Jazz Kat

Booker T. He made that B-3 Sang!

This is bringing back sad memories of when I first heard Elvin Jones died this Summer. I think the day after he died, it was up on drummerworld.com. I felt so sad. A drum teacher/friend said like two weeks before he was gonna take me to see him at The Blue Note, when I found out he died, I was heartbroken. This is the same deal.

Wow, I had no idea he was even still alive. The best organ player in the world, period . More and more are leaving us, this sucks!

Yo, two years apart. Live on Long Island. Drums and guitar bro.

Him and Cecil Taylor would make good autobiographies. I would like to know how they dealt with the bashing they got as they pioneered their free jazz.

Ornette would have had any other drummer he might have had play on that recording that same way, so.... He even helps the "free jazz" concept with his unique, but in the same way, childish playing.

I don't have time right now, I'm OUT TO LUNCH, with Eric Dolphy and the gang.

From the little I heard on Empty Foxhole, was, that he didn't quite have the chops yet, but his playing was actually quite imaginative.

I witnessed a conversation a couple months back between two people, talking about Christmas. "Christmas is just a commercial scam." -2nd person... "No it's not, you're thinking of Valentine's Day."

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I have just listened to samples of this recording. It's odd. Does it even swing at all? I can't tell at all from 5 second samples, but it seems the artists were just blowing chicken scratch. How was this kid at the drums? How is the album?

Wes Montgomery

Maybe it just ain't meant to be... Keeps calling em' dynamic images....

hehe, I always thought it looked good there Chico's Different journey is very unique. Drummers probaly noticed he doesn't use the jazz ride pattern at all. Instead, he just does straight eigth notes.

Anyone ever go to the Blue Note in Chicago before it closed down?

Melba Liston

Julius Wechter, Tonni Kalash, Bernie Fleischer.

I have been sick all weekend, and today. So I put on, last night, the album that clears my head, Kind Of Blue.

These are awesome. I still can't attatch an image.

Chico Hamilton, A Differen't Journey.

Buddy Rich was jewish, yes. Dave Samuels too.

Yes. Opened up for a Ray Charles show two years ago.

I haven't really participated in this thread that much. I just want to say, Los Ritmos is awesome! I love the melodies on every song. There is not that much vibraphone on the album, but it is a percussionist's dream album.

Gemini Jets

I think getting old does take its toll on some musicians. I guess more with horn players, because they become weak, but some can really blow. Haven't heard much of Art Blakey in his later years, but when he was on the Cos. Show, he did his fancy stick trick, and he hit the rims and stuff, and it didn't cook that much.