Jazz for aficionados
" Truth is that you tend to use this thread as a vehicle for personal story telling (not all real, by your own admission); sometimes even more so than simply for sharing and discussing the music. When you don’t score points you often act like a mean spirited old man. Interesting how truth always has a way of revealing itself." If any one wants to know the reason for my last post, ask Frogman? |
I saw this guy every weekend for an entire Summer, not only was he a fantastic guitarist, but a fantastic person as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e5FVMt0FVw |
Ahmad Jamal is a jazz pianist who is one class act. I saw him when I was staying at the Holiday Inn, on North Shore Drive in Chicago in the mid 80's. He was appearing at "Ricks Cafe", which was located in the hotel. The place was designed to recreate the bar made famous by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the movie classic "Casablanca." After the show Frank and Othello joined me for drinks where we had a long discussion in regard to a jazz musician making a living in the States. Frank told me he had tickets in his pocket for Japan, and it would be tough without fans outside of the US. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVnCnmIrDgU I wonder if Frank and Othello would remember this? |
Rok,.Never thought of logistic as hardest workers.Come to think of it my Transport Plt. had to be at dock by 4AM whilst the 105 shells for the 4id were loaded as we ate breakfast at a table on the dock. Then my 8 deuce and 1/2’s had to go up from seal level to their base at 3, 500 ft on a steep dirt road , 300 miles up and back getting back to our base around 8 PM . 7 days a week with the odd shot to deal with. The Transport Lt. with the jeep and ONLY radio didn’t show up most days . . |
