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The music was moving him, eliciting an emotional reaction. I find that with bop, hard bop, soul jazz and blues. Avant garde does not elicit any reaction in me other than to change the music but what appeals to one person doesn’t to the other and vice versa.

1955 appearance.

I was once unwilling to listen to any post-atlantic Coltrane. Then I bought a 3 CD Impulse sampler which blew my mind. And there it began 😆

The most easily lsted are: Bill McGuffiePiano Bobby OrrDrums John McLevyTrumpet I'm a big Benny fan in part because my Dad was (and played a bit of clarinet and bass clarinet) and in part because I heard him give a talk and play while I was at the University of Chicago, and then listened to and collected over the years. He was an early integrator of races in his band and with his arrangers and he did keep up with all the swing changes and dipped his toes gingerly around the perimeters of other jazz realms. I think he's an excellent soloist, from the start and into his late career. This 2 cd/2 LP set has some modern touches on the arrangements and McLevy in particular has nice solos.

Tim Bowness/Pete Chilvers - California, Norfolk

I just got in from cdjapan the three hybrid SACDs of Miles that Universal just put out (Birth of Cool, Miles Davis Volume 1, Miles Davis Volume 2). Surprisingly they are plper sleeve lp facsimile editions. I'll listen to one or two in the morning.

The beautiful P. P. Arnold

Statue of St. John of Nepomuk, patron saint of Bohemia, at Sforza Castle, Milan 2 May 2026

I haven't played it in a while, but I used to play this quite often:

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I reviewed both Jazz Matters and Doug's Paul Desmond bio when they were published. He also wrote a novel, Poodie James, I am proud to have a signed copy with a nice note from Doug. Here is a profile that I wrote for the Jazz Journalist Association when Doug was honored with their Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalism: http://www.jazzhouse.org/jn/jazznotes-19-3.pdf

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May 19 Kyle Eastwood - 1968 Saw him in Göttingen, November 12, 2011

Thanks, Dan! I suppose you noticed the ad on page 21 too?

with whom did he play ? I once read that he was hip enough to hire modernists from after his most productive years.....starting with Fats......and a lot of other mojo guys in the 60´s and 70´s. Right? At least I was told that. Alice Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, with all those fantastic musicians, Pharoah, Shepp and the two basses and drums and percussion ....Heaven on Earth for me !!!!! 😍

That´s what I mean. And as much as I loved to play bebop and still do it sometimes just for fun with those fantastic musicians I got, you can´t survive nowadays playing be bop all the time. Or standards. Clubs and Venues with more demanding expections wouldn´t book you, and records would not sell. How would by : "Ioan-Petru A." (that´s my real name!) plays Bird, Bud, Diz".....🤣 I gotcha let my own creative forces flow. But: You learn to master your instrument. So BEBOP IS VERY IMPORTANT: Can´t play Dizzy Atmoshpere at the tempo on those old records? Go back and master ya instrument. Get chops, and that´s what bebop means nowadays, in that sense: Long live Bebop !

FIFA, as usual, doing their utmost to devalue the tournament. But I'll be glued to lots of it and be cheering on an overrated (here at least) England team. Expecting France or Spain to win it. Argentina and Portugal as outsiders.

Doug Ramsey was the M.C. at a Jazz Party I attended on the West Coast a number of years ago. Always found his writing about jazz interesting. Doug also wrote a book (besides Take Five) titled "Jazz Matters" that I read a while ago. R.I.P.

I always enjoyed Mr. Ramsey's jazz writings. I have one of his books on my jazz shelf downstairs. Can't remember the name of it at the moment. Also enjoyed his bio of Paul Desmond which I have on Kindle. R.I.P.

Ms. York is a new discovery, for me anyway. A really fine, bop based pianist. Originally from Canada, now resident in the Chicago area. I really like her playing with the Affinity Trio. Lots of interesting YouTube videos, as well.