Jimmy Rowles is an idol of a broad range of musicians and listeners. For more than four decades, he was in demand by premier jazz artists and conductors of studio orchestras. He was a favorite pianist of Ben Webster, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Benny Carter, Barney Kessel, Gary Foster and Harry Edison, to … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
Roundup: Rollins, Fredette, Schuman, Voce
SONNY, PLEASED Terri Hinte provides this piece of news: Sonny Rollins is one of five individuals who have been selected to receive the Kennedy Center Honors of 2011, it was announced today by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. These individuals' "collective artistry has … [Read more...]
Llamas And Peruvian New Yorkers
Requests keep coming for photographs from cycling expeditions. Here’s one from the latest. A number of people in the countryside hereabouts raise llamas for fun or profit. High on a hilltop, I came across this herd grazing, which is what llamas do when they’re not sleeping, packing or curiously … [Read more...]
One More Jazz Club Down
As a followup to the Blue Note story below, here is a brief item from this morning's Los Angeles Times. In this photo, pianist Tom Ranier, bassist Chuck Berghofer, saxophonist Gary Foster and drummer Joe La Barbera perform recently at Charlie O's. The club's wall of jazz stars is on the left. … [Read more...]
Correspondence: Sign Of The Times
Judith Schlesinger writes about one manifestation of a trend that is not confined to New York. For many years, the Blue Note club in NYC, except for Monday night fill-ins, was pretty much booking people who could call themselves "jazz artists" without anybody snickering or throwing … [Read more...]