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More Jim Hall, thank you Felser.

1947(?) Thinking about the development of Black Popular Music only as a feeder into White Popular Music is actually myopic and, really, just wrong.

Sidenote, I really dig the Pharoah Sanders ESP t-shirt you're wearing on your album sleeve.

Arrived in great packaging in fine shape yesterday!

Indeed, just aquired this set, thank you Felser. NP This set is fantastic, thank you Felser again!

Disc 1

Now streaming:

Continuing with more Cecil / Leos

Chuck Berry represents the start of the change ... the convo is early rock n roll and to me that is saxophone. Pretty sure rock n roll started before 1955 and Maybellene.

Sad news. RIP

Same here, and on both counts. RIP.

Chuck Berry and saxophone?

Sorry to hear of his passing. "Bouncin' With Bartok" was a great book. R. I. P.

“Frank Foster/George Wallington” Blue Note cd reissuing two Blue Note 10" LPs. 300×264 8.48 KB Both are very good sessions.

Envy you a bit, saw that concert advertised on insta this morning... Hope the album by the band appears soon!

R.I.P.

I'm thinking Organissimo may also be the *only* jazz discussion forum active in 2003 that's still around today. And twenty-three years feels like a century in digital-technology time. When this board launched there was no social media, no streaming, no YouTube, etc, and smartphones had yet to be introduced. (Remember when Blackberry was all the rage?)

Sad indeed.

Tonight: Alexandra Grimal « Rewild », with Susana Santos Silva, Fred Frith, Marc Ducret and Gerry Hemingway

Sorry to hear this as well. His Miles Davis bio was the first one I ever read, and I was especially grateful for his book on Dick Twardzik. Appreciation also to Mark Miller, who has done stellar jazz history work himself, for posting the news.