> Please join me at Arrivederci on Friday May 27th from 7:30-10:30. I will be performing with a great group featuring guitarist Chuck Everett, Matthew Lotz on piano and Marty Higgins on drums. We draw heavily from the "Great American Songbook" but venture into quite a few other genres when the mood strikes. This group has played together off and on for years and I am proud to be associated with these great musicians.
> Arrivederci is quickly becoming one of the Portland area's favorite live music venues. Very casual, intimate and just a great space for listening to live music. Excellent wine selection, food and ambiance. Reservations are recommended.
Arturo Sadoval will sing 'Cherokee,' Wallace Roney leaves 'No Room For Argument,' Colin Vallon, U.S. Debut tonight at Tony Starlights (video), Randy Porter with a Coltrane 'Giant Stretch', Enrico Pieranunzi says, 'Peu de Chose' and Ike Quebec observes, 'It Might As Well Be Spring' on HARD CHOICES Saturdays 11am-1pm PST 89.1FM
Here's a two chord wonder. Chord changes for Nat Adderly's Jive Samba. The reason this samba is jive, is that in the first five beats of the Bb7 chords, Adderly uses the riff that was used to mark the punch lines of jokes on the Rowan And Martin Laugh-In comedy program that was on American TV around the time this tune was written.
BENNY GOLSON... FROM NPR MUSIC... Shortly after his arrival in New York, Golson was one of 57 jazz greats asked to pose at a mass photo shoot for anEsquire magazine feature. The famous Art Kane photo from 1958, known as "Great Day in Harlem" or simply "Harlem 1958," places Golson alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Thelonius Monk and a host of other musicians.
The historic photo and Benny Golson both got renewed attention, due to their roles in the Steven Spielberg movie The Terminal. The film's subplot includes Tom Hanks' character's autograph hunt for all who were in the photo — including Golson, who makes a brief appearance on screen... MORE from NPR..
Musicians in the photograph
Red Allen
Buster Bailey
Count Basie
Emmett Berry
Art Blakey
Lawrence Brown
Scoville Browne
Buck Clayton
Bill Crump
Vic Dickenson
Roy Eldridge
Art Farmer
Bud Freeman
Dizzy Gillespie
Tyree Glenn
Benny Golson
Sonny Greer
Johnny Griffin
Gigi Gryce
Coleman Hawkins
J.C. Heard
Jay C. Higginbotham
Milt Hinton
Chubby Jackson
Hilton Jefferson
Osie Johnson
Hank Jones
Jo Jones
Jimmy Jones
Taft Jordan
Max Kaminsky
Gene Krupa
Eddie Locke
Marian McPartland
Charles Mingus
Miff Mole
Thelonious Monk
Gerry Mulligan
Oscar Pettiford
Rudy Powell
Luckey Roberts
Sonny Rollins
Jimmy Rushing
Pee Wee Russell
Sahib Shihab
Horace Silver
Zutty Singleton
Stuff Smith
Rex Stewart
Maxine Sullivan
Joe Thomas
Wilbur Ware
Dickie Wells
George Wettling
Ernie Wilkins
Mary Lou Williams
Lester Young
“When I found out there was going to be this big meeting for a picture in Esquire,” Dizzy Gillespie recalled, “I said to myself, ‘Here’s my chance to see all these musicians without going to a funeral.’”
The subjects caught in Kane’s lens spanned the stylistic range from New Orleans to Chicago to Swing to Bebop to Modern. The oldest, Harlem stride pianist Luckey Roberts, was 71.
Seven Steps...
Recording Date
Apr 16, 1963 - May 14, 1963
DATE: Saturday, May 14 TIME: gether at 12:45, sing at 1:00, done by 1:30 WHERE: Director Park, in downtown Portland between Yamhill and Taylor and Park and 9th avenue.
"We want to share our love of music and demonstrate how music can bring folks together from different neighborhoods and different schools and still have a common experience through music. This event will bring students from all over the district together to sing 4 songs."
Thelonious Monk offers it "Straight No Chaser" (post bop) Yusef Lateef is "Part of the Search" (hard bop), Kirk Lightley can "Speak No Evil" (post bop), Andy Laverne sees a "Double Standard" (post bop), Jay Leonhart is "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (hard bop), Art Davis provides "Evidence" (post, hard bop) for Wes Montgomery who interprets "Blue Monk" in 1965 (video) on HARD CHOICES http://hardchoicesblog.blogspot.com/ -Shawn K