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I wanted to thank you for posting Johnny Smith and Carmell Jones recently. I intend to check out more of their music.
I wanted to thank you for posting Johnny Smith and Carmell Jones recently. I intend to check out more of their music.
Jazz for aficionados
pjw Enjoyed your Lou Donaldson story. I have spoken to band members between sets on occasion but only in the audience, not backstage. Nice to hear how friendly Lou was to you. I would have loved to have sat and talked boxing with him , I'm a big fan. The credit on that Basie cut goes to acman3 , not me. |
nsp, Thanks for correcting that. Lou was great to see live. As you know he was at first a big disciple of Charlie Parker as were a lot of sax players. In the 60’s Lou started to get into a blues- soul/gospel funky type jazz and his stuck with that since. Every time I saw him live he played a tune called "Whiskey Drinking Woman". He would joke around with the audience before, during, and after that song. Mike Francesa, the sports talk jockey on NBC NY used to answer calls from Lou all the time concerning sports. Whiskey Drinking Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCsZ0beofEU Check out Dr. Lonnie Smith at 5 minutes in!..Lou's vocals are very good for the blues |
pryso Thanks for the BB clips. I have the Monk at Town Hall on vinyl but not the other and will purchase a copy. Actually I will check my inventory first I may have that Monk title on cd. I had a G Mulligan Concert Band lp and stupidly sold it. I hope his BB stuff is still available. Ihave that G Evans and "Into The Hot" another excellent Evans lp form that period. Here are 2 I don't have and should: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TazGJWKNnow http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JGoFjl_8Pbw |