Billy Harper

[felser]

1 hour ago, BFrank said:

They're ALL good! Get 'em.

Board member David Weiss is the organizer of that group!  And yes, you need all of their recordings!

[jlhoots]

47 minutes ago, felser said:

Board member David Weiss is the organizer of that group!  And yes, you need all of their recordings!

And you need to see them in person if / when you can!!

[Pim]

7 hours ago, BFrank said:

They're ALL good! Get 'em.

Nothing to add. All great recordings. Never thought it would happen but going to see them in March in Rotterdam!

[soulpope]

11 minutes ago, Pim said:

Nothing to add. All great recordings. Never thought it would happen but going to see them in March in Rotterdam!

Enjoy ....

[Rabshakeh]

I note that Black Saint has just been re-released on a German label called "Our Swimmer".

Does anyone know anything about it? Is it a boot?

[BFrank]

Friday, Saturday, Sunday - The Cookers are streaming from the Keystone Korner in Baltimore

[cliffpeterson]

Saw The Cookers this past Saturday at The Falcon in Marlboro.  Showed signs of lack of playing together-the unison reed and brass playing was not a little off-not so the rhythm.   The solos were great.  3 players at least 80 years old. 

[Pim]

Both concerts in Holland got cancelled. The first in march 2020, the postponed in 2021 also. Really makes me sad as it could be a last opportunity to see these guys live...

[erwbol]

There are/were some very good Cookers boots on Dimeadozen if its any consolation, Pim.

[Pim]

Thanks! But for me it really is about caputring the guys in real life.

[mjazzg]

Of interest to resident BH fans perhaps

 

[kh1958]

New York Times article on Billy Harper, now 80 years old.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/arts/music/billy-harper.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR0HAiaLtIJiNSNnr8jEIqvWKCzxU6nKYr9foWRVM5qXZnr5-rj2Brj1Kqk

 

[felser]

59 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

New York Times article on Billy Harper, now 80 years old.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/arts/music/billy-harper.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR0HAiaLtIJiNSNnr8jEIqvWKCzxU6nKYr9foWRVM5qXZnr5-rj2Brj1Kqk

 

$#%$& Paywall

[T.D.]

47 minutes ago, felser said:

$#%$& Paywall

John, I use a "burner browser" (Edge, but it could be any) just to access sites with paywalls. I frequently clear its entire cache (+cookies, etc), which seems to zero out counters of allowed articles. Some sites have hard paywalls (no freebies allowed), in which case this doesn't work, but many allow access to 1 to 5 articles before enforcing the paywall.

I just read the article, which would have been paywalled for me on Chrome (my usual browser), that way.

Edited January 21, 2023 by T.D.

[Pim]

Thanks for sharing. Still hoping for a European tour here… I would definitely travel to Belgium or Germany to capture him live. I didn’t knew he had an 11 year old daughter 😲

[tranemonk]

19 hours ago, Pim said:

Thanks for sharing. Still hoping for a European tour here… I would definitely travel to Belgium or Germany to capture him live. I didn’t knew he had an 11 year old daughter 😲

Yea that's interesting. Obviously his wife is pretty youngish. I'm going to see the Cookers in a month or so here. Had no idea he was 80. I hope I look like that when I'm 80.

[T.D.]

54 minutes ago, tranemonk said:

Yea that's interesting. Obviously his wife is pretty youngish. I'm going to see the Cookers in a month or so here. Had no idea he was 80. I hope I look like that when I'm 80.

I saw BH live when he was 75 and was stunned at how young he looked (didn't even have gray hair then iirc).

[BFrank]

I was surprised to read about the 11 year-old, too. Best of luck to them!

Planning to see the Cookers in March. Haven't seen them in a while, but always great to see that group of legends.

[clifford_thornton]

Anybody ever find that 66 footage? Would be interested to see/hear it. Count me in as a BH fan too.