ghost of miles Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Heard this several weeks ago & have been meaning to post the news--evidently Bob's decided to give up doing the show. Hope all's well with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Here's hoping he now has the time to complete the book that has been announced for over a year: Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975 One I have been anxiously awaiting. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Here's hoping he now has the time to complete the book that has been announced for over a year: Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975 One I have been anxiously awaiting. MG Oh yeah!! Had no idea... I'll be picking that one up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonF Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Heard this several weeks ago & have been meaning to post the news--evidently Bob's decided to give up doing the show. Hope all's well with him. Sad. One of the best programs on the air. I've been a devoted fan for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Here's hoping he now has the time to complete the book that has been announced for over a year: Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975 One I have been anxiously awaiting. MG I just saw Porter do a talk on Don Byas at the Detroit festival, and the guy who introduced him said the book was coming out next year. That's been quite a wait... ... ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Here's hoping he now has the time to complete the book that has been announced for over a year: Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975 One I have been anxiously awaiting. MG I just saw Porter do a talk on Don Byas at the Detroit festival, and the guy who introduced him said the book was coming out next year. That's been quite a wait... ... IIRC, Porter had a pretty serious stroke, so maybe everything got a bit sidetracked. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Well, I hope he's recovered. As Chuck Nessa and Alfred Lion are heroes to some people here, Bob is to me. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Well, I hope he's recovered. He seemed fine when he was giving a talk on Monday. And Portraits in Blue has been back on the air for quite some time already. http://www.wbgo.org/profile/bporter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 As Chuck Nessa and Alfred Lion are heroes to some people here, Bob is to me. MG Even more than Frank Kofsky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Well, I hope he's recovered. He seemed fine when he was giving a talk on Monday. And Portraits in Blue has been back on the air for quite some time already. http://www.wbgo.org/profile/bporter I don't think he ever stopped doing it for WBGO--they just stopped distributing it nationally to other stations. That's what I heard not long after my initial post, anyway. Fortunately fans can still hear it live via the Internet, though. I miss having it on our station on Saturday nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 As Chuck Nessa and Alfred Lion are heroes to some people here, Bob is to me. MG Even more than Frank Kofsky? I didn't know Bob was one of Kofsky's heroes... MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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