Sonny’s renown signaled to Bob that he was “moving up” in auditioning for the gig, but he proved equal to the task, and he promptly accepted Sonny’s offer of the permanent job.
Lou Donaldson
Still Groovin' at 90!
I take note of these patronizing attitudes toward Donaldson not only with respect to the remarkably sustained quality of the music he’s played over the course of his 65 year-long career, but in light of the continual decline in the audience for jazz.
Clifford Brown in Person
Soupy Sales Presents Clifford Brown!
The only extant footage that’s been discovered of Clifford Brown is from his appearance on “Soupy’s On!” the TV show hosted by Soupy Sales at WXYZ in Detroit in the mid-50’s. Notwithstanding
Chuck Berry’s 90th!
The news last week that Bob Dylan was being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature signaled another level of recognition, maybe the ultimate, in the […]
Bob Dylan: Nobel Laureate
When I heard the news this morning, I thought well of the Nobel Committee for honoring a “literary” figure whose work is widely recognized…
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins was born 80 years ago today in Los Angeles. Guided by his mother, Higgins began drumming at the age of five and knew by […]