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Here is a photo of a young beboper Mangione from Noal Cohen's website ( Noal on Drums ): | Chuck could play real bebop trumpet. .... and write some beautiful melodies ( Belavia ) and arangements ( Hill Where the Lord Hides) .

..... or: "A man has got to have his standards!"

No surprise here. I've always thought that people who complained that Dylan "can't sing" were missing the boat entirely. His incredibly precise timing and controlled manipulation of vowels is easily the equal of Sinatra's, although, obviously, entirely different. Same for his harmonica playing - no accidents there. None. ← OY!!! ← Oy Vey!!!

Focal Point

Sorry, I just got the shivers. ← Is that related to the Heebie Jeebies?

I haven't heard that one but I do have 1984 With Mike Nock, Reggie Workman and James Black. A little of everything here but played with great conviction.

It's strange that this one is not yet up on the SharpNine website. Also agree with jazzydaddy earlier rec. of 'Bout Time. Worthy if you can find it. ← Rev-elation is now up on the Sharp Nine site.

Happy Birhday Ron, you're a scholar and a gentleman!

His eyesight was very bad, and particularly at night, when I met him in '77. I led him and Maxine on foot during a snowstorm, on a 3 AM walk to the WHAM studio for a interview with Harry Abraham there. We each held a arm to guide him.

On a related note, Mike plays on this new recording. As many of you may know, Mike was a long time player in Milt Jackson's band.

Here's a interesting link for you......Monk's High School Work

Geez Jim, I see it now but I overlooked it before. You gotta admit, those toads (?) are really strange! I wonder what his home looke like?

Check out this Japanese collector's site. He has a unbelievable collection with great scans, like this: And this: Yokosuka Gokudo He also collects these strange dogs: Odd reptiles: Catus: And he is a audiophile: And that's not all! And some of you guys think you have a collecting jones?

More info below ( maybe too much!) ,but it seems that the same recording is on both SACD - Hybird and "Gold" disc: Unprecented in 45 years of professional career first time ever in the history of the world jazz scene, coupling Milt Jackson and Ichiro Masuda, two vibraphone giants representing U.S. and Japan each comes reality in this jazz collaboration album. Musicians: Milt Jackson, vibes Ichiro Masuda, vibes Kotaro Tsukahara, piano Katsunori Asami, bass Setsuo Sato, drums M & m Milt Jackson Plays With Ichiro Masuda Quartet GMLXR-30351 $33.00 (Shipping is FREE) Mr. Milt Jackson, the foremost vibraharpist in the world, has never played and recorded with any other vibraharpist during his long, half-century career. This "M & M" session was the oly exception. In 1990, he joined the Ichiro Masuda Quartet for his recording in Tokyo. Mr. Jackson has always been a big idol and mentor for Masuda who began playing vibraphone in 1954, and later was frequently elected the Japanese winner of the Swing Journal annual readers poll in the vibraphone category. While Masuda was performing the duet with Mr. Jackson, he was so thankful for his friendship with the great vibraphonist who had helped Masuda's long-time dream come true!

Here is another version of it: Milt Jackson w/ Ichiro Masuda Quartet On a related note: Joe Locke will have a new recording: Rev-elation! Joe Locke with the Milt Jackson Tribute Band coming out in October on Sharp Nine. A live recording ( at Ronnie Scott's) with Mike LeDonnw, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker.

Lester Bowie interviewed in The Wire, July 1993 'After that last interview I've started to seriously question just what (Marsalis's) involvement with the music is. I think it's detrimental. I think there's something evil somewhere. Because it's getting out of the realm of just not knowing or of being young. This is like a deliberate effort to sabotage the development of the music. I mean, if that's the way he's talking about Miles, he must think I'm a piece of shit...' Q: You said once that you think Wynton is using the concept of the tradition to destroy the tradition 'Yeah, to destroy it. He's using a partial concept of the tradition. If you're talking about the tradition in jazz, what about the tradition of innovation, creativity, moving forward, being contemporary. Is that not part of the tradition of jazz? What about the tradition of having and maintaining an individual voice. Tradition has to be taking the music as a whole... What we were doing in the 60s was trying to be different - that's the whole idea. All the guys that taught us to be creative, so what were we going to do - come up with an imitation of them?' I miss Lester Bowie.

Goggled Dan Serro. He's in Miami and auctions & sells vinyl. Dan Serro / Kharma Records

I used to get a lot of Japanese vinyl from Dan Serro, in the 70's. I think he is still around.

This from JazzWeek and my buddy Brad Stone of KSJS in San Jose: KSJS-FM, San Jose, CA Jazz Playlist for the Week of 9-5-05 Reporting to JazzWeek Heavy Rotation: Dan Moretti & Once Through - Passing Place - 8/22 Organissmo - This Is The Place - Big "O" - 8/15 Tim Ries - The Rolling Stones Project - Concord - 8/15 Bill Mays Trio - Live At Jazz Standard - Palmetto - 8/15 Sandy Cressman - Brasil: Sempre no Coracao - Cressman - 8/1 Cadwallader, Asetta & Dixson - Quicker Than the Eye - Stanza USA - 8/1 SFJazz Collective - SFJazz Collective - Nonesuch - 7/25 Melvin Sparks - This is It! - Savant - 7/25 Dave Stryker - Big City - Guitar Sessions/Mel Bay - 7/25 Brian Lynch - 24/7 - Nagel Heyer - 7/18 Beaux J Poo Boo - All Things Are New - Summit - 7/18 Benny Lackner Trio - Not the Same - Nagel Heyer - 7/18 James Carter Organ Trio - Out of Nowhere - Half Note - 7/11

Dig the cufflinks!

Not really a photo, per se, but where else can you see a autograph of Chuck Lampkin?

Those photos are not up to date. I saw one of one of a development this week that was at least three years old.Google Earth

I never said he was wrong, just wondered in the back of my mind why someone would bother to say such a thing. I usually am the weak link on these things (though I think I do bring other things to the table like making the gig happen in the first place, writing arrangements and picking material etc, etc) and I wouldn't have it any other way. Nothing like being challenged by some of the best musicians out here. ← Yes, David...I agree this is lame. As a musician myself, I notice that there are certain people that can't wait to tell you how "bad" you are. No matter how good you are. Those that can do, and the rest bitch. ← Don't blame Mike for that comment, it came from me. It's just one man's opinion and review. I saw the band at the Rochester Festival this Summer and commented on another post here. The band is one of soloists playing older material and I enjoyed Spauldings' solos very much. I applaud David's organizational talents in getting this group together and finding work; I know it isn't easy and nothing aganist him personaly. As I said in that post of this Summer, what irked me most was Jermy Pelt's apeing of Freddie Hubbard; both his musical style and personal mannerisims, and the sound of LaRoca's cymbals in the hall. What I meant, as far as David's solo spots went, in this format of soloist following soloists ( solos following linking solos, as it were), he was the least impressive in those strings of solos on that night. No hard feelings, just a honest opinion.