I had the opportunity to play a live set at Absolute Vinyl & Stereo[1]https://goo.gl/maps/ftMh74mukz9n2NzQ8 on Saturday and I had a blast. I’d never really aspired to be a DJ, and certainly never had the chance to practice mixing live vinyl music, it’s safe to say mistakes were made. I had […]
Born Day: Esther Phillips
Born: December 23, 1935Died: August 7, 1984(Age 48)Esther Mae Jones, stage name Esther Phillips, would have been 87 today. To celebrate Esther’s birth day this year I have a track it’s a fair guess you’ve never heard. Also, I have a write-up by the esteemed jazz critic and historian Leonard […]
On This Day: George Benson and The Rats
I’ve been exchanging emails with UK DJ, Edit supremo, and music historian, Greg Wilson[1]https://blog.gregwilson.co.uk/writing-interviews-features/ about George Benson’s much overlooked, and somewhat complicated track “Supership“. More on that another day. In my filing/indexing folders I noticed that today, September 27th, in 1994, the “Kermit Unpigged” album was released. George Benson worked […]
Freddie Hubbard in 2022
There are two new-old Feddie Hubbard releases this month. Breaking Point The first is rereleased by Blue Note in their “Tone Poet” series, Freddie’s 1964 album “Breaking Point”. The album was remastered in 2003/2004 for CD release and has also been released is Hidef files and MP3. The Tone Poet […]
One-Night Stand: A Keyboard Event
Today, May 10th, 2022, Ron Carter returns to Carnegie Hall as part of the celebration of his 85th birthday. Unfortunately I won’t be there, and I thought it would be interesting to look back at one of Ron’s prior appearances at Carnegie Hall. It came as part of an incredibly […]
Ron Carter “from the magazine rack”
This post is to celebrate Ron Carter’s 85th birthday. In previous years I’ve done a mix of tracks[1]Celebrating Ron Carter – Creed Taylor Produced (ctproduced.com), a “fourfer”[2]Happy Birthday – Ron Carter – Creed Taylor Produced (ctproduced.com) and other celebrations. This year I thought I’d dig through my magazine rack and […]
The 24 Preludes of Roland Hanna
One of the lesser-known recording artists in the Creed Taylor pantheon is Sir Roland Hanna. Hanna was pianist on arguably the greatest of all CTI jazz tracks, Jim Hall’s “Concierto”. This post is to debut my fantasy Record Store Day 2022 release, “The 24 Preludes Of Roland Hanna”. The post […]
Sally Kellerman and that voice
From time to time I chose to write about music that has nothing to do with Creed Taylor, this is one of those times. In recognition of Womens History Month 2022, and in remembrance of her passing in February 2022, this post is about actress and singer Sally Kellerman. It […]
The Adventurers – Q, Jobim, Deodato
I get occasional questions that are random, related, and most often unrelated topics. My usual response “is it worth $75-$150 to you?” That covers the minimum amount of time it takes to look things up and come to a reasonable answer. This one though came on the right day, and […]
The Life And Times Of Leon Bibb (playlist)
You might know Leon as a Broadway actor from the 40’s, or a Folk singer from the 50’s or 60’s, or a TV star from the 1970’s, but chances are you’ve never heard of him. The mix and playlists celebrates #blackhistorymonth and what would have been #leonbibb centenary, his 100th […]