It's also the birthday of another incredible bassist, Paul Chambers, the 1st one I heard in a live concert setting . . . with Miles Davis' sextet in 1962. Here he is just 2 years earlier, playing with Miles in Europe, just a year or so after the release of Kind of Blue . https://www.youtube...

The Cubs are paying a whole lot for crappy pitching, even though he makes an out by throwing his glove. Irrespective of what the Cubs are paying for pitchers, you gotta love that play, Clint. C'mon. It was creative and quick-thinking at its best. And, Rizzo drops his glove at 1st to better enab...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/tommy-turrentine.jpg http://www.thejazzman.com.au/Page/images/turrentine_rouse_gallery.jpg Tommy Turrentine April 22, 1928 – May 15, 1997 http://40.media.tumblr.com/764d5dbdcfa4e2c0f881cf73547a6f88/tumblr_n0fov1IkXv1tqzf6wo1_1280.jpg...

"I am from the planet of elegance." - Ron Carter "There is no roles. No one is keeping any roles. The drummer is also answering everybody and everything. So it is a constant conversation and communication between musicians on an extremely high level with extremely valuable material, m...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/6/6/c/e24ca32447e21a58aaf99bed9c97d.jpg Slide Hampton April 21, 1932 http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/bgnews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/a7/2a728b74-2b0d-11e3-a994-0019bb2963f4/524b89bc1cc39.image.jpg Mundell Lowe Apr...

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Beaver Harris
April 20, 1936 – December 22, 1991

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Danny Gottlieb
April 18, 1953




Hal Galper
April 18, 1938

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Live via stream from . . . http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/images/newImages/logo.png http://beta.asoundstrategy.com/assiwebsites/site272/images/ralph-alessi-2.jpg Ralph Alessi Baida Quartet 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM Ralph Alessi - Trumpet Gary Versace - Piano Drew Gress - Bass Dan Weiss - Drums

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Happy Birthday ... http://alldylan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bessie-Smith.jpg Bessie Smith April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937 One of my beloved teachers at Berklee School of Music below. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b4/27/74/b427747a50765c81fe756358694b362e.jpg http://newsoffice....

Happy Birthday ... http://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f0883401a3fc778f8d970b-500wi Shorty Rogers April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994 http://www.jazzitalia.net/disegniFoto/PietroPreviti/EliotZigmundQuartet_Marigliano_02.jpg Eliot Zigmund April 14, 1945

Happy Birthday ... http://www.jazz.org/userfiles/cms_images/artists_cache/20110929_FS_058_RKISOR_72DPI_crop_767_431_0_0_0_90___141.jpg Ryan Kisor April 12, 1973 http://www.jazzstl.org/wp-content/gallery/herbie-hancock-at-the-touhill/herbie-hancock-by-peter-wochniak-1636.jpg Herbie Hancock April 12,...

Happy Birthday ... http://walterbishopjr.jazzgiants.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/walter_bishop_jr.jpg Walter Bishop, Jr. April 10, 1927 – January 24, 1998 http://www.vegasnews.com/wp-content/uploads/4_20_12_B_KABIK-462-5-588.jpg Joey DeFrancesco April 10, 1971