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MoGrubb Newbie

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Really suck(y) jazz musicians as golfers:

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would rather listen to vince gill any day than kenny.

looks like he keeps his axe in his bag to scare gulls and crows away?

Hell, I'd rather listen to a goat bleating.

Larry Kart Proficient

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Hampton Hawes, Four! (Contemporary) has a cover photo showing Hawes, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne on a golf course.

Yes, but from the cover photo it's clear that Manne has no clue. About Hawes and Mitchell, you can't be sure, though both are in (seemingly posed) positions that are potentially compatible with a decent swing if one did get to those places while actually swinging a club. Kessel is pretending to putt and looks awkward.

The Magnificent Goldberg Newbie

The Magnificent Goldberg

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Hampton Hawes, Four! (Contemporary) has a cover photo showing Hawes, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne on a golf course.

Yes, but from the cover photo it's clear that Manne has no clue. About Hawes and Mitchell, you can't be sure, though both are in (seemingly posed) positions that are potentially compatible with a decent swing if one did get to those places while actually swinging a club. Kessel is pretending to putt and looks awkward.

:) Well, I HAD to dig out my copy of this. Yes, Kessel looks as if he's getting the umpire to give him middle and leg (cricket) only he's not holding his bat straight. I assume Manne is the one in the blue shirt but can detect no difference in his knowing what he's doing, and the others, because I don't play golf, or even watch it.

Clearly, this photo was taken in the days before you had to dress like a black pimp in order to convincingly play golf. I'm sure they'd look fine were their clothes photoshopped into something more modern :)

Oh, and how many "p"s are there in photoshopped?

MG

JohnS Newbie

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Sir Charles Thompson was an excellent golfer. I believe Ray Brown was too.

I was fortunate enough to be at a rehearsal for a tv special London in the 70s. Sir Charles Thompson was the pianist and I sat right behind him. Throughout the rehearsal he was reading a golfing manual but managed to comp continually without taking his eyes off the book.

Swinging Swede Newbie

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I read some time ago that Charlie Parker showed great talent the first time he was on a golf-course. He was supposedly good at doing quick magical tricks with his hands too. Apparently he was born with an unusually good limb control, which is part of the reason he became such an extraordinary saxophonist. I find that to be a fascinating aspect of Bird. I think I read about this in some liner notes, but probably not to a Parker CD. Does anyone recognize the golf story and know from where it comes?

Speaking of Kenny G and Bird, who can forget the following quote:

"Charlie Parker would squeak a lot, and that's why they called him Bird, because his reed would chirp."

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The Magnificent Goldberg Newbie

The Magnificent Goldberg

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Sir Charles Thompson was an excellent golfer. I believe Ray Brown was too.

I was fortunate enough to be at a rehearsal for a tv special London in the 70s. Sir Charles Thompson was the pianist and I sat right behind him. Throughout the rehearsal he was reading a golfing manual but managed to comp continually without taking his eyes off the book.

What a GREAT little story, John!

MG

marcello Newbie

marcello

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I wish I could find that picture of Bird on a glof course I saw once.

There's a story of him golfing at a course when he was here in Rochester when he played once. I'm sure Rochester bordom drove him to it.

Many years ago Chuck Wayne asked me to take him to a driving rage when he was bored out of his mind here for a three week gig with Joe Puma. Puma just stayed in his room and smoked and drank. Chuck was a complete golf nut.

Every year there is a golf fund raiser here, for The Commission Project here, along with concerts and workshops. Jay Leonhart, is one of the musicians that always hits the links.

I know Branford Marsalis is a golfer too.

I believe that Ray Brown died after a round of golf and Flip Philipps was a golfer too.

Hot Ptah Newbie

Hot Ptah

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I heard a radio interview with bluesman Anson Funderburgh, by Chuck Haddix on Kansas City's public radio station, on Chuck's "Saturday Night Fish Fry" show. Chuck asked him what he did when not performing, and Anson said that he was rarely away from the golf course, that he golfed at every possible opportunity.

It struck me at the time that this was far removed from the lifestyle of Mississippi John Hurt in the 1920s.

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