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  4. Don Was on Blue Note

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    Don Was is involved with Blue Note? That explains the next to nothing I have bought in years. I just thought it was the whole EMiI thing. I lost track. Does EMI still own Blue Note? Has EMI dropped that deep off the deep end that Don Was was put in charge of anything?

    Don Was has just been running Blue Note for a relatively short time. he's the one that got Wayne Shorter back. I think he's producing Aaron Neville as well as many other good talents.

  6. Don Was on Blue Note

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    Also, for more Gregory Porter go to YouTube and check out his performance in England during Xmas 2011 at a tribute to Carole King, with her in the audience. He sings "Be Good" and "Up On The Roof." The Brits eat it all up. So does Carole King. I've watched it over and over. He is big in the UK and throughout parts of Europe.

    Also, he sings "Be Good" and "Real Good Man" at the Pizza Express club in London on You Tube. Some of the women look like they were ready to throw their panties to him. In another YouTube clip from the Jools Holland show he does "Illusion." Bootsy Collins was a guest on the show and you can see him in the background. Great songwriter, Porter is.

    Lastly, read the blindfold test in the latest "JazzTimes" magazine where DeeDee Bridgewater gives what is the best blindfold test I think I've ever seen. She talks about the effect Porter's voice has on women. Like Barry White, she says. Pretty graphic, imo! And funny. That is one smart, outspoken woman!

    yes, Catherine Russell is quite wonderful. I was introduced to her singing last year.

    I doubt that many videos exist on Gregory Porter that I haven't seen. I also really enjoy his interviews very much. Dee Dee was sitting on the floor near my feet at Monterey last year when Gregory performed. she was actually crying during his set. he really took us to church that night. not all his shows have that emphasis, but it was fabulous. he'll be at Monterey again this year and featured on the Main Stage/Arena, as well as on one of the Grounds venues. I plan to see him in a few weeks at the Playboy Jazz Festival. and he'll be on The Jazz Cruise next Jan. sounds like my fantasy come true, hearing him during an entire week!!!

  7. Don Was on Blue Note

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    interview with Don Was by Tavis Smiley

    http://video.pbs.org/video/2309276228/

    thanks so much for this video, Jazzdude! I really enjoyed it. I met Was for the first time recently at a Wayne Shorter/Herbie Hancock concert. I started talking about my enormous love and appreciation for Gregory Porter and didn't even realize at the time that he had just signed Gregory to Blue Note! it was an amazing conversation we had. and obviously I appreciate his taste in music!! LOL!

  8. MIngus Speaks

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    I recall Mingus asking me to pass the salt. I think (but I could be wrong here) that his exact words were:

    "Got any salt over there?"

    As I say,he might have worded it differently, but that was the gist of it.

    Then, as he savored the last bite of his dessert, he beckoned the waiter over (we were on an Amtrak to Trenton), made a circular gesture at the table, and said, "Let's do that again."

    Did anything like that make it into the book? If so, was it credited properly?

    Well, Chris, I recall Mingus telling me that we were going to be together in our next lives. do you think he's waiting for me?!? I don't want Sue to be mad at me! LOL!

  21. RIP Virgil Trucks

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    can't possibly remember what yours or mine looked like!! i remember though that he dated a girlfriend of mine! LOL!!

    i could be a very comfortable retiree these days if my mother hadn't given away my baseball card collection from the '50s, including signed baseballs by Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Herb Score, etc., plus lots of copies of The Sporting News and programs from games. makes me sick to think about it!

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