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Oscar Pettiford Orch at Birdland

I was at a Allman Brothers concert when the audience was on stage and a very fine looking young lady gave a roadie a blow job as he leaned against a amp in front of a audience of about 3000.

The Mills Brothers - "Here Comes Santa Claus" Swingin'!

Happy Birthday and Good Luck!

Thanks for sharing your story. In my hometown of Rochester, Cedar Walton has a three week gig in the middle of the Winter with his trio ( Sam Jones and Louis Hayes), and Herbie was in town with the Headhunters. I saw the concert and then went a couple of blocks away to where Cedar was playing every night ( I was a regular and lived just up the street), and Herbie came in some of the band and sat in on piano on and off for two sets. Just a handful of people in the place, so they all had fun together. Great night. Great memory. Glad you have one too.

We all live in a yellow tambourine. OOPS! Corrected.

Happy Birthday Buzz!

I was at Watkins Glen, also with a girlfriend who insisted to go. I got separated from her and jumped a tall fence which brought me close to the front of the stage, where I ran into a bunch of people from my old neighborhood, a hundred feet from the stage. I remember that the Band's set was nice, and the rest of it was a mess. I also remember that there was a jam at the end with Richard Manuel drinking a bottle of booze and staring out into the crowd most of the time. Jerry Garcia looked at him and handed Manuel a tambourine at which time Manuel tossed the bottle into the crowd and began playing the tambourine like crazy. Oh yeah, I picked up a new girlfriend too and went back home with her! A lot of people from my neighborhood went to Woodstock, the drive is about four hours away. I remember the flyer that were circulated that Summer in the one or two independent record stores and the like, and one guy from the neighborhood was hired as part of the security detail. Everyone came back funky and spaced out! For days they were spaced out.

Thanks for the photos, Chris.

I've only heard one cut on the radio (Tenor Madness from 2000) and was underwhelmed. I don't know who picked these cuts, but there must be hundreds of better ones to choose from. It's one of those performances that are deceiving; Sonny is playing his ass off and saying nothing at the same time. And why, in God's name, does he carry a percussionist around? Especially on the ballads!

Yeah she's great. Geoffrey Keezer is on the album and she has toured with him in Australia. There's no slouches in that band Beck is touring with.

When Joe Locke and Geoffrey Keezer were doing a short promo tour for the Eighty - Eights label in Japan, the record company put them together with a Japanese bass player and drummer. When after one date they asked the label to send those musicians home, Eighty - Eights brought in a different Japanese bass player and Jimmie Smith. It was cool for a short while but after a couple more dates they sent them home and continued as a duo. If you check out this video, you'll see that they didn't need anyone else:

I know he lives in Japan these days... I found this: Also reigning from behind his impressive array of drums and cymbals, we find massive Jimmie Smith, a powerhouse of drive and a great time-keeper along with the dynamics. When he's not out at Tokyo Disneyland drumming as a regular with the fine band out there, he can be found in any number of jazz venues, playing with everyone and anyone, a this-drum-for-hire free lancer who stays constantly busy. A native of Newark, New Jersey, James Howard Smith studied at the Germansky School for Drummers and later at the Julliard School. In New York, he recorded with such top-flight dudes as Pony Poindexter, Jimmy Witherspoon and Gildo Mahones; performed and recorded with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, appearing with those vocalese wonders at the famed Newport Jazz Festival. He toured and recorded with Erroll Garner, Benny Carter, Bill Henderson, Hank Jones and Harry (Sweets) Edison. He later recorded with Sweets and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, played behind Zoot Sims at the Montreaux International Jazz Festival. Jimmie recorded with Sonny Criss, Lorez Alexandria and The Great Guitars (Barney Kessell, Herb Ellis) and a group led by Terry Gibbs and Buddy DeFranco. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Jimmie "has been much sought after as a sideman owing to his clear, crisp sound and his reliable sense of swing." If you'd like to run into the affable, outgoing Jimmy Smith, maybe you should fall by his own saloon, Lupin, located in Roppongi. Tel: 3403-9828. He'll make you at home.

Glad to see you back youmustbe. I always dig the honest attitude.

I know both of these fine musicians pertty weel, but Francois much better. Their personal story is pretty interesting, and Francois has a very unique technique on bass. Those drawing look nothing like them though! Here's Francois, Joe Locke and Louis:

There's a song on Tain's "Detained", a live recording at the Blue Note, where after a too long solo by Garrett, you can hear Tain bashing his crash cymbal as a message to "stop already!" I meant to ask Jeff about that a couple of weeks ago, but were we got "detained" by a crazy drunk and things went left.

This has driven me running away from the poolside many times. It happens even at The Breakers, for christsakes!

This qualifies:

Shaw Nuff!

The concert I saw a couple years ago is much like the new record, by your description. The audience LOVED Happy People. I was in a minority. It's sorta jazz for the masses, I guess. I dug his drummer at the time, Jamire Williams.

Hearing that last song ("Happy People") in concert, drove me out of the hall. That he "sings" it with such a deadpan face, is almost funny. Kenny Garrett's time has come and gone.

The LP’s ‘Freakin’ Off’ (Big Chance) and ‘Charles Earland Live’ (Trip) are virtually the same album. The sessions are mostly fake “live” recordings (though the take of ‘Strangers in the Night’ sounds like an actual live recording), but feature a heavily reverbed appearance of ‘Yas-Suh!’ (listed as ‘Yes Sir’ on the Trip LP). The Big Chance LP yielded one 45 ‘Freakin’ Off Pts 1&2’. I’ve never seen anything else on that label (same goes for Rare Bird). Trip (along with it’s associated label Springboard) was a NJ based cheapo reissue house with an MO of releasing an artists early/forgotten (Cher, the Yardbirds, Charles Mingus among others) work as if it was new. Their Earland LP continues that tradition. CHARLES EARLAND Charles Earland (org) others unknown. Probably Philadelphia, prob late 1970/early 1971 Freakin' Off Pt 1 Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 Freakin' Off Pt 2 Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 Strangers in the Night Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 Fly Me To The Moon Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 One For Lee Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 Stormy Monday Blues Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 Days Of Wine And Roses Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 Getting To Know You Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 Yeah Sir Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 Milestones Big Chance 5001, Trip 5004 Big Chance 5001 issued as "Freakin' Off" Trip 5004 issued as "Charles Earland"

Treat it Gentle is one of my favorites.