mjb wrote:Ellery Eskelin
Frank Foster
George Garzone

George Benson
George Faison
Tiffani Faison

Ron Thorne wrote:
Tom Grant
David Friesen
Jim Pepper

Art Pepper
Pepper Adams
Adam Rapoport

Ron Thorne wrote: Michael Bloomfield
Michael Franks
Michael Ruff

Willie Ruff
Willie Jones, III
Thad Jones

A bright spot to this very sad story is that the musical tribute will be led by Corky's brother by another mother, the wonderful drummer, Curtis Prince.

So sad to report the death of my dear friend and wonderful pianist Corky McClerkin in Chicago on Sunday.

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Ron Thorne wrote: Bud Shank
Bud Freeman
Bud Selig

Bud Powell
Jane Powell
Jane Ira Bloom

bluenoter wrote: Papa John Creach
John T. "Funny Papa" Smith
Papa Celestin

Papo Vazquez
Steve Turre
Robin Eubanks

Ron Thorne wrote: Gerry Niewood
Woody Shaw
Marlena Shaw

Marlena Spieler
Marlene Dietrich
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I had the opportunity to spend some time with Bruce quite a few years ago. He was a lovely man and very interested in furthering his artists' careers.

Ron, I noted your tag line... Eerily sad that Bob Belden died just the day after Bruce.

They will both be sorely missed in the Jazz community.

Belated birthday wishes, Rita. I hope you had a lovely day.

Gary Walker interviewed him on WBGO last week, and he played live on the air. I have to say for one so young he plays with amazing maturity. As well, he seems to have some original ideas and is not just copying what he's heard others play. Anyone who's interested, you should be able to go to wbgo.or...

bluenoter wrote:Samuel Barber
Patricia Barber
Gato Barbieri

Cat Cora
Cora Bollinger Block
Ernest Bloch

Ron Thorne wrote: Frank Strozier
Frank Lloyd Wright
Charles Lloyd

Charles Nelson Reilly
Nelson Rockefeller
Dan Barber

well now! That's a super lineup. If only they held it the weekend I'm in town......

bluenoter wrote: Bud Shank
Bud Powell
Buddy DeFranco

Buddy Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Bruni

Saturday when I walked into Whole Foods, the Seafood Manager was butchering a Hawaiian Opah. I've never seen one on the East Coast before. Apparently he was in the early stages of his demo, and I was able to purchase one of the cheeks. I came home and cut it into six pieces. Last night I served hal...

Ron Thorne wrote: Glenn Miller
John Glenn
Elton John

John Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Shankar

Saturday when I walked into Whole Foods, the Seafood Manager was butchering a Hawaiian Opah. I've never seen one on the East Coast before. Apparently he was in the early stages of his demo, and I was able to purchase one of the cheeks. I came home and cut it into six pieces. Last night I served half...

Ron, I wish we had "like" buttons here on Jazztalk. Those photos really made me salivate. Some of my favorite thinkgs to eat of all time. Thought you guys might get a kick out of my activities yesterday. I served as a judge for the 2015 International Chocolate Competition. this is my 2nd y...

I am so happy for you!

What an interesting discussion. Imho Mel doesn't fit as a jazz singer because everything he ever did - including his scats - was all written down. Listening to him live was like listening to his records. He always sang each song exactly the same way. Isn't Jazz about improvisation? He didn't improvi...

I don't have nearly as many of B's recordings as I'd like. He really had an extraordinary voice.

I was lucky to get to sit in with him in Chicago in the early 80's -- a neat memory.

really rotten news.

mmm looks like it was a great meal.

I like Chateau Ste Michelle wines. When I was in Seattle I engineered a private tour of their winery for us.

At 62 I wasn't even thinking about retirement. and to tell the truth, I'm still not planning to "retire," except from my SDJ. I will definitely be actively doing something remunerative. May go back to teaching music, haven't figured it out yet.