Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jazz-great-clark-terry-dead-at-94-20150222 Another of the great jazz players. He was 94, though, which is a pretty good run by any measurement! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yea, he was a survivor to be sure. Saw him a whole lot of years ago. May have seen him a few times, but I remember a show at a club that was amazing. He was a happy guy and made great music. There are very few of his generation left. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 There are very few of his generation left. LouieBIndeed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 And although he recorded widely he did not have the hip cachet of other musicians and so is barely known now, which is why we are the only two talking about him. He did not have a tortured private life, nor was he well known as a composer; he was merely a solid musician who was sought after as a sideman, but also had a decent career as a bandleader. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Saw him play once. A lot of joy coming from the stage. A terrific player, gentleman and highly respected musician. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Oddly enough, I don't even have much of his material, even though I am something of a jazz fanatic. I first got turned on to him via Abbey Lincoln's The World Is Falling Down album, and I am sure I have him as a sideman on a bunch of stuff...but I believe the only record I have of him as a leader is the amusingly titled Serenade To A Bus Seat. I'll have to dig into my iTunes and see what else I have him on.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Yea I have one of his albums on Impulse "Happy" I do believe. I know he is on some Ellington and Basie and certainly a ton of other LPs as a sideman. I knew he was in the Tonight Show band, but did not realize he actually integrated it Strange thought isn't it? LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I just discovered yesterday Orrin Keepnews died. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Was sad to hear this, though 94 is a pretty great run. A few years back I found a signed record of his at a garage sale that I bought for a dollar. Once in a while I luck out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 I saw that, too. I have to admit, I didn't bother to post it because I figured only a couple of us on here would know who he was, much less care about it. Dude was a legend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Absolutely. Those intrepid producers, engineers, promoters, etc who brought modern jazz to us are true heros. I know there is always a down side to some of these folks, but Keepnews was there with all the greats. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Absolutely. Those intrepid producers, engineers, promoters, etc who brought modern jazz to us are true heros. I know there is always a down side to some of these folks, but Keepnews was there with all the greats. LouieBThe ones who mean the most to me are Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, who founded Blue Note, but Keepnews would be right up there behind them. I did not know that Margulis was a communist writer who supplied the start-up capital to found Blue Note in 1939 (that's right off Wikipedia). God, no wonder I'm such a leftist: dude's responsible for 1/3 of my music collection...and you could probably argue that Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger are responsible for another third! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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