We don’t get to hear much of Connie Kay— usually he’s buried in the back of the Modern Jazz Quartet, playing very conservatively. Here, with French(?) guitarist Andre Conduant, we get to hear him forward […]
I have some commitments out of town right the next couple of weeks, and will be posting very lightly, so here’s a record I listen to a lot in college, that I need to get […]
Dexter Gordon to Jon Christensen: “You’re not from Harlem, and you’re 20 years old – play how you feel!” My brother, John Bishop, said this on Facebook: “He was the sound, aesthetic, time feel, phrasing, […]