Dannie Richmond & The Tourist
Dannie Richmond & George Adams — Village Vanguard NYC — March 7 1987 — photo by Mark Weber (this is the shot where I used the flash) DANNIE RICHMOND & THE TOURIST I’m sitting here of an evening...
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View ArticleThe Connie Crothers Residency at The Stone – Part I
Connie Crothers has strong convictions. Add to that a sense of decency and general kindness and you have New York. She’s one of those persons who doesn’t keep a television, probably never has. Has...
View ArticleThe Connie Crothers Residency at The Stone – Part II
She has a fierceness, fierce but not fearsome, her fierce side is reserved for her devotion to the art of pure improvisation — I think of Sonny Dallas telling me of early 60s playing with Lennie and...
View ArticleJohn Carter & Echoes from Rudolph’s
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View ArticleCarol Liebowitz Afternoon Jam Session
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View ArticleThe Guitars of November: Radiations of Tal Farlow
Fred Cohen, the proprietor of Jazz Record Center THE GUITARS OF NOVEMBER: RADIATIONS OF TAL FARLOW Remember when the album FUERST SET by Tal Farlow came out? 1975 on Xanadu Records. It took the top of...
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View ArticleBayou Seco | Part 1
Bayou Seco —- I don’t remember where this was, a dance hall somewhere — date: February 15, 1998 w/ Scott Mathis, mandolin, and Linda Askew, guitar —- photo by Mark Weber —— One day Ken saw my old...
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