Ive never heard of John Jacob Niles before. Astounding voice, I will pursue this. he reminds me of the singer songwriter... Mickey Newbury. The following is a desert island disc for me. A record to only be played when alone Haunting to me. Edit. To those who no nothing of Mickey its worth your while to stream An American Trilogy from this album
One of my dearest friends, however, not only knew Woody Guthrie, but had been Woody's lover long before Arlo was born. She was Jackie Alper, whose husband took some of the most incredible photos of Bob Dylan in 1961-1962, and also was a close friend of Sonny Rollins. Jackie, in her last years Jackie with Pete Seeger Jackie, on left, with Bob Dylan, in her home Jackie, before she married Joe Alper, with her man Woody and with Cisco Houston Let me tell you, Jackie was one of the coolest (and funniest) ladies of the 20th century. She sang with the Almanac Singers, but not on their records. Jackie was an old school labor organizer in the Great Depression. She did the office work, as women were still not allowed to be organizers. Jackie was a folk music disc jockey with a smooth voice in her later years. She told me that many young men (boys) would call her for a date, and she would have to tell them that she was older than their grandmother. I told her that I was one of those young guys who called her, but that I would never be so brazen as to try to ask her out. But we did spend a bunch of time together.
There just were not many other women (or any to my knowledge) photographed and personally close to Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan - and she was a jazz freak too.
Lenny Bruce would have been 22. I suppose that may be possible, but it seems a long shot. Maybe to warm up the empty seats as the theater filled
Fred Astaire The Astaire Story Fred Astaire - vocals, tap Charlie Shavers - trumpet Flip Phillips - tenor saxophone Oscar Peterson – piano Barney Kessel - guitar Ray Brown - double bass Alvin Stoller – drums
Unfortunately I did never have the pleasure to see live John Zorn in one of his musical projects so deeply creative, but I have enjoyed very much Jamie Saft on trio with Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte: an astonishing experience.
Bought this one last week and just getting around to opening this morning. It's received a lot of good reviews here on SHF so I pulled the trigger on the Cisco press. My first Cisco... that I know of....very nicely done. Tanya sounded great and I'm going for the flip. There is a sticker on the back that says ...Ltd. edition S/N:1355.....1355 of what? Doesn't do much good if you don't know the total # of pressings.
NP: 8:00am Jamie Saft Quartet - Blue Dream RareNoiseRecords - RNR095lp (released 29 June 2018) Acoustic Bass – Bradley Christopher Jones Drums – Nasheet Waits Piano – Jamie Saft Tenor Saxophone – Bill McHenry Mixed By, Mastered By – Christian Castagno
A good shot of caffeine and Coltrane to get the wheels moving this morning. Bass – Jimmy Garrison Drums – Elvin Jones Piano – McCoy Tyner Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – John Coltrane
He played with Bandwagon at a great little venue in Durham, NC...we’re lucky he often comes here through Duke Performances, including 11 years ago for Monk’s 90th birthday celebration (recreating the Town Hall concert) and last year for Monk’s centennial (a truly magical performance with Tyshawn Sorey). At this year’s Bandwagon performance (their 20th anniversary) they mixed his own compositions with songs like Body & Soul, Thelonious, Gerry Allen’s Feed the Fire, and several by James Reece Europe. He so eloquently discussed the music and shared a compelling biography of Europe. Incredible musician and person and, as I mentioned, I think today’s leading spokesman for jazz. Be sure to see him if you have a chance!
Recorded in August 1959, this was Griffin’s third album on Riverside. Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone Wynton Kelly — piano Blue Mitchell — trumpet Julian Priester — trombone Sam Jones — bass Albert Heath — drums CD
McCoy Tyner shares a pair, one late last night, and Sahara, drummer Mouzon thunder-drumming some of this into avante-fusion, enriching a breezy, chill late morning. Fantastic recordings, both.
"Introducing the Kenny Drew Trio" Blue Note, Japan UHQCD. Sounds fantastic. Great playing. Followed by The Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet "Phase III" Japanese mini-lp facsimile SHM-CD
Another wonderful release from Adventure Music. Excellent sound. Echoes of Jarrett Impulse! and early Weather Report as if recorded on ECM. "Fronteiras Imaginarias" Antonio Arnedo, Benjamin Tabukin, Joao Taubkin, Sergio Reze
