Hardbopjazz

Wow. Another loss. RIP MR. Wyands.

RIP. Another great musician has left.

I got my copy today. I am enjoying this. Listened to the CD twice. Harold Mabern's final recording. George and Harold played well together. 60 years of playing together.

This is great. Helps to have had a kid that watched this show.

There is a petition to name the music department at Floyd Paterson University after Harold Mabern. https://www.change.org/p/william-paterson-university-of-new-jersey-ask-william-paterson-to-name-its-music-school-for-harold-mabern?source_location=petitions_browse

The cause of death was heart attack. 83 is a good run.

ok.

Does anyone subscribe to the Times online you can post the entire article? https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/george-coleman-the-quartet-review-former-miles-davis-sideman-comes-into-his-own-rvm7dv2tl George Coleman: The Quartet review — former Miles Davis sideman comes into his own George Coleman will always be known as the guy who quit what became Miles Davis’s second great quintet. The tenor saxophonist’s old-school bebop didn’t fit in with his bandmates’ questing sound and he was replaced by Wayne Shorter. For Shorter the rest was history, but Coleman almost was history. A paucity of leader dates since hasn’t helped his cause, but he deserves better, as this album proves. The group here certainly offer more sympathetic company. He has been leading them for 20 years and playing with their pianist, Harold Mabern, off and on, for 50. Remarkably, it’s the quartet’s first recording. No sheet music was used, and one tune,East 9th Street Blues, was apparently created on the spot. Coleman’s subdued.@quy...lasts for half…

Harold Mabern deserved to win the NEA award years ago. Too bad it never occurred.

Yeah, "The Sidewinder" and also "Song For My Father" were the top sellers, but I was looking for artists that over a loner stretch of time sustained the label. But I guess this discussion can focus on one release too.

I forgot about her.

From Smoke Records website. Smoke Sessions Records 7 hours ago The world is a lot less beautiful today. It is with heavy hearts that we share news of the sad and unexpected passing of Harold Mabern. We send our deepest condolences to his family during this most difficult time, and our heartfelt sympathies to his extended musical family. Harold, you were one of a kind and we will miss you always.

Can you think of artists that a jazz label stayed afloat because of him/her? I can think of these three. John Coltrane - Impulse. Jimmy Smith - Blue Note. Miles Davis - Prestige. Would Wes or Monk be a strong candidate for Riverside?

Hard to digest this news. I am a huge fan of his music. I can't even count how many times I've seen him live as a leader or sideman. At a gig early this year, I did him discussing with some of the other musicians before the set started, about prostrate cancer. I don't know if he was referring to himself. Time to play some of his music. Thanks Mr. Mabern for the music.

Thanks. That worked.

I have an audio file that someone gave me. It is in a format called AOB. I downloaded some software that claims to play and convert this format to WAV, but it didn't work. Does anyone know how I can listen to this format? Online I read it can be played in Blue Ray players. I don't have one of those.

I have to get with the times. I haven't used any streaming service yet. How good is the the catalogs for Amazon or the others in terms of jazz? Since this the music is going to be HD, I may check it out.

Wow. RIP Rick. The Cars had their own sound.

I haven't participated due to a busy schedule these past few months, but if you need someone for Oct I can put something together. I did do March.

RIP. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/eddie-money-two-tickets-paradise-140445527.html

R.I.P.

I really enjoy Houston Person. His newest release is real nice.

Over this past weekend, I went to my local library to return a book. There was a man trying to donate a crate of about 300 rock and R&B CD's to the library. The CD's came from a family member that had past away. The librarian kindly said, "Sorry, we have no need for the CD's. No one is borrowing CD's anymore." Are CD's really worthless that a library would refuse free CD's? I have many CD's and often thought where should they be donated to when I check out of this world. I know vinyl has made a come back, but are CD's really headed in the direction of the dodo?

Happy birthday.

I have the CD as well.