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  3. Five Awkward Conversations with Paul Motian

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    One more via one of my tenor player friends. He was at a club to see his hero (nameless due to the nature of the story). After a great first set, the tenor player comes over to the bar for a drink and sits on a stool next to my friend. On the other side is a beautiful blonde. My friend screws up his courage and decides to say something to his hero. He gushes that he really loved the music in the first set. The tenor player graciously acknowledges the compliment, thanks my friend for coming out and then turns to chat with the blonde. My friend starts kicking himself that here was his chance to speak to his hero and all he could come up with some gushing fanboy chitchat. So he waits for a pause in the conversation and then tells his hero how much he loved certain Blue Note records he did, how he transcribed some solos from them, and how big an influence his hero was on his own playing. Again his hero was gracious and thanked him again for supporting his music, turning once again to the blonde. Convinced that he and his hero are now best friends, he decides to talk a little shop asking his hero about his mouthpiece and reed. His hero remains gracious although now getting a little annoyed. "It's an Otto Link and a Rico #3". Then lowering his voice he tells my friend, "now, if you don't mind, I'm trying to get laid over here."

  4. Five Awkward Conversations with Paul Motian

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    I used to be quite an autograph hound when I was younger. Almost without exception, everyone I asked was gracious and happily obliged. My funniest story is when I got Tony Williams's autograph. It was at a club I frequently attended. Most of the waitstaff knew me and knew that I usually hung out after the gig to get autographs. After Tony's band played, I waited patiently outside the dressing room. One by one, band members came out and I got their signatures on Tony's latest release. I had waited for a very long time expecting Tony to come out. One of the waitresses saw me and knew what I was waiting for. She came over and said, "You know that Tony has a separate dressing room?" I panicked, realizing I had waited so long in the wrong location that by now Tony had probably split. I asked where the other dressing room was and only paid limited attention to the directions she gave me as I rushed off hoping to catch Tony. I ran around the stage, down a hallway and made a left like the directions said. There was a door blocking my way. I was getting agitated now thinking to myself she didn't say anything about a door, Tony is probably long gone, I can't believe I waited in the wrong spot, etc. then I thought, there must be another hallway down this way beyond the closed door. So I flung it open only to find Tony standing there in his boxers with a cigar in his mouth. Tony looked at me and yelled, "What!" I stammered an explanation, said I misunderstood the directions, didn't realize this was the dressing room, just wanted to get your autograph, ... Tony stood there for a second, then waved me over and signed my record. I thanked him and then got the hell out of there!

  5. Tristano Chicago 1951

    in New Releases

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    Mine came about a week ago. Excellent playing all around with Willie Dennis a pleasant surprise for me. As others mentioned, sound is very good. A nice selection of repertoire stretched over 2 CDs.

    One thing that was distracting me was Lennie's comping for the soloists. To me, it seemed inflexible and not connected to what the soloists were doing (not that it seemed to bother them, however). I'll have to give it another listen.

  7. Vincent Herring Transcription

    in Musician's Forum

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    I was particularly inspired by some recent shows that Vincent Herring played in San Jose. After I saw him, I went right to work transcribing some of his solos. For the first transcription of 2015, I've added a transcription of Vincent Herring's solo on "I'll Remember April" to my website:

    http://scooby-sax.com/Transcriptions.html

    I have quite a few transcriptions almost ready to put up on the site. Stay tuned for more Vincent Herring, Wardell Gray, Phil Woods, Bird, ...

    - Scooby

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