Happy Birthday ... https://longshotsblues.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/claus-ogerman.jpg Claus Ogermann April 29, 1930 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fkRRxKep9yM/Tqhz8PH9X0I/AAAAAAAAB5Q/1Te34gIV3VM/s1600/toots%252520thielemans%25252002.jpg Jean Toots Thielemans April 29, 1922 http://www.festivaljazzsaint...

Happy Birthday ... http://m1.paperblog.com/i/283/2835720/steve-khan-parting-shot-L-KcFEud.jpeg Steve Khan April 28, 1947 http://www.snyk.dk/sites/default/files/imagecache/node-header-image/nyhedsbilleder/john%20tchicai_0.jpg John Tchicai April 28, 1936 – October 8, 2012 http://panamaamerica.com.pa/...

Another Prince/Miles collaboration I discovered below. "Now that both iconic musicians have sadly left us, a never-released track called “Can I Play With U?” that was originally written by Prince for Davis’ 1986 album Tutu has found its way online. While it didn’t make the cut when the record ...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/e/4/4/d65b3acdf3b96f3d38751401b6fe7.jpg Connie Kay April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/161/434095102_d0c5834345_z.jpg Freddie Waits April 27, 1940 – November 18, 1989 http://salmosca.com/images/sal_article.jpg S...

Happy Birthday ... https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/06/08/arts/08GIUFFRE/08GIUFFRE-master675.jpg Jimmy Giuffre April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008 http://www.purojazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/maxresdefault1.jpg Teddy Edwards April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003

Prince and Miles Davis get funky. Miles compared Prince's singing with Sonny Rollins's tenor playing, and said, “His shit was the most exciting music I was hearing in 1982. Here was someone who was doing something different, so I decided to keep an eye on him.” - quote from Miles' 1990 ...

Happy Birthday ... https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/151/384442548_b6fc25fc08_z.jpg?zz=1 Bobbi Humphrey April 25, 1950 http://www.briancooper.us/tiki_brian/tiki/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/4fa43047-75f2-4590-b7a9-4c66dba0099d.jpeg Earl Bostic April 25, 1912 – October 28, 1965 http://www.drummertalk.org/...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.kalamu.com/bol/wp-content/content/images/johnny%20griffin%2005.jpg Johnny Griffin April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008 http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/thumbs/54492249e1a1b.jpg Joe Henderson April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001 http://www.collinwalcott.com/pics/gallery/colli...

From Dennis' Facebook page: "On Monday, April 4, I inaugurated my new trio, Ataraxia, at the Benbrook Public Library (if you don't know where Benbrook, Texas is, look it up!). Me on conch shell, gongs, whistles, bells, vocals and treated trumpet; Drew Phelps on contrabass and percussion; and Ja...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.innerviews.org/inner/green/bunkyheader.jpg Bunky Green April 23, 1935 http://cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/507930645-photo-of-bobby-rosengarden-performing-in-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=X7WJLa88Cweo9HktRLaNXsjcqb0HJ6xJLl5duV2YJkT5v1ecsshiZcvZ3%2Bps0IsH...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/tommy-turrentine.jpg Tommy Turrentine April 22, 1928 – May 15, 1997 http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02561/mingusweb_2561757b.jpg Charles Mingus April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979 http://cs629511.vk.me/v629511803/29eb0/3Z-jG...

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/E11C/production/_89382675_032579254-1.jpg It's no coincidence that most of the Prince performance clips available are covers—it's much harder to claim something should be taken down when the artist didn't write the song they're performing. Such is the ca...

I'm numb after seeing this news. http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/5/54/The_New_York_Times.png/revision/latest?cb=20100917031051 Music Prince, an Artist Who Defied Genre, Is Dead at 57 By JON PARELES APRIL 21, 2016 https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/04/21/obituaries/2016042...

http://41.media.tumblr.com/b0b9d8e4fc0dfcb46d923c397d964436/tumblr_nu62yzbIV31qmqho6o1_500.jpg Jimmy and Tootie Heath will be sitting in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human tonight on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Arturo Sandoval sat in last night, and Wayne Shorter had a guest spot on Monday. Am...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/6/6/c/e24ca32447e21a58aaf99bed9c97d.jpg Slide Hampton April 21, 1932 http://www.labella.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mundell.jpg Mundell Lowe April 21, 1922 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Dieter_Manderscheid_(Peter_Ko...

In an effort to kick start this fun, educational thread ... Patti & I enjoyed lunch today at a favorite spot we hadn't visited in a while ... Southside Bistro . It was on-the-money, as usual. Unfortunately, the photo of Patti's delicious Shrimp & Feta Salad wasn't usable. Fresh ...

Happy Birthday ... https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/_/rsrc/1360952239185/pittsburgh-music-story/jazz/modern-era/beaver-harris/Beaver%20Harris%203.jpg?height=351&width=400 Beaver Harris April 20, 1936 – December 22, 1991 http://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f0883401b7c...

http://media.apps.chicagotribune.com/ward-redistricting-2012/logo.png Chicagoan, AACM icon Henry Threadgill wins a Pulitzer Prize http://www.trbimg.com/img-57153621/turbine/ct-chicagoan-henry-threadgill-wins-a-pulitzer--001/750/750x422 American musician and composer Henry Threadgill in a May, 2010 ...

Happy Birthday ...






Danny Gottlieb
April 18, 1953




Hal Galper
April 18, 1938

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6Db_wyxBfI/T-zZ_N31XNI/AAAAAAAAAkU/2pitA_4jnqA/s1600/Downbeat.gif Jazz at Lincoln Center To Host ‘Miles and Trane’ Festival Posted 4/14/2016 http://downbeat.com/images/3127_Miles_Davis_Trane_Fest.jpg Miles Davis (shown here) and John Coltrane will be feted by Jazz at Linc...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.monsterfresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/han-bennink.jpg Han Bennink April 17, 1942 http://media.soundonsound.com/sos/sep04/images/hammer4janwithlync.l.jpg Jan Hammer April 17, 1948 http://www.smokejazz.com/files/6014/2516/6246/Buster_Williams_Quartet.jpeg Buster Wi...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/bennie-green.jpg Bennie Green April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977 https://macguffin007.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/mancini-1963_opt.jpg Henry Mancini April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/18/22/e9/1822e...

Nice tradition which eclipses baseball. http://media-files.gather.com/images/d134/d327/d747/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg http://news4usonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jackie.jpg Rachel Robinson and Sandy Koufax | Photo Credit: Dennis J. Freeman/News4usonline.com http://14009-presscdn-0-81.pagely.netd...

Happy Birthday ... https://img.discogs.com/ENYK-C_g3WRr9ChE2QY6ZjWGack=/213x463/smart/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/A-256557-1423500946-3894.jpeg.jpg Gene Cherico April 15, 1935 – August 12, 1994 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WX0xjkWgSSM/T6mOUxT3wPI/AAAAAAAAGIk/...

I just discovered this quintessential Alaskan photo of a bear sleeping in a cottonwood tree, with a pickup truck towing a boat, and a state-owned Alaska Railroad train in the background. It was taken at Potter Marsh, a few miles south of downtown Anchorage in September 2013 by Satrina Hilliard Lord...