Interesting article, for sure. It's on streaming services now, so I'm happy to be able to hear it easily. Nice that Tomeka Reid was quoted in the piece, too.
I had no idea that Andy Bey ever played/sang with Blakey. Did he do both?
Will have to look for that Cookers album. I have them all. David Weiss is occasionally here on Organissimo , too.
I wish I'd seen them more when he was alive. Only once, in 89 at a mid-week NO JazzFest show in an elementary school playground. Miraculously, someone filmed it so I can remember it forever: https://youtu.be/9D2NDbTsVHQ
Saw the Vijay Iyer Trio (Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey) last night at SFJAZZ and a little over a week ago at Big Ears. Great communication between these three.