Dave James

If there's a more kick-ass rock song than this, I'm open to suggestions.

Any Brian Auger fans out there? Back in 1969 when I was still in college and not at all interested in jazz, I got hooked by his song "Ellis Island" from the album "Street Noise". I've always found his music to be at the very listenable end of the jazz-rock spectrum.

1965: Lee in Denmark playing with Bill Evans:

Portland Oregon's own...the late, great Elliott Smith.

Hank is, hands down, my favorite jazz artist. Within his catalog, I'm decidedly partial to the earlier sessions that feature his so-called "round sound." Some of his later recordings strike me as an attempt to stay current...an agenda that tends to remove the roundness and replaces it with a coarser, more strident sound. Hank's high point for me will always be "Soul Station". I can listen to the opening track "Remember" over and over again and never tire of hearing it. The line-up on that one (Mobley, Kelly, Blakey, and Chambers) reads like a mini-jazz HOF. That's not to say there aren't some diamonds to be found on the beach of his later work, but that earlier material will always be what I turn to most often. IMO, as good s it gets.

Another irreplaceable giant calls for the check. Not many difference makers are left.

Well-centered. Sharp corners. Good gloss. Grade: 9.0 - 9.5. NM. I wonder what the chances are of pulling a Freddie Hubbard rookie card?

Speaking of Eddie Costa, during my get-to-know-you tour, I came across this quartet date he did with Bill Evans.

Don't forget this one. Feldman's decision not to join Miles' band opened the door for Herbie Hancock.

Hate to admit this, but I'm familiar with with Mr. Costa in name only. I'll be remedying that shortly Feldman got his start in sho biz as a kid drummer:

An under appreciated talent. The older I get, the more his song, "Hello In There" resonates.

If you have any questions about Victor Feldman, you can answer them by setting aside time to listen to the CD collection documenting Shelly Manne's live performances at The Blackhawk from 1959. They made me a true believer. Feldman's percussive approach to the piano combined with Manne's in-the-pocket drumming was a match made in heaven.

Hall-Of-Famer and lifelong Detroit Tiger passes at 85. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/sports/baseball/al-kaline-tigers-perennial-all-around-all-star-is-dead-at-85.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

Most bizzarre mash-up ever courtesy of Little Roger & The Goosebumps: https://youtu.be/KTCYLbFxTpI

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Here's Marc Myers Jazzwax column from June of 2011 that talks about Art and the clarinet. Thought you would enjoy this if you haven't seen it before. https://www.jazzwax.com/2011/06/art-pepper-and-the-clarinet.html

Gotta get this. It's far and away my all-time favorite film.

Along with maybe 3,000 other rock LP's, this one resides in my garage.

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Here's a link to the Vinyl Me Please website that talks about the "new" Blakey album. It even includes a small pic of the splatter LP. http://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/art-blakey-vinyl-me-please-new-album/

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know." - Donald Rumsfeld