"a translucent network of minimal surprises .......

[Tenor Freak]

Wayne Shorter would be a worthy subject of COTW. Mind you I recall in the 90s (this must have been around '95) they did a package of composers one week, including Duke and Kenny Wheeler.

[Serial_Apologist]

Wayne Shorter would be a worthy subject of COTW. Mind you I recall in the 90s (this must have been around '95) they did a package of composers one week, including Duke and Kenny Wheeler.

The Duke, Kenny Wheeler, and Gil Evans, with the presenting done by the late much missed Ian Carr.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

The Duke, Kenny Wheeler, and Gil Evans, with the presenting done by the late much missed Ian Carr.

They did a CoW "Bop week" a couple of years ago...Lester to Ornette and Cecil Taylor that was quite good. And a Mingus week with Brian Priestly I think that was fine. I have the tapes in my C90 gold box.

BN.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

...not to mention our very own Stan!

ahem speaking of Stanley there are a whole load of new clips on youtube from Scotts gigs with Stitt, Simms and Byas &c
try this:

search by stan and filter by upload date ...wunnerful ....

[Quarky]

I love Bill Evans' music, and any excuse for a week of programmes on him.... but, COTW? Rather rubbing our non-jazz classical friends' noses in it, innit?l

I thought I had switched on my CD player in the car today - On Green Dolphin Street? On Radio 3? As you say any excuse is good enough for me.

But non-jazz classical friends can I think afford to miss a week of COTW. Last week we had Ethyl Smyth, a relatively minor composer, which indicates to me COTW might be running out of ideas.

[Serial_Apologist]

Hadn't realised just how original and good a player Tony Scott was; I once heard his Zen Meditation album, but that's a very different area of operation, from which it was hard to deduce qualities in his jazz playing.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Hadn't realised just how original and good a player Tony Scott was; I once heard his Zen Meditation album, but that's a very different area of operation, from which it was hard to deduce qualities in his jazz playing.

There's a story Chet Baker told about how he got to play with Romano Mussolini, the jazz pianist son of Il Duce. Tony Scott said "Look him up Chet, he knows ALL the right people".

Always makes me laugh.

Off to Copenhagen for Christmas and beyond, have a good one.

BN.

[eighthobstruction]

have fun BN....

[Serial_Apologist]

have fun BN....

Yeah - not too many of those Danish Blues eh!

[Quarky]

Radio 3 apparently going off air for a good part of next week?
Punishment for too much Jazz broadcast?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

have en god tid i Coipenhagen og en meget glædelig jul El Senor Blues

[charles t]

There's a story Chet Baker told about how he got to play with Romano Mussolini, the jazz pianist son of Il Duce. Tony Scott said "Look him up Chet, he knows ALL the right people".

Always makes me laugh.



BN.

Bluesie: There is also the apocryphal story that when Chet greeted Romano, by saying:

"Too bad about your old man!"

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Yes indeed!....in the Swedish dvd I've got of Chet talking to Red Mitchell he repeats that much to Red's bemusement. Chet also said that every tune he played with Romano....'he turned it into a blues....all he could play was a blues...everything!" Maybe he had a reason!

Best for Christmas and 2014 CT.

BN.

[charles t]

Ditto Yulees, BN.

The time I saw Chet at The Plugged Nickle in Chicago...after his set he was approached by his 'connection'..

.disappeared...then returned and sat on (performer's) stool on bandstand...

eyes closed...

with a key light from directly above shining on Chet.

'Waking up' for the 2nd set.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

hi Chas how are thing down your way?