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Statement issued by the NEA on the passing of Gerald Wilson It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator Gerald Wilson, recipient of a 1990 NEA Jazz Masters fellowship, the nation's highest hono...

50's, 60's, 21st Century [2009]

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries ... tml#page=1

John Altman is reporting Gerald Wilson's passing on the West Coast Jazz list and (unfortunately) his information is usually pretty good. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Gerald_Wilson.jpg/220px-Gerald_Wilson.jpg https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRVojYUjCPU...

pig pen wrote:

A nice mix of Monk tunes from Ben.

What is Smith playing?

Over the past 10 years or so was playing drums, vibes and more recently saxophones.

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_263 ... and-bootsy

Cem wrote:
jtx wrote:Alex Breckenridge
Alexander McQueen
Alessandra Ambrosio

Alexei Sayle
Alex Cline
Nels Cline

Randall Kline
Peter Williams
Tim Jackson

Live eye/ear_witness only.

Ron Thorne wrote:
Mike Schwartz wrote:Anderson Cooper
Walter Cronkite
Edward R. Murrow
Edward "Duke" Ellington
Billy Strayhorn
Johnny Hodges

Gil Hodges
Joe Pepitone
Ed Kranepool

Brilliant musician....troubled soul; Rest In Peace

http://jazztimes.com/articles/136046-pi ... dies-at-56

http://jazztruth.blogspot.com/2014/08/r ... ew-jr.html

bluenoter wrote:
jtx wrote:Christian Bale
Chris Noth
David Lee Roth

Lillian Roth
Gillian Anderson
Poul Anderson

Anderson Cooper
Walter Cronkite
Edward R. Murrow

San Jose is bustin' out!

Cafe Stritch calendar, includes the first night of the Rahsaanathon starting tonight with a strong band headed by Claire Daly! I'm there tomorrow, as the week morphs into the 25th Annual San Jose Summer Jazz Fest www.sanjosejazz.org

http://www.cafestritch.com/events/

jtx wrote:
Gentle Giant wrote:Vangelis
Van Morrison
Sterling Morrison
Donald Sterling
Rod Serling
Rod Stewart

Dave Stewart
Ricky Henderson
Dennis Eckersley

bluenoter wrote:This video is no longer a live feed, but here it is, archived:

"they are trying to kill jazz, and they can't kill a spirit."

Sonny Rollins

another well thought out reaction

http://www.jazzwax.com/2014/08/sonny-ro ... orker.html

Jazzooo wrote:Buddy Rich, live at Disneyland in the late '70s;
Dennis Chambers, live with The Brecker Brothers in the '90s;
Peter Erskine with Alan Pasqua and Dave Carpenter, 2004

Those guys were dialed!
I have a CD of this trio from a L.A. club date from around this time period which is excellent.

Mike Schwartz wrote:I'd put it up again to paint the picture.

The writer is some hack who used to write for the Onion.

Here it is:

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-sh ... lins-words

I'd put it up again to paint the picture.

The writer is some hack who used to write for the Onion.

Disgusting really...UN_funny at astronomical levels.....complete garbage. Jazz Beyond Jazz Howard Mandel's Urban Improvisation Most scurrilous, unfunny New Yorker “humor” re jazz August 2, 2014 by Howard Mandel 18 Comments I’m aghast at The New Yorker’s rip-off of Sonny Rollins’ good name and great ...

bluenoter wrote:
Gentle Giant wrote:Buddy Holly
Holly Cole
Richie Cole

Nat "King" Cole
Freddy Cole
Cozy Cole

Holly Cole
Major Holley [loved that guy!]
Slam Stewart

jtx wrote:
Cem wrote:Gene Simmons
Gene Wilder
Eugene Levy
Chandra Levy
Gary Condit
Gary Coleman

Dabney Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Charlie Haden

Yesterday was one of the more eventful trade deadline days in quite some time!

Oakland is going for it now....hats off to them.
Unusual that so many front line every day players were moved around rather than prospects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qweSlfP6BtI World-renowned jazz drummer and percussionist Frankie Dunlop has passed away at the age of 85. Having battled a prolonged illness for the past several decades, Dunlop leaves behind a legacy of musical greatness that has garnered the esteem of fellow musici...

Gentle Giant wrote:You don't see that kind of scope anymore. To play with Fats Domino and Sam Cooke as well as Pharoah Sanders and Randy Weston. And his own stuff was so funky. Just amazing. RIP.

....add his pre-conversion work (Leo Morris) with the likes of Lou Donaldson

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