Tag Archives: Charlie Parker
On Buddy DeFranco’s 89th Birthday, a 1999 Downbeat article, plus Interview
Clarinet maestro Buddy DeFranco turns 89 today. I had the honor of writing about him during the latter ’90s, once for a publicity bio for a Concord date with pianist Dave McKenna and guitarist Joe Cohn, and subsequently for a … Continue reading
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Lou Donaldson: Blindfold Test, 2006, Uncut
In a thread that arose last week in response to a Facebook recounting by Russell Malone of hearing Lou Donaldson play the alto saxophone at Birdland (I didn’t get to go, but, by several accounts, he was in magisterial form), … Continue reading
Filed under Alto Saxophone, Blindfold Test, DownBeat
Andrew Hill’s 80th Birthday Anniversary
“When I was a child, I was able to write music without hearing it,” Andrew Hill told me in the spring of 2000, during one of several conversations for a DownBeat article that ran later that year. “I’d write it … Continue reading
Kenny G is 55: A “Chirpy” Interview From 2002
Via Larry Appelbaum’s Facebook notification, I see that Kenneth Gorelick, aka “Kenny G,” is 55 today. It’s a set-up for me to run the piece of mine that probably more people have seen than any other — an interview for … Continue reading
