paul secor

Sonny Boy Williamson II Josephine Baker Fats Domino

Huh? Am I listening to a different recording? Pepper is just being Pepper - playing the changes the way he always does, which is a bit unique. I guess if you don't like Pepper's ballad style,,, it's not as pretty as Chet's but it's still got something going for me. Pepper himself tells of the time he soloed in his "normal" way in Stan Kenton's band and had most of the band members thinking he didn't know what he was doing. We both listened to the same recording, Just with different ears and probably coming from diffrent places. Which is fine.

Chet Baker: Chet (Riverside/Analogue Productions) Pepper Adams' solos should have been edited out of this recording. Or, better yet, he shouldn't have been allowed to solo and just been restricted to playing backgrounds. The leader is playing music. Mr. Adams is playing notes.

Nice!

A lot of singers are said to be soulful, but not many had a voice as soulful as Bobby "Blue" Bland. (Even though he seemed to have dropped the "Blue" from his name in later years, that's how I thought of him. It just seemed right.) Thanks for everything you gave, Mr. Bland. You'll be missed but not forgotten.

Karin Krog/Archie Shepp: Hi-Fly (Bainbridge Japan)

Barry Melton Abe Vigoda Charlie the Tuna

Jimmy Knepper: Idol of the Flies (Bethlehem/Affinity)

Whitey Ford Johnny Winter Ice T

Art Pepper & George Cables: Tete a Tete (Galaxy Japan)

Vic Tanny Coco Crisp Bert Sugar

Coleman Hawkins/Clark Terry: Back in Bean's Bag (Columbia/Classic)

Lancelot Louis Armstrong Hercules

John Kerry Johnny Griffin The Brothers Grimm

Ornette: The Shape of Jazz To Come (Atlantic Japan)

Jim Thome Alan Page Willis Reed

Bill Evans at Town Hall Volume One (Verve Japan)

Mariano Ramirez????

Kenny Burrell with Coleman Hawkins: Bluesy Burrell (Moodsville/Alto Analogue)

Happy Birthday!

Rip Torn Raggedy Andy Dean Jagger

Happy Birthday. Scott!

Happy Birthday, Bruce!

Dexter Gordon: Dexter Blows Hot and Cool featuring Carl Perkins (Dootone/Boplicity)

Short article on a little known part of Moondog's life: http://owegopennysaver.com/index.php/2013/06/16/moondog/