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  1. Amazon has it for $36 in paper. I may get it out of nostalgia. I met Pepper Adams a couple of times. Once in Montreal in the early '60s and later in Toronto after he'd been diagnosed with cancer. He'd read my friend Josef Skvorecky's The Bass Saxophone about a musician dying of cancer and invited Josef to a gig. (I can't remember where). Josef invited me partly because he wasn't that interested in much modern jazz and not really knowing who Pepper was though he should bring someone who was more appreciative. Pepper played great and sat with us between sets. He was very open about his medical condition and thanked Josef for the story which he felt was true to his situation.

    Toronto is where I saw him in '60s ,at the Town Tavern,with Frank Foster, during a hugh snow storm,only few people showed up, wish I had a recording of that set ,he played like it was packed ,what kind of cancer did he have ?

  2. Pepper Adams' Joy Road: An Annotated Discography
    By Gary Carner
    sampling excerpts of the book online, reveals how hard things were even up to the 80s ,for greats like Pepper.
    gigs, recordings not paid for, terrible recording conditions, some now considered masterpieces, like Pepper, Herbie H with Donald Byrd
    .I assume the reason this is so expensive $75 is because it’s a scholarly text, but I doubt it will get many sales.

  3. "what people have to say about Andrew Hill".... I saw him Live,in mid 60s,just a handsome dude in custom made suits.

    Seemed like he was trying to expand on Monk,but I could't get into his compositions or dissonant playing

    but I did like Point of Departure due to Eric dolphy,Joe henderson & tony williams.

  4. Thanks for link; one of my favourite Grant Green tunes: Idle Moments

    I have a bootleg I downloaded, don’t know any details, of another blues genius , Shuggie Otis ,with Jack Mcduff B3, on a Etta James live session, do you know anything about a live recording with those players ?

  5. I disagree, Jimmy McGriff was a great jazz organist, his timing & classy comping & solos were influenced by Count Basie’s band..

    Check # 10,Yard Bird Suite, his solo is masterful.

    In the above LP, some tracks have Buddy Rich, who he was working with in 74-75. I was working at a nearby club & had a drink with him in 75 ,when he worked for the Buddy Rich quartet, he told me they worked Vegas & even backed Sinatra.Anyone who Buddy Rich hired had to be the best.

  6. First Gravy by Jesse Fankushen,Excellent Documentary,

    funniest part was talking about how hard it was to move a 425 pd B3 into some bars,

    I used to hire temp workers from Salvation army, some places it took 4 men to move it,why some owners were smart, they installed ,usually some old organ , then they could get players real cheap.

    Irony is, today they have all these portable clones, and computer based B3 etc, but NO GIGS!

    Leon Spencer was a monster player in 70s, heard he is an agent now, is he still at it?

  7. Good site,

    I met & saw Buckner & Jackie Davis , both brilliant players & entertainers with a great sense of humor

    Baby Face & Jackie Davis were some of the few, who played real pedal bass lines.

    Many B3 players I saw in the 60’s club gigs, who never made records or became famous, but still were great pedal, keyboard, singers,

    that’s why they got work, to cut out cost of hiring a bass.

  8. I’ve met & talked with JS a few times, his reputation & nasty tantrums are legendary.

    Groove Holmes told me he was a little insecure egomaniac, who had great talent, and could have retired a millionaire,

    but his mouth & addictions forced him to work till he died.

    Groove, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Diz, Moody, all were sweet ,friendly guys by comparison.

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