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These are by Chuck Stewart:

No, not my photos. You can see who took them at: Noal Cohen's Photo Page

Oscar Peterson with some young Rochester musicians at a jam session held at The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1957. Left to right: Noal Cohen, drums; Chuck Mangione, trumpet; Ron Carter, bass; Waymon Reed, trumpet; Benny Salzano, tenor saxophone; Oscar Peterson, piano.

I have these on my study wall:

Sans hat: Chuck was a really burning bopper back in the day. Hard to believe, I know.

It was Ellington's.

This kid ( or you ) need a Mac.

I agree Peter. He also played with a high energy level; it just wasn't all out/in your face trumpet. A real memerable evening was one when I heard the Bill Hardman/Junior Cook band with Mickey Tucker and Billy Higgins.

When you listen to some of the tracks, you can hear a woman shouting encouragement. In the liner notes it says it's Hazel Scott's voice. Everybody is having a good time!

Ok, so that's Kenny Burrell on the end... who's in the middle? Is that Pass? No, that's Barney Kessel.

That's the one!

Try the Washington Square Hotel.

I'll add my 2 cents here: As a homebuilder for 20 years, my expierence is that a variable rate mortgage, since their inception in the hi rate 70's, offer a better value. If you see a graph of interest rates since then, you'll see that the average rate overall rate in the peroid, is lower with a adjustable mortgage. The prime reason is that each year, the pricipal is re-amortized , so you are paying interest on just the balance; not the original amount of the loan. If you can add to that a very low inital rate, cap and negotiate the bank's margin lower, you save a lot of $.

I'm looking forward to the new Frank Kimbrough recording called Play, with Masa Kamaguchi and Paul Motian.

It didn't say anywhere, that I could see in either of those stories, that Tiger had a mortgage. Don't worry about poor Tiger. Too bad he's not a jazz fan.

They're great, John. I have the original LPs on french RCA and the reissue on Bluebird; that's how much I like them!

I just pulled it out and listened to it. Same band, next night.

If that was a New Years Eve show, I have it on tape somewhere. I don't remember Jackie being on it though.

My guess would be Lillian Briggs. Good Guess! Lillian Briggs, real name Lillian Biggs, was a former laundry truckdriver. The late Alan Freed thought she had a tremendous stage presence and he included Lillian on the bill in many of the shows he produced in New York at this time. She would come out on stage in a skin-tight silver or gold lam� dress which she seemed to have been poured into and then proceeded to break up the audience with her trombone-playing and her singing. Her biggest hit was a vocal "I want you to be my baby" release on Epic in the fall of 1955. Lillian Biggs, began her career as a trombonist in her hometown and later joined an all-girl orchestra in 1952. Two years later she was discovered by talent scout Jack Petrill, who launched her solo career. That same year she signed a recording contract with Epic Records and waxed "I want you to be my baby" which sold over a million copies. During the peak of her career (1954-64) she appeared on numerous TV shows including Jack Paar's "Tonight Show", "The Mike Douglas Show", "American Bandstand" and "The Steve Allen Show" and featured in the Jerry lewis starrer "Ladies man". Lillian also recorded several songs on the soundtracks of three Hollywood films: "The Fugitive Kind", "Mr. Wonderful" and "My sister Eileen". Lillian toured extensively until the early 70s, when she relocated to Miami Beach and became a co-partner in a lucrative waterfront resort called Turnberry Isle. Living a jet-set lifestyle during the 80s, she loaned her yacht "Monkey Business" to numerous friends, including former senator Gary Hart and Donna Rice. In the early 80's I once had a couple of drinks at one of the bars at Turnberry Isle, sitting between John McEnroe and James Cann, both of whom had homes there at the time ,as well as Dustin Hoffman and many Saudi sheiks.

Thank You Chuck!

Only saw him once: in 1993 at a Charlie Parker Festival in Tompkins Square. Before the concert there was a dedication of Parker's home on Ave. B as a landmark. Standing on the stop were, Jackie Mac, Roy Haynes, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones and others including Kim Parker. They all gave a little talk standing on the stoop. This was about 2 hours before the show. All the musicans there were very, very happy to see Jackie; lots of hugs and smiles. Jackie played with a band that had Roy Hargrove sitting in. They were wonderful!

Is it just me or have all the articles I've read gone a little overboard with the junkie angle; I mean more than at any other time? Why poor Jackie, who spent many, many more years straight than not? Here is a man who not only kicked shooting shit more than 45 years ago, but who spent 35 years as a educator and mentor. And.... has anybody heard that "went to Carolina to kick and play the blues" story before? Jackie on the right: Jackie and Dolly McLean second and third from left:

Here is a listing for you from the KJZZ website: List Dennis Rowland is a nice singer who used to be with Basie and has recordings on his own.

Here's a 80's Miles show with DA: Alias/Miles