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On Sonny Rollins' last studio album, the title track "Sonny, Please!" has a Native American influence.

Jim, that's it!!!!!! Thanks. I just bought the CD.

Thanks, I went through all 157 listed there.

There's is a jazz version of this Carol King song done by acoustic bass and guitar. Anyone have an idea who this might be? I heard this today on the radio but there was no mention as to who it was.

Interesting article. Jazz Musicians Throw Concert To Pay For Their Health Coverage Laura Bassett Laura Bassett – Mon Apr 12, 5:48 pm ET Thirteen years ago, 68-year-old jazz guitarist Calvin Keys underwent a life-saving quadruple bypass surgery. Keys, a notable Bay Area musician who recorded and toured with Ray Charles in the '70s, says he would not have been able to afford that surgery if he hadn't been covered under his wife's health insurance. "I don't know what would have happened if I wasn't married," said Keys, who never had health coverage until he married his wife of 35 years. "There are quite a few musicians out here who don't have any health insurance. Most of us are from the ghetto, anyway. We don't know nothing about health care, and that's a big problem." Keys said that as soon as he recovered from his surgery, he was so grateful to the hospital and rehabilitation center that treated him that he decided to throw a benefit concert to show his appreciation and raise money for other musicians who couldn't afford their health care. "We raised about four or five thousand dollars, and donated it on the condition that 40 percent went to a musician that needed health care," Keys said. "That was my way of giving something back to the community. We musicians need all the help we can get." Now Keys has joined forces with trumpeter Eddie Gale to throw the second annual San Francisco Jazz Fest, a health care fundraiser for musicians that will take place on Friday, April 23rd. Gale, who rose to fame in the 60's and recorded on Blue Note Records, says he came up with the idea for the festival after losing a number of his musician friends to health issues that could have been treated or prevented... Article

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I heard something by him tonight and was impressed. Any fans? There isn't much of session available.

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I agree. When he mentioned if he used a few seconds of a tune in this film he would have had to pay 20 thousand, I thought how insane. Plus sampling will never go away now in the digital age. Yes, Brazil appears to be in the lead with sampling to create new music.

Randy Weston will be at the Jazz Standard this week for his 84th birthday. I would highly recommend seeing this master.

It deals with the music industry, our culture and copyright. I found it very fascinating. web site watch the film

It couldn't happen to a better musician. Dear Fans and Friends, We are proud to announce that on April 16, 2010 the Library of Congress will officially acquire the Dexter Gordon Recorded Sound and Video Collection into its archive. This is a major step in the advancement of Dexter Gordon's legacy and is the result of many years of hard work on the part of Dex Music LLC (formerly Dex Music). If you happen to be in the Washington D.C. area and would like to be part of this event, please send an email with your full name to: info@dextergordon.com. Thank you for taking part in this wonderful celebration. Official Press Release Below Dex Music LLC http://DexterGordon.com Event Details Friday, April 16, 2010 10:30 AM - Announcement of the Acquisition Monday, April 19, 2010 7:00 PM - Library of Congress Jazz Film Series - "Round Midnight" presentation by Maxine Gordon Address: Library of Congress Mary Pickford Theater James Madison Building, 3rd Floor 101 Independence Ave. S.E. Washington, D.C. (One block from the Capitol South metro station) RSVP with your name to: info@dextergordon.com Official Press Release - Library of Congress Dexter Gordon Considered one of the world's greatest tenor saxophonists, jazz legend Dexter Gordon (1923-1990) was once quoted as saying, "Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people." The Library of Congress has taken steps to ensure the survival of Gordon's musical heritage by acquiring more than a thousand items from his career spanning more than five decades. The Collection The collection comprises a wide range of Gordon's work from all phases of his career. Consisting primarily of sound recordings, the collection also includes interviews and items from Gordon's film and television appearances. Time and Place The Library will celebrate the acquisition of this invaluable record of Gordon's cultural legacy in a special program at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 16, in the Mary Pickford Theater on the third floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are needed. Speaker, Archivist: Maxine Gordon The featured speaker will be Maxine Gordon, whose academic career as an archivist and historian was shaped by her husband's request to preserve his works. "It was Dexter Gordon's wish to have his collection housed at the Library of Congress," she said. "We want people to know what the Library is doing in support of jazz." Maxine Gordon, who is working on her doctorate in history at New York University, is the senior interviewer and jazz researcher at the Bronx African American History Project at Fordham University. She has written on various aspects of jazz and is currently writing a biography about her husband and his legacy. Items on Display Items from the collection will be on display at the event. Among them will be a short video of Dexter Gordon in Europe, which features his last public performance. In addition, unreleased gems of the iconic saxophonist's work will be showcased. Digitization and Preservation "With the acquisition of the Dexter Gordon Collection, the Library has secured the recorded legacy of one of the great jazz saxophonists," said Eugene DeAnna, head of the Library's Recorded Sound Section. "Most of these great recordings exist only on what are now obsolete formats, so our job will be to catalog and digitally preserve them to archival standards at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation, making them accessible to listeners in our Capitol Hill reading room while sustaining them for posterity." Library of Congress Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. It seeks to spark imagination and creativity and to further human understanding and wisdom by providing access to knowledge through its magnificent collections, programs and exhibitions. Many of the Library's rich resources can be accessed through its website at www.loc.gov and via interactive exhibitions on a personalized website at myLOC.gov. The Library's audio-visual collections are preserved at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation, a state-of-the-art facility where the nation's library acquires, preserves and provides access to the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of films, television programs, radio broadcasts and sound recordings (www.loc.gov/avconservation/).

Sad news indeed. He just played Smalls in NYC on the 23rd of March. He always played so well with Tony Bennett. RIP.

Like the old energizer bunny, Hank still goes on. A true master. Hank Jones & Joe Lovano Quartet. with Willie Jones III (drums) George Mraz (bass) Tuesday-Saturday, May 25-29 @ 8:30 &11pm Music Charge: $30, side seating; $40 center seating One of the premiere modern tenor saxophonists, Grammy Award-winning Joe Lovano and 91 year-old piano legend Hank Jones, who the National Endowment for the Arts has inducted as a "Jazz Master," return to Birdland for this one-week run to lead a quartet featuring drummer Willie Jones III and bassist George Mraz. While the Lovano-Jones collaboration is relatively young, the partnership has proven to be quite a prolific one: two critically acclaimed quartet masterworks recorded for Blue Note Records (I’m All for You—Ballad Songbook in 2004 and Joyous Encounter in 2005), world tours and a live recorded duet, "Kids." Hear for yourself the perfectly balanced and masterful musical conversation that continues to evolve between these two jazz greats in a quartet setting.

Yes, I have had this for many years. Since it is a bootleg I wouldn't pay for it.

I sat through 10 sets at the Village Vanguard in January. Lee still plays great. Even got himself into a spat with Lorraine Gordon. Lee is worth seeing. thread

Sad indeed. But he lived a long life. Thanks Mr. Ellis for all the great music. May you rest peacefully.

I caught his show at Dizzy's in NY. It was real nice. The first 10 minutes he was interviewed by WBGO.

I never heard of this brand. But being a lefty you are kind of limited. ebay

Universal betting on lower prices to boost CD sales Universal Music Group (UMG) is embarking on one of the most ambitious efforts yet to boost U.S. CD sales, with the test of a new pricing structure designed to sell most new releases by current artists at $10 or less at retail. The major's "Velocity" pricing program responds to the continuing plunge in CD sales, taking aim at brick-and-mortar retail stores that have scaled back on floor space dedicated to music. The pricing adjustments will also bring CD prices more in line with what consumers pay for digital albums at online retailers like iTunes and Amazon. "We think it will really bring new life into the physical format," Universal Music Group Distribution chairman/CEO Jim Urie says. Universal, which accounts for 28.7 percent of year-to-date U.S. album sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan, will cut UMG's main wholesale price point of $10.35 to about $7.50 or less for front-line releases, which are generally by established current artists. It's also breaking with prevailing industry practice by putting suggested retail prices on CDs, ranging from $6 to $10. article

The last cutting match Sonny did was with Bradford Marsalis at Carnegie Hall May of 1989. They was chance for Bradford. Sonny blew him away. Bradford bragged to the NYC papers that he was now the best tenor player on the sense. After that show, Bradford wished he didn't. There were two articles in the New York Times about this. Bradford also mentions this on his website. Article Branford never bragged that he was now the best tenor on the scene. On the contrary, his pre-concert comments to the Times were self-deprecating, reverential toward Sonny and prescient about the can of whup-ass that was about to be opened on him. Here's what he said to Jon Pareles before the concert: "I learned some of his solos, like the ones on 'Saxophone Colossus.' All the other records were impossible: they were just too hard to learn. But I picked up 'Blue Seven,' 'Strode Rode,' 'Toot-Toot Tootsie,' and I still remember most of those solos. In fact, I played him 'Toot-Toot Tootsie' at rehearsal. You know, the first time I heard him live in a room, with the door closed behind me, the sound was like being run over by a train. You can hear Sonny Rollins a million times on record and know intellectually that he has a big sound, but that's not like hearing him and having the hair stand up on your head ... "It's like going in the ring with Mike Tyson. But he knows a whole pile of stuff that I don't know, and as far as I know there's one surefire way of learning it, and that's to get bludgeoned by it. A lot of cats said, 'Man, I would never take that gig' -- but he didn't ask them. Just to stand there on a stage with him is an honor. And I figure, what's wrong with getting slaughtered by Sonny Rollins? There's going to be an incredible amount of knowledge passed on in that whipping. I'll pick myself up off the floor, and maybe I'll cry, because I do that sometimes after a tough gig. But then I'll internalize the stuff he played and be a better person for it. I'll be the lamb on that altar, because someday I'll be 60 and I'll be sacrificing some young kid, too. But pray for me." Now, from the department of hazy memories, I do recall reading a review of the concert by Gary Giddins that I can't put my hands on at this moment in which he mentions that the program notes included a bio of Branford, written I think by his brother Delfeayo, in which a bunch of ridiculous claims were made on behalf of Branford. Again, my memory of the details could be off, but the inference was that if Sonny needed any extra-motivation, the program notes were -- as they say in the sports world -- bulletin board material. Thanks for the correction. Anyway, Sonny did blow him away. I was there and do have a recording of this concert.

The last cutting match Sonny did was with Bradford Marsalis at Carnegie Hall May of 1989. They was chance for Bradford. Sonny blew him away. Bradford bragged to the NYC papers that he was now the best tenor player on the sense. After that show, Bradford wished he didn't. There were two articles in the New York Times about this. Bradford also mentions this on his website. Article

Strange that no one in the U.K./Ireland would try and bring him over for a gig or two. Is he very expensive? Sonny played London at the end of last year.

Sonny Rollins turns 80 this year. He is about to embark on a world tour. Anyone planning on catching any of his concerts? * April 6 Orchestra Hall, Detroit Michigan * April 9 Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL * April 18 Symphony Hall, Boston, MA * May 10 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA * May 13 Wheeler Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley, CA * May 16 Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA * May 19 Davis Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Jackson Hall, Davis, CA * June 12 Discover Jazz Festival, Burlington, Vermont * June 23 Winnipeg Jazz Festival, Winnipeg, Canada * June 27 Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreal, Canada * July 11 North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands * July 16 Perugia Jazz Festival, Perugia, Italy * July 20 Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway * Oct 1 Kousei Nenkin Hall Sapporo Japan * Oct 4 JCB Hall Tokyo * Oct 7 Forum A Tokyo International Hall Tokyo * Oct 9 NHK Hall Osaka

You may want to ask your local library what they use. With CDs and DVDs being loaned out all the time, they are using something to remove scratches.