Joe G

UGH! Shades of Fear Factor! Although for my money, the live octopus takes the cake.

Classy!

OUCH!!!!

There is also some Jim Hall in Peter's approach - he studied with Jim for a while, as I understand it.

I switched to D'addario's years ago, but Slinkys got me through the metal years. :rsmile: RIP Ernie.

It was gorgeous fall weather here yesterday, and it looks like more of the same today!

Just a guess, but was the tune Sara's Dance, by Tommy Turrentine?

I wish I could have been there! We had a gig, though. Glad to hear they were burning.

Where have you been lately?

Nope. Nada.

Oh well, thank you for trying.

Don't tell that to B3-er!

Pull up a chair and grab a drink; the more the merrier!

I like that Brecker album, but that photo... looks ripe for some fun with captions!

Good to hear from you, Dan! Thanks for checking in.

I've been hit up twice in the last two weeks with the running out of gas story. The first time I simply didn't have any money on me. Yesterday the guy made it a point to tell me he was from Mississippi; even showing me his driver's liscense. I'm thinking, what difference does that make?

Check out the albums he did with Wes Montgomery: Full House, and Smokin' at the Half Note. Kickass. Boss Guitar is good, too; especially if you want to hear him in an organ trio.

> > Hello Jazz lovers, wherever you are! I continue to be a fly on the > > windshield of the jazz industry. (HA!) I presume you know that Bud > > Shank was fired from his post as founder and guiding light of the > > Bud Shank Workshop in Port Townsend, WA. He has been the 'man' there > > for 25 plus years, assembling one of the best teaching ensembles > > ever! But now they want a younger man with young ideas! Outsourcing > > the wrong guy folks! It only takes forever to learn this music thing > > and even longer to come to terms with this jazz thing. And they want > > a younger guy. Any damn fool can play when they are 20, or 30, 0r > > 40, 50, 60. But try cutting the mustard when you are in your late > > 70's! Now anyone that can do that has acquired knowledge that no > > younger person can ever hope to learn. > > > > The jazz existence, or any existence is not about getting somewhere > > it is all about the voyage. No one can ever master life, only > > experience it and contribute something to making the world a better > > place to be an artist. ARTIST is the key word. If you want to be a > > practical musician, great. Get some gigs and have a good life. But > > if you want to be a jazz musician, the requirements are more > > stringent. An awareness of world culture is a good place to start! > > Learn something about food and wine, learn a language, read a book, > > paint a painting, see an O'Neill play, stare at a sunset. Write a > > Rondo for heaven's sake - be somebody. And no matter how long you do > > it you will barely touch the surface of this passion called life, > > the jazz life! You have to be a warrior - Bud Shank is a warrior! A > > tough one who has survived. What he has to teach is incalculable to > > measure. And they want a younger guy. How about Norah Jones to teach > > jazz singing? Yeah! Right! > > > > Bud and I have been doing many gigs together, Toronto festival, > > North Sea and others. We broached Concord records to try and secure > > a one shot record deal for Yoshi's in November. They said that > > instrumental music doesn't sell anymore! Imagine! A company founded > > on instrumental music, great music, decides that it doesn't sell > > anymore. I am mad as hell and will continue to rant and rave about > > these things until my last breath. > > > > Culture in America is going to hell in a hand basket. (I love that > > saying - don't know what it means but love it still.) Keep the song > > alive. Until next time stay well. And thank you for being a part of > > my thing! > > > > Phil Woods

You know, I was in Denver this last week, and we checked out a pretty cool cd store (Twist and Shout for those who might be curious). I found not one, but two different releases (one German) of the album Bley did with Jaco and Metheny. Now I'm wondering why I didn't pick one of them up. Anyone heard it?

IIRC, it's McCoy.

I read the BFT in the bookstore today, and now I think I need to get that autobiography! 5 stars!!

No doubt!