White Lightning

Count me in as a Cecil Payne fan! Indeed, his Delmarks are constantly good ones, not just for Payne's playing, which has less chops than he had in the 50s, but also for the excellent sidemen he got. Eric Alexander is great on all those Delamrks, and I also think he was somewhat responsible for the reemergence of Payne in the 90s. The following 2 Delmarks are also recommended:

HAPPY BELATED BDAY FFA!!!!!!!!!

Gave this CD a spin yesterday for the 1st time, and was awe struck: This album is amazing! The Coltrane medley, with the 17 minutes of circular breathing Blue Train is simply priceless. Immediately after the CD ended, I pressed the Play button again. And then again. This is a great CD, folks!

Same here. Thanx!

Have a great one, Mark!

Have a great day, and a great year!

Happy Birthday Flurin!!

Great news guys!

Happy Birthday!!

Well, it wasn't a session that you'll remember forever as one of those special moments in your life, there was nothing adventurous or thrilling about the gig, but I enjoyed it a lot. Randy Brecker and Eddie Henderson played wonderful. Brecker soloed was "I remember Clifford" and Henderson was the soloist in "Portrait of Jennie". Golson wasn't as good. Too bad he didn't stick to the more slow-tempo pieces, where his failing chops wouldn't be so obvious and his lyricism would shine through. Golson also gave his usual schtick of story-telling, which can be nice and engaging if you hear it for the first time. Al Foster was great. The set list consisted of several Brownie tunes (Dahoud, Joyspring etc.) some Brownie-related tunes (Portrait of Jennie etc. ), some bebop tunes (confirmation etc), and only one Golson standard (I remember Clifford, of course).

Here's a very short clip of the interview and the gig. enjoy! ->Click<-

Benny Golson's All Stars group is playing in T-A this week. I was fortunate enough to interview Benny Golson and to take some pics of the show and the soundchecks before. I'll have a short video clip of the interview for you tomorrow. In the meanwhile, here are the pics I took from yesterday's gig. Enjoy! (click the thumbnail to enlarge) http://einatbarak.hurvitz.org/photos/We_Remember_Clifford/

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Here's a short clip of my interview with Yusef Lateef. You can read the full interview after polishing your Hebrew skills here besides what's on the video clip, We talked about His days in Detroit, the Muslim riots after those Danish Caricatures, the genius of Eric Dolphy, the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, His future plans, YAL, the making of Bamboo flutes in 2 hours and the absolutely essential fact that despite what's written in his bio, it was Roy Brooks rather than Lateef that played the Shofar! Lateef is an incredible man, I feel very fortunate to have spent time with him and listen to his stories and wisdom

"Tz" or "Ts" as in tsetse fly or as in Zorn's "Tzadik" label.

Happy BDay RT!

Order placed

Bill Evans was the name he adopted for the Jazz life.

Tza- Char (a guttural "Ch" as in Chutzpa or Chanukah)

I interviewed Yusef Lateef yesterday. It was also a video interview. He told me some great stories on mingus, Roland Kirk and Dolphy. I'll post a link to the short vid when it'll be on line. I also him play last night with the Belmondo Bros. It wasn't a perfect gig, but I loved it, warts and all. Lateef's recent Album "Influence" is actually under the French Belmondo Bros. name. It's a double CD. The first CD is more third streamy penned by Lionel Belmondo. The 2nd CD is more Jazzy and it includes some of Lateef's music, including remakes of some of Lateef's Jazz Moods (Savoy) tunes. Lateef's chops are not what they used to be, but hey - the man is almost 86. But when he speaks thru his axes he's really saying something. Lateef's flute work is great. His sound is still golden. The flute is now Lateef's main Axe. Lateef's chops on the tenor is not that strong, but he still can tell a great story on it. The one thing that is was sad to listen to is his Oboe work. Not good at all. All in all - I would recommend to give "Influence" a spin, even several spins. You'll like it I believe.

Happy Birthday, Wes!

Happy belated BDay, Jim

Happy Belated Birthday, Vic!