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Bobby Hutcherson Speaking at Eddie Marshall's Memorial http://youtu.be/lMQj1DOg3PQ//

Nah, Bob is very fit, even now in his mid seventies. He just got used to the electric bass, wanted to be better heard with Sonny and got tired of carrying around the acoustic. I asked him because Joe Locke wanted him to play acoustic on the "Rev-elation" cd and tours.

Here too! Thanks, Paul!!

Really? I didn't know that! Thanks all for the birthday greeting! This place is full of the best people!

Sonny did record a lot of barely passable / auto-pilot music, but when he was on, the sheer force of his spirit ( mean or otherwise) and virtuosity was enough to win the day. I think if his volume of recordings was say, limited to a half of dozen of his best, this discussion would take a different direction.

Al Gafa has always been a favorite since then, but there is only one recording ( not on cd) that I know of: "Leblon Beach" on Pablo. Great music! A couple of years ago I saw that he was playing at a Village restaurant during the dinner hour, so I tried to find it. When I finally got there, it was closed! This is a recent interview. I'm listening to it now. Al Gafa (guitar), Kenny Barron (piano), Al Foster (drums), Azzedin Weston (percussions), Ben Brown

Justin, the song is called "Big Town" ( remember Mickey's name is "Granville"), so you can imagine where he put the "mutherfucker" in! Here's another photo of mine for you all who saw one of those Gillespie groups Mickey was in:

Thanks very much for this! I love Mickey. I saw him so many times with Dizzy in the 70's. It was great to know him when he was working with Joe Locke and the Milt Jackson Tribute Band. He and Bob Cranshaw had some great tales to tell. I have a funny out take from the Rev-Elation recordings, which were recorded live at Ronnie Scott's. Mickey was having a hard time coming in at the right spot out of the chorus, so when on this take he finally gets it, you can hear him laughing: "Ha Ha! I got that Motherfucker!". Here's one of mu photos of the Band:

William Basehart?

Happy Birthday, to one of the Good Guys!!

Here's some photos of mine: With his Son: With Anthony Braxton:

The guy in the denim shirt is Al Aronowitz. Devon Wilson Betty Davis

It seems that session was never released at the time. It was issued on LP eventually (with another session in 1979), but not on cd: Tracklisting / Additional Info: 1. First Klass (C'mon Home) 2. Second Klass 3. Straight Back 4. Steerage 5. Third Klass 6. Meet The Frog 7. Nite Life 8. My Melancholy Baby 9. Lotus Blossom 10. Free For All 11. I Told You So 12. Starting With You (I'm Through) 13. The Hare 14. The Things You Miss 15. Wiggle Awhile 16. Br'Rabbit 17. Get Ready 18. Peaches 19. Hygiene The music from both of those sessions are in the Mosaic box. Blog Review

Hey, a musician instead of a aging actress!! Steve Marcus?

Masterful tenor ballad paying here!

That's very kind of you, Pete. Every once in a while one gets used for a publication or a cd. The last one was on Freddie Hubbard's "Pinnacle", and the next one will be on a Oscar Perterson recording for Sony Masterworks "UNMISTAKABLE". You can view most of the here: Tom Marcello's Photos

The Post reports that Stone has become increasingly paranoid, afraid that both the FBI and assassins are pursuing him. For fuck's sake Sly, stop it with the coke already!

That's one of my photos. Here's another:

Some notables: Marcus Strickland - reeds Michael Rodriguez - trumpet Johnathan Blake - drums Reuben Rogers - bass OOps! I have to add another fantastic drummer: Alyn Cosker ( from Scotland)

I don't believe this is the original but: Tune Up!

For the record: Leonard Feather presents Downbeat Awards for 1951 to Charlie Parker, alto sax; Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Dick Hyman, piano; Sandy Block, acoustic double bass; Charlie Smith, drums.

Quick story: Sometime in the mid-70's, I had this video that I taped off of a TV program. I had a bunch of performance that I taped that way, so one night I brought the Betamax over to Barry Kiener's home so we could watch them together after his nightly gig was over. At sometime around 3AM there was a knock on the door and in walked Tony Bennett, Jon Burr and Danny D'Imperio. They were playing at some private function in town, and since Jon (who played with Barry with Buddy Rich) and Danny ( who was a old cohort) knew Barry and where he lived, they just stopped by with Tony in tow. When we played "Hot House", Tony was so knocked out, that we played it over and over and over. He was a very, very nice guy.

Now there's TWO posts, that made this whole thing worth reading. Disclaimer: I actually couldn't bear to read absolutely everything!