Month: October 2014

A MONTH OF GIVING THANKS

Isn’t it amazing that almost every holiday has a song except Thanksgiving? What’s THAT all about?!? There’s even songs for The Great Pumpkin, thanks to Charlie Brown. Why do we give Thanksgiving such short shrift? Thankfulness is one of the…

The Cookers: Time and Time Again

I’m warning you now, you better see these guys in concert, as Billy Harper/ts, Eddie Henderson/tp, George Cables/p, Cecil McBee/b and Billy Hart/dr are the last of the outside hard bop movement of the 60s-70s that are out there performing.…

Afro Bop Alliance: Angel Eyes

Lots of percussive grooves are felt on the collection of originals and covers presented by the septet Afro Bop Alliance on this release. The rhythm team of Joe McCarthy/dr-perc, Harry Appelman/p and Tom Baldwin/b gets an extra exotic flavor with…