Category: Jazz
Trumpet player Brian Lynch was born on September 12th in 1956 in Urbana, Illinois)Victor Wooten – Born September 11, 1964)
Originally posted at Me, Myself, Music and Mysteries…..
So this morning as I was looking at the people born on this date. I thought how badly you must feel every year, now, as you celebrate your birthday on this tragic date. I think I’d celebrate either the day before or the day after, or maybe you just say, hey it was my day before you ruined it!
Khan Jamal – Jazz Vibraphone – 7/23/46
Five Great Jazz Finds at the Princeton Record Exchange
So for the first time in a long time, my son and I made a trip to the Princeton Record Exchange (PREX) I believe it’s our first of 2020. Of course, the pandemic was a major reason for the length of time between our visits! Anyway, the five albums shown above are part of of the haul I brought home. All total, I bought eight albums for less than twenty dollars!
This Day in Music January 23, 1943 – Happy Birthday – Gary Burton!!
On this date in 1943, the great vibraphonist and one of my favorites Gary Burton was born in Anderson, Indiana. Whenever I have “One of those days” it’s usually Gary Burton’s vibes that calm and relax me. Here is some background information on Burton from Wikipedia:
New CDs From the Princeton Record Exchange – Yeah!
While we were raising four kids my wife and I rarely spent money on ourselves. So when it came time that two oldest boys started to buy CDs, I was thrilled when we found Tunes Used CD store in Marlton,N.J. At the time they had bins and bins of cheap used CDs. Thanks to the fact that my taste was slightly different than their typical clientele my CD collection skyrocketed. I found albums from a ton of Americana artists that I couldn’t find anywhere else, at prices I could afford!! Texas music artists like: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jack Ingram and Pat Green along with Americana musicians like Jack Williams and Chris Knight.
New Music from Vincent Herring Joins My Music Rotation. Part 1
I do believe, two of the albums that have been in my music rotation for a few weeks. Now highlight my eclectic taste in music. One is the latest from jazz saxophonist Vincent Herring, while the other is from a bluegrass band Trout Steak Revival. While I don’t think I am alone with my live for both these genres of music, I would think I am in the minority.
Anyway here is my take on the first of these two albums.
Avalon Ballroom: Quicksilver August 1967 leads to “Duncan & Brady”
Quicksilver Messenger Service Plays the Avalon Ballroom August 17 – 20, 1967 leads to “Duncan and Brady”
Back when I started this blog way back in 2010 my yearly wall calendar r was Rock Roots: Avalon Ballroom Posters 1966-1967. The calendar has twelve classic posters advertising concerts at the Avalon Ballroom during those years. For each month it also lists how was playing at the Ballroom on the various days of the month For me it was a great calendar and I still like looking at it, which is what I did yesterday (August 19) when we came home from vacation.
Louis Hayes Treats with a Serenade for Horace
Serenade for Horace – Louis Hayes
This morning I was looking over the Jazz Charts at the Roots Music Reports. There were several albums on the chart by artists who I am unfamiliar with that I want to check out. But the album at number two was the one that first caught my attention. It’s title is Serenade for Horace by jazz drummer Louis Hayes. Now two things combine here to make this album interesting to me. First, I know little about Louis Hayes. Now I’ve become familiar with Horace Silver’s music over the last few years. The reason is that many times when I listened to jazz on the radio, a song would come on that caught my attention. So I’d look to see who it was and many times it was Horace Silver!! Anyway when I saw the name Horace Silver I knew I would probably like the album. Guess what, I was right!!
