RogerS

I saw Mr. Jarrett play a solo concert in 1981 in Royal Oak, Michigan. Someone coughed partway through the show, he stopped playing, "conducted" the audience in a series of coughs, said something to the effect of now you've got that out of your system and I can focus on playing again. I was amused rather than offended, and the music was sublime. My question is, isn't this part of the show? You go to Durgin Park in Boston for the roast beef and the sarcastic waitstaff, you go hear Keith Jarrett for lovely piano music and the occasional rant. Still one of my favorite jazz concerts. Roger

I was sorry to hear that Kenn Cox had passed. I heard him play many times through the years, most recently at 2 Donald Walden tributes this year, the 1 song set at the Detroit Festival of the Arts (called on account of thunderstorm) and the set at the Detroit Jazz Fest, he sounded as great as ever. I went through my CD collection, found a few CDs with Kenn Cox that I wanted to mention: Sam Sanders, The Gift of Love, Kenn Cox on 2 tracks this is a bit of a stretch, never had a CD release, I had a professional transfer of the LP to CD, this is one of my very favorite jazz albums Danny Spencer & Friends, Live at the DIA, 2000 this is a 2 CD set including Kenn Cox and Phil Lasley, recorded August 12, 1983 at the DIA. not a bootleg! found it at a Detroit Jazz Fest, includes "So Be It" a Kenn Cox composition Donald Walden, A Monk and a Mingus Among Us (Jazzworks, recorded 1996-1997) Kenn Cox plays on Mingus' "Peggy's Blue Skylight" this was mentioned previously in the thread, but not by title Donald Walden and the Detroit Jazz Orchestra, Focus: The Music of Tadd Dameron (Emanon, 2003) recorded live at Bert's on Broadway, Detroit Jun 18 &19, 2002 Francisco Mora Catlett, River Drum (ler Cru, 2005) Kenn Cox plays on all but 3 tracks Message from the Tribe: An Anthology of Tribe Records: 1972-1977 Has the Phil Ranelin track "Vibes from the Tribe" that Kenn Cox played electric piano on and a CD that he didn't play on: Marion Hayden, Visions (Equinox, 2007) includes a lovely version of his "Buhaina" Listening to the Blue Note CJQ CD right now. Roger Silverstein