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Another one off to the eternal jam session. RIP.
by mahmud 11y ago
Another one off to the eternal jam session. RIP.
- baldfat 11y agoI am trying to think of who is left of Jazz's "Golden Age" of the late 50s and early 60s that is still with us? I grew up knowing my Grandfather was a Jazz Band Leader in NYC (He only had one recording and the last copy got destroyed decades before) and sadly he died when I was 7 so I didn't get to grow up to listen to his stories except through my mom and grandmother. He hated Charlie Parker and Billy Holiday, I think it was their drug use and being rude I was told. He did love Colman Hawkins and Dizzy.
- theOnliest 11y agoSonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Benny Golson, Herbie Hancock (a little younger), Chick Corea (noted Scientologist), just to name a few off the top of my head. All of them are still playing fairly regularly, too.
- mtalantikite 11y agoDon't forget Roy Haynes
- theOnliest 11y agoPlus Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner, and Ahmad Jamal! (Can't believe I left them off the first time.)
- jmbylsma 11y agoRon Carter, who played with Shorter and Hancock in Miles' second Quintet, is still active. Mid '60s, though.
- malingo 11y agoA few months ago in Minneapolis I saw Jack DeJohnette ‘Made in Chicago’ featuring Muhal Richard Abrams, Larry Gray, Henry Threadgill & Roscoe Mitchell. Those guys are in their 70s and 80s now. Show was incredible.