Jazz for aficionados

Wow! thanks for your attention and kindness...

I will listen to it .... I dont have this album.... 😁

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@mahgister

I was fortunate to see Pat Martino live at Birdland NYC about 8 years ago. I am also a big fan of Martino. You have to check out his earlier recording sessions as a guitarist on Willis "Gatortail" Jackson sessions. I have purchased many of their collaborations on CDs over the years and they are rare.

Martino is in his teens and early 20s on a lot of these recordings and of course it was way before the near fatal car accident before Pat had to "re-learn" the guitar.

I like to compare his playing pre and post accident. Anyway here is a Spotify playlist I made for you.

Willis Jackson Mahgister - playlist by Paul Irishman | Spotify

@stuartk 

Well, I didn't have a choice at the time. My dad retired while I was about to enter 9th grade and my parents decided to move the family to Guadalajara at that point. 

You moved around a lot. I was born 60 years ago in Babylon, Long Island NY. I have lived here my entire life. Always a 1 hour drive to NYC. I have been to Mexico many times (I have a sister living in San Diego since 1980).

I like tequila and I know the history of Jalisco province in Mexico of making the best mezcal's and tequila's. How long did you call Guadalajara home?

Speaking of Mexico

Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods ( Full Album ) - YouTube

@pjw81563

I’ve lived in NY, Mexico, So Cal, Maine, Oregon and since 1998, Nor Cal.

I’ve always wondered what it would like to stay in one place one’s entire life and whether that might impart a certain sense of rooted stability. I’ve known folks for which this seemed to be the case but no doubt, it depends upon the individual.

We were in Guadalajara one year only, as I was viewed as a "problem student’ at The American School and was told not to return after 9th grade. My parents moved us to San Miguel de Allende, which at that time (1971) was much smaller and much less popular than it eventually became. I enjoyed living in both locales, although my school issues continued and I was sent to a private school in Sedona, during which time my family were victims of a home invasion, which prompted a return to the States.

Upon graduating HS, I worked in restaurants, where my Spanish proved a valuable asset. I’ve only been back to Mexico once and on that trip was much more aware of the poverty than when I’d been an adolescent, which significantly affected my experience as a tourist. I still have opportunities to speak Spanish from time to time, although my fluency has greatly deteriorated. I never developed a taste for Tequila -- when I was a teenager down there I was more into drugs than alcohol.

Sorry for the long-winded response!  

Yeah -- Tijuana Moods" is a good one!  

Though this takes us out of the realm of Jazz, I’ve always enjoyed the Ranchera influence in Ry Cooder’s music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiq61V_HPgg

@stuartk 

Then check out "In Search of a Dream", next!  

Your choice of Alphounse Mouzon album was much better than mine.  I ended up not finishing Mind Transplant. I know that all albums can’t be jewels, but I really could not make it to the end.