Stereojack

I've always said BA (short a)-buh-sin

Henry Mancini Junior Mance Mance Lipscomb

Mike Longo Shorty Long Annabelle Short

This is not the same George Russell. This "George Russell" is actually a pseudonym for MGM artist/A&R man Leroy Holmes. I owned this LP years ago, and I seem to recall that these renditions are very close to Wilder's original recordings, mostly done in the 1940's.

Kelly Ripa Callie Thorne Colley, Scott

Taylor Hackford Helen Mirren Ginny In the Mirror

Alberta Hunter Canada Lee Alex North

Murray Lender David Lander Art Lund

Hamilton Burger Wimpy Wim Wenders

Andrea Doria Dory Previn Bobby Previte

Love Esquerita! Rock & roll madman!

Big fan of Ray Bryant, especially: "Little Susie" (Columbia) "Con Alma" (Columbia) "Here's Ray Bryant" (Pablo) "Solo Flight" (Pablo) "Alone at Montreux" (Atlantic) "Madison Time, Part 2" was my theme on my first radio show 1982-1989.

Jacques Cousteau Desiree Cousteau Gen. George Custer

Riley Puckett Wilson Pickett Hi-Pockets Duncan

Payton Manning Manny Ramirez Ram Ramirez

Al Sharpton Jesse Jackson Don Imus

Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau Daryl Dragon Captain Crunch

Roberto Begnini Oral Roberts Mouth & MacNeil

Robert Mugge J. Fred Muggs J. Fred Coots

Love the photos! Happy birthday!!!

Stix Hooper Johnny Board Planxty

Jack Kirby Jim Steranko Carmine Infantino

Bobby Shaftoe Ariel Sharon Omar Sharif

In the fall of 1965, Coltrane was booked into the Jazz Workshop in Boston. I and three of my college friends (two jazz fan buddies and a girl I was dating who was primarily into classical music) decided to go on Saturday night. Normally we would go hear live jazz on the Sunday matinee, which was a good deal for poor college students like us, and the crowds were usually pretty hip. For some reason, we decided to make it a bigger deal by going on Saturday night, although I can't remember why. We were young (underage) jazz enthusiasts, but none of us had ever seen Trane in person, although we had heard some of his recordings with Miles and several of the Atlantic and Impulse albums. The most recent recording we had heard was "A Love Supreme", which had been out for about a year, and we expected to see the quartet with which Trane had been working for about four years. I don't believe that "Ascension" had been released yet. When we got to the entrance, the band was billed as the John Coltrane Sextet. When we entered the club, we saw that there were two sets of drums on the bandstand. We were seated, eagerly anticipating the evening. Eventually the musicians arrived, and a drummer who we did not recognize sat down at one of the drum sets. A second saxophonist was also present, as well as McCoy Tyner and Jimmy Garrison. I don't know if we knew the identities of the two new musicians that night (Pharoah Sanders & Rashied Ali). There were no announcements, although it's possible that their names were posted at the entrance. Our eyes followed Trane as he went to the bar and got a drink, and then proceeded to the stand, walking right past our aisle table. The music became intense very quickly, and we were all puzzled, completely unprepared for the full blown sonic assault that was taking place on the bandstand. Our first reaction was negative, and my date looked at me as if to say "get me out of here". We persevered, however, and eventually, near the end of the first set, Elvin Jones did arrive and joined the proceedings on stage. I recall that at one point Jimmy Garrison remained on stage alone, and his bass solo was almost completely drowned out by the chatter of people talking. The following spring, the album "Meditations" was released. I bought it, and realized that it had been recorded one week before we saw the band. I don't believe Trane ever returned to Boston. As much as Coltrane is revered today, the music he offered us in his final days was met with hostility and indifference by many at the time.

Deval Patrick Pat Patrick Tricky Sam Nanton