Free For All Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 One of the baddest, greeezziest, joyful & hard swingin' MFs ever to grace the planet! Quote
John Tapscott Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 One of the baddest, greeezziest, joyful & hard swingin' MFs ever to grace the planet! For sure. I never saw Cannonball "live." I was only 20 when he passed away - hard to believe it's been that's long. I was starting to explore the breadth of jazz at that point after having listened to mostly big bands for several years. I went out and bought the "Somethin' Else" LP. I recall playing it in my college dorm room that fall, and the fellow next door heard it, and said, "You listen to some really weird sh**"!" I took it as a compliment. What I really enjoy now is seeing Cannonball in performance on the recent Jazz Icons DVD. Quote
DukeCity Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 One of the baddest, greeezziest, joyful & hard swingin' MFs ever to grace the planet! Do you Tallahassee guys get a day off in honor of? Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 One of Free's favs for sure. This dude was good; and his brother wasn't bad either. Quote
BruceH Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 I should spin a few Cannonball discs in honor of the occasion! Quote
ValerieB Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 One of the baddest, greeezziest, joyful & hard swingin' MFs ever to grace the planet! cannot possibly give a strong enough "Amen" to that!! Quote
sidewinder Posted September 16, 2009 Posted September 16, 2009 I was only 20 when he passed away - hard to believe it's been that's long. Still remember hearing the announcement vividly on the radio - I was about 15. It was a Sunday night BBC jazz show I think and Cannonball had passed away that day so the news was literally 'breaking'. I'll spin a disk in his honour tonight though. Quote
BFrank Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 One of the baddest, greeezziest, joyful & hard swingin' MFs ever to grace the planet! You got THAT right! Plus........you get to live in Cannon's home state! Quote
ValerieB Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 i remember exactly where i was standing in my apt. in Venice when i heard the news!! Quote
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