Stereojack

He was offered a Blue Note date, but it was to have been one of those Lou Donaldson-styled funky sessions, and he turned it down. I think he smokes on Hubbard's "Breaking Point" and on Max Roach's "Drums Unlimited". I saw the Roach band at the time, and they kicked some serious ass.

Antonio Salieri Sal Salvador Salvador Dali

Nat Kendricks Jimi Hendrix Gurf Morlix

I agree about the Columbia LP's - they are lightweight, and not in the same league as the great 40's stuff. However, Coleman Hawkins (uncredited) sits in on a couple of tracks of "Fraternity Rush", which makes it a must-have for Hawkins fans like me.

Olsen & Johnson Johnny Olson Johnny Johnson

Budd Johnson Billy Budd Billy Batson

Leonard Bernstein Lennie Tristano Lenny Bruce

I dispute the assessment of Waller's sidemen as second rate. They function very well as a swing combo, and Al Casey has to be ranked among the very greatest of guitarists. Remember that this unit's primary funtion is to entertain, not to create lasting art, and I think their musicianship carries them through the often mundane material.

Wallace "Cheese" Read Orville Wright Cardinal Spellman

Gary U.S. Bonds Johnny Cash 50 Cent

Sonny Red Jesse White Ben Blue

He'd have to take his head out of his ass first.....

Angela Channing Carol Channing Margot Channing

Roy Buchanan Gitarzan Johnny Weissmuller

Ziggy Marley Jacob Marley Marlee Matlin

No need to explain..... Arnold Porky Ron McKernan

Thelma Ritter Louise Lombard Vince Lombardi

Valerie Perrine Val Kilmer Joyce Kilmer

Harry Lime Overton Lemons Joseph Orange

Jerry Paris London Lee Rick Berlin

Barney Kessel Art Kassel Seymour Cassell

Eric Rohmer Little Sally Walker Macy Skipper

A Man Called Horse Steve Colt Henry Cow

This was sent to me on Saturday, July 25: Jazz bassist and singer Sonny Dallas, 76, has passed away on July 22 on Long Island after a series of heart related illnesses. Born Frances Dominic Joseph Dallas in 1931 in Pittsburgh, Sonny started singing professionally at the age of eight and went on to study the bass with Herman Clements, principal bassist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, who also taught jazz bassists Ray Brown and Paul Chambers. Sonny began his jazz career with big bands led by Charlie Spivak, Claude Thornhill, and Ray Eberle, and relocated to New York in March 1955. He went on to perform and record with a long list of jazz greats: guitarist Sal Salvador, pianist Bobby Scott, trumpeters Chet Baker and Buck Clayton, saxophonists Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Zoot Sims, and Al Cohn, and pianists Mary Lou Williams, Bill Evans, George Wallington, and Lennie Tristano. Sonny began working with Tristano in 1959 after being recruited for the job by Warne Marsh, and went on to perform and record with Tristano for a period of nine years before moving permanently to Shirley, NY in 1968. He appeared with the Lennie Tristano Quintet on the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars tour, as well as appeared with the Quintet on the 1964 CBS Broadcast "Look Up and Live." Sonny also appears on a number of critically acclaimed jazz recordings - "Motion" with the Lee Konitz Trio, "Phil Talks with Quill" with the Phil Woods Quintet, and "Descent into the Maelstrom" and "Note to Note" with Lennie Tristano, among others. After moving to Long Island he went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in music education at CW Post University and began a long teaching career at both Suffolk County Community College and Dowling College. He taught music classes, led jazz ensembles, and taught countless private students over the last thirty-five years. In his later years he was featured in an interview with Rick Petrone broadcast on WYRS-FM on December 1, 1981, continued to perform sporadically with Lee Konitz, and was honored with a lifetime achievement in jazz award in 2005. A big man with an even bigger heart, Sonny will be lovingly remembered and sorely missed by all those fortunate to have been associated with him. [written by John Klopotowski, guitarist]

Claude Akins Claude Cloud Claude Balls