Nearly four years ago, Rifftides reminded you of the bassist Ron Crotty, whose brief season of renown came in the early 1950s. Andrew Gilbert, a free lance writer and critic in the San Francisco Bay area, sought out Crotty recently and published an update in The Monthly, an East Bay magazine. … [Read more...]
Archives for November 27, 2012
Correspondence: More About Crotty
The veteran Bay Area pianist Dick Vartanian sent the following illustrated note: From 2006 to 2009 Ron and Harold Jones were in my trio. I never worked with any bassist (or drummer) whom I enjoyed more, or was more relaxed with, than those two. I sure miss our gigs. … [Read more...]