Monday, August 22, 2011

Stanley Turrentine - Impressions

Stanley Turrentine: tenor saxophone Billy Kaye: drums Butch Cornell: organ Lonnie L. Smith Jr.: electric piano George Benson: guitar Freddie Hubbard: trumpet Ron Carter: bass Richard "Pablo" Landrum: conga


Track Listing
Side 1 Sugar, Sunshine Alley
Side 2 Impressions





                                             
                                          



Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis -- The Stolen Moments

Personnel: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor saxophone); Clark Terry, Richard Williams, Bob Bryant (trumpet); Melba Liston, Jimmy Cleveland (trombone); Jerome Richardson, Oliver Nelson, Eric Dolphy, George Barrow, Bob Ashton (reeds); Richard Wyands (piano); Wendell Marshall (bass); Roy Haynes (drums).






Thursday, August 4, 2011

Happy Birthday, Louis Armstrong

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Before he had an airport named after him, before he was on a postage stamp, before he became a universally celebrated star, before he recorded dozens of hits, before he changed the course of jazz and popular music, before he ever picked up a trumpet or a cornet, Louis Armstrong had a hard-scrabble upbringing in his beloved hometown of New Orleans. Read complete story from gibson.com.



Louis Armstrong House Museum on Facebook

Comments: 
"Great place to visit, especially the stainless steel kitchen. "Pops" could have lived anywhere in the world (he was easily a millionaire), but, he chose to stay in that Corona, Queens neighborhood. You have got to go! --" Larry Reni Thomas

"Yes, it's a beautiful historic place ... very intimate look into a icon's everyday life." -- Barry Stuldivant

"Larry,  yes the Corona - East Elmhurst neighborhood provided back and front yards for the movers and shakers of migrating people of color coming up from the south working and operating in Harlem.. He could have lived anywhere .. but was at home here." -- Barry Stuldivant

"Does anyone know how to direct My Family in making The Childhood Home Of Sir Miles Dewey Davis..in East St. Louis Ill... a National Landmark?.... I have talked to Everyone from Jesse Jackson Sr. to the former and current Mayors.. Of E. St Louis.........Please contact Me @ Nefdrum@mac.com." -- Vince Wilburn, Jr.
 
 "I forgot to mention the patio and garden next to the house. "Pops" bought the house next to his and converted it into a beautiful Japanese garden where he would entertain guests. Very nice and pleasant setting." --Larry Reni Thomas 


Monday, August 1, 2011

Pianist Duke Pearson -- The Right Touch

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Personnel: Freddie Hubbard: trumpet; Garnett Brown: trombone; James Spaulding: alto sax; Jerry Dodgion: alto sax, flute; Stanley Turrentine: tenor sax; Duke Pearson: piano; Gene Taylor: bass; Grady Tate: drums.  1967

 
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