Have been trying to track this one down for years! Bud Shank's 'New Groove' at last reissued, together with 'Barefoot Adventure' courtesy of Fresh Sound:-
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Rook: Just the other day, I was wading through Amoeba Music site and a couple of Bud's Pacific Jazz LP's going for $100/$150!
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Also, the time I brought a LP to a gig and asked Bud to sign...and my pen failed.
Bud went into the bar and borrowed one!
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enscribed hello charles! ...that's great!
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hf - Thanks for the 'Best Wishes'.
Yes, the jazz confraternity can be something else!
You may have heard a recent interview on BBC3 with Chris Potter and (presenter) Kevin LeGrande? And, if so, one couldn't help but observe how outgoing Potter was in his responses.
A little while back I happened to speak with a young jazz student at Cal Arts (where Charlie Haden is on the faculty)...and this kid told me that when he approached Potter during his stint at a L.A. (area) club, Chris took time out to really 'listen' to him.
The aspiring musician couldn't get over that...Comment
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I once commented to Norma Winstone about the general approachability of jazz musicians in my experience, asking whether she thought this fact was down to the kind of music they played, or that nice musicians were attracted to jazz. To which she replied, "Well, we have mentioned one or two who aren't quite so nice, haven't we?"Originally posted by charles t View Post
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S-A / Charles
Fascinated by the story qbout Chris Potter but not really surprised as he does seem to be one of the nice blokes in jazz. It must be a bit boring to be asked the same kinds of questions but I would suggest that the jazz student would have probably presented a higher standard of question than your average fan. Some musicians are better than others although I would suggest that the ones who are generally pleasant / normal are probably in the minority in my experience. As a rule, I don't really want to meet some of these people as they might spoil your love of their music. The nicest musicians are often the ones who have already established themselves and I would put the likes of John Surman, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Mike Brecker, Ben Allison and Peter Erskine in this category. The pianist who toured with Steve Coleman last month was also really friendly. Only ever encountered one musician who I didn't at all like and found a bit scary (definately not on this planet) and I would say that British musicians like Huw Warren and Simon Purcell are extremely level-headed, helpful and great conversation. The nicest two jazz musicians I have met would be the late Denis Irwin and pianist Uri Caine who is extremely knowledgeable about all sorts of music and the kind of person that you could find a lot to talk about. (I.e. From Schumann to Jelly Roll Morton.)Comment
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i met Bud Shank at the Concord in Southampton many moons ago .... he was a nice person to chat to ...According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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You can hear what a nice person Bud was to chat to here:
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I had a litte chat with Elvin Jones during his residency with his trio at Ronnie's back in the late 60's and I thought he was a thoroughly decent bloke. Was happy to answer a couple of questions signed an autograph and shook my hand. The music was stratospheric that night, they played until 4 o'clock.Comment
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