Michael Weiss

blech.

Ah yes, Dementia. Good suggestion!

January 30, 7:00p & 9:00p Kennedy Center Jazz Club Members of Frank Wess's final working band pay tribute to the late saxophonist in his birthday month of January, including Scott Robinson, Terell Stafford, Michael Weiss and Winard Harper.

Actually the February 8th event will be the last night of our eight-night engagement celebrating the band's 50th anniversary, February 1-8.

Not to hijack the thread, but I'm psyched to see the NYPhil play Turangalila in March conducted by Salonen.

Hop to it!

Harry James band

I believe I was at that gig. August 10, 1981?

(courtesy of Mark Stryker) with Ray Santisi at Connolly's Stardust Room, Boston, December, 1962

2012

My first time playing at Bradley's (1988) was a week with George Coleman and Bob Cranshaw on Fender (no drums). Daunting to say the least.

What a sound.

This is the shit right here: Von Freeman, Pat Patrick, Andrew Hill, Malachi Favors and Wilbur Campbell.

I'll be leading a sextet at Smalls this Friday and Saturday. It will be interesting to see if this revenue sharing business is for real or if it's like spotify, where I receive $0.0006 per download. That's 6% of one penny. Anyone interested in trying it out, please tune in this weekend 10:30p-1:00a.

The Wilbur Ware Institute's annual fundraiser honored Bob Cranshaw this past weekend with a lifetime achievement award. (Last night Al Foster replaced Louis Hayes, who is recovering from a hip fracture.) Gloria Ware and Bob Cranshaw:

I assume you've consulted Gordon Lee.

The Mets, Royals and Bird Not without your typical Schaapisms - "It was Thursday, so Bird ate cornflakes at 10:39am," but still worthwhile, at the very least for any exposure of Pres and Bird to the masses...

Oh shit. Very sorry to hear this. Ray recommended me to Slide Hampton, with whom we did several gigs together over the years starting in 1983. We also did a week at Sweet Basil with Buddy Montgomery on vibes. Ray had a longstanding relationship with both Buddy and Slide, and of course Freddie Hubbard - all Naptown guys. He had a serious no-nonsense beat - like right up your ass.

"there's always a bastard in a bunch."

What a great era of graphic design. George Giusti My aunt was the art director of a children's book publisher. I remember losing myself for hours in her huge collection of Graphis magazines.

Fittingly, almost looks like Peter Boyle on the cover.

Sure

Happening right now.

I'd be pissed off either way. When the Japanese BNs hit J&R around 1979-1980 it was off to the races to snatch them up before they disappeared. Around $15 a piece IIRC back then! Quite a few were never issued stateside on LP including those Grant Greens, the Sonny Clarks, Hutch's Oblique.

And "Toy Tune" is missing from "The Collector."