Hardbopjazz

Yes, R&B and gospel sessions.

Benny Golson told the story a few weeks ago on how McCoy Tyner met John Coltrane. I was at a Vincent Herring show in NYC. Vincent was talking to Benny the night before. Benny told Vincent he hired Tyner. McCoy had not been in New York yet. He started to drive from Philly to NYC when his car broke down on the Jersey Turnpike. McCoy called Benny and asked if he could come pick him up so he wouldn't miss the gig. Benny didn't have a car, but told McCoy he would call a friend to see if he was available. He called John Coltrane. He drove down to where McCoy was stuck and drove him up to NYC. A year later, McCoy would join Coltrane's band. You would think all three being from Philly, Coltrane would have met Tyner back in the 50's. I did see Dizzy Reece perform about 6 or 7 years ago. I'm glad he's still around. I mix him up with Ted Curson.

I wasn't considering unissued. But there are many sessions in the Savoy discography that when I do a search on the internet I don't find any hits. True, as long as someone has a copy the music isn't lost, provided he or she can ensure the record/tape is save for generations to come.

The Lennie Tristano Mosaic and The Nat King Cole early years from Resonance Records.

I’ve been looking through my discographies, such as the Savoy, and Verve, and there are a number of sessions that don’t seem to have made to the digital age. This makes ask the question of this thread. How much music has been lost through the years?

RIP. He was a great coach.

My copy was shipped today.

Happy Holidays to all.

It’s feee to watch here in the US. https://tubitv.com/movies/635507/another-kind-of-soul-the-coleman-family-legacy?start=true&fbclid=IwAR0T-R3WXk7It5m4BbHExnbJdqfymOL_tVfOzUN2zmEst_idxrX3xraKTN0

I snapped this photo at the Vanguard. Piano talking going on between the two.

I just saw he has passed away. One left. RIP.

COVID-19 still wreaking havoc.

What a loss. RIP Barry. Thanks for the music.

Was there ever one done for the Argo records, or are those sessions included in the Chess discography since Argo was a division on Chess?

I have the Blue Note, Prestige and the Savoy Discographies. I refer to them often.

I won’t post any of the article here. You can read it from the link below. https://slate.com/culture/2021/12/kenny-g-documentary-listening-hbo-max-penny-lane.html?fbclid=IwAR1DmErvzc90JjvLjR8gHV5u9I2DnfPVoCZgdf1e8S8MnWuSavanVz-4E8Q

It is December 2022. I asked Aidan just now and he confirmed it is next year.

The book is out in a few days. https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/aidan-levy/saxophone-colossus/9780306902796/# This long-awaited first full biography of legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins chronicles the gripping story of a freedom fighter and spiritual seeker whose life has been as much of a thematic improvisation as his music. Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma. Known as the “Saxophone Colossus,” he is widely acknowledged as the greatest living jazz improviser, having won Grammys, the Austrian Cross of Honor, Sweden’s Polar Music Prize and a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama. He is one of our last links to the golden age of jazz—one of only two remaining musicians pictured in the iconic “Great Day in Harlem” portrait. His colossal seven-decade career has been well documented, but the backstage life of the man once called “the only jazz recluse” has gone largely untold—until now. Based on more than 200 interviews with Rollins himself, family members, friends, and collaborators, as well as Rollins’ extensive personal archive, Saxophone Colossus is the comprehensive portrait of this living legend, tireless civil rights activist and environmentalist. A child of the Harlem Renaissance, Rollins’ precocious talent quickly landed him on the bandstand and in the recording studio with Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, or playing opposite Billie Holiday. He became an icon in his own right, recording fifteen albums as a leader in a staggering three-year span, including Tenor Madness, featuring John Coltrane; Way Out West, which established the pianoless trio; Freedom Suite, the first civil rights-themed album of the hard bop era; A Night at the Village Vanguard, which put the storied jazz venue on the map; and the 1956 classic Saxophone Colossus. Yet his meteoric rise to fame was not without its challenges. He served a ten-month sentence on Rikers Island and faced a battle with heroin addiction, which he eventually conquered after voluntary treatment at the “Narcotic Farm” in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1959, Rollins began a two-year sabbatical from recording and performing, practicing up to 16 hours a day on the Williamsburg Bridge, which has since inspired a campaign to rename the bridge in his honor. In 1968, he took another sabbatical to study at an ashram in India. With the help of his wife and manager Lucille, Rollins returned to performing from 1971 until his retirement in 2012. The story of Sonny Rollins—innovative, unpredictable, larger than life—is the story of jazz itself, and Sonny’s own narrative is as timeless and timely as the art form he represents. Part jazz oral history told in the musicians’ own words, part chronicle of one man’s quest for social justice and spiritual enlightenment, this exhaustively researched account pulses with the rhythm and pathos of a literary novel and the depth and insight of a serious scholarly study. This is the definitive biography of one of the most enduring and influential artists in jazz and American history.

While I wait for my copy to arrive in the mail, I am streaming this on iTunes. I am really liking it. The entire band is at top form.

The last giant of Broadway musicals has taken his curtain bow. RIP. Send in the Clowns.

Motherless Brooklyn has a number of jazz musicians appearing in the film. Jerry Weldon Joe Farnsworth. and others.

I was perusing some Facebook group on album covers. This was cited as being the first album that contained artwork.

So before 1938 there weren't any art work on record covers? Is this really the first record with art work on the cover?

Steve Davis paid tribute to Slide tonight at a gig he was playing.

There are posts all over Facebook from musicians. https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=488161782394520