The R.A.C. Special Cocktail

The R.A.C. Special Cocktail

2 dashes orange bitters
1/4 oz. French vermouth
1/4 oz. Italian vermouth
1/2 oz. gin

shake – strain – pour, squeeze orange peel on top.
Rating: 2/10

2 April 2007 | Cocktails, Rating 1 - 4 | Comments Off