fasstrack Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 He has great things to say about art and generally. Around 13 minutes long. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=102625759 Go to on demand interview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted August 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 There's also a set from the Vanguard you can hear. I didn't realize til now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Used to see him at some sessions on Haight Street in 1966. Was always friendly and kind to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted August 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Used to see him at some sessions on Haight Street in 1966. Was always friendly and kind to me.Wow. So you met as a young phenom---and before he got sick. I became aware of him around '77 in NY. Bob Mover told me about him. He was playing then! He kicked ass in NY and was everyone's 1st call player in a heartbeat. People started playing and recording his tunes right away, too. He was always approachable, too, I found, and funnier than people would ever think. I've talked with occasionally him through the years, and his wife seems to like me. Never played, though, and I want to. I'd be curious what he was like back in '66, when he was getting his first wind----as a person and player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 I was 18, new in town and crazy. Tom was a few years older and a "local" boy. I don't have a good memory. He played fine and was respected. The club was "The Haight Levels", on Haight Street about a block from Ashbury. Nice jazz club. Had a Hammond B3 too. Heard Roland Kirk play it one day. He played a blues for about 10-15 minutes. Got a lot of different textures out of it. I mostly played across the street at the "Jukebox", another jazz bar. The Jukebox had jazz every night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted August 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 I was 18, new in town and crazy. Tom was a few years older and a "local" boy. I don't have a good memory. He played fine and was respected. The club was "The Haight Levels", on Haight Street about a block from Ashbury. Nice jazz club. Had a Hammond B3 too. Heard Roland Kirk play it one day. He played a blues for about 10-15 minutes. Got a lot of different textures out of it. I mostly played across the street at the "Jukebox", another jazz bar. The Jukebox had jazz every night.He's had a great life and seems to know it................ Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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