Bill Perkins - A Time for Love (restored 1966 jazz vinyl LP)

 

Bill Perkins - A Time for Love (restored 1966 jazz vinyl LP)

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." - Marcus Aurelius From the 1966 album Quietly There, it opens with the album’s title tune, “Quietly There,” from the film noir, HARPER, which starred Paul Newman as detective Lew Harper. Among the "coolest" of the West Coast tenor players of the 1950s, Bill Perkins in later years became a bit influenced by John Coltrane and modernized his style in a personal way. A flexible and versatile musician who also played baritone, alto, soprano, and flute, Perkins was best-known for his work on tenor. Born in San Francisco, he grew up in Chile, moved to Santa Barbara, and served in the military in World War II. After studying music and engineering, he played in the big bands of Jerry Wald, Woody Herman (1951-1953 and 1954), and Stan Kenton (1953-1954 and 1955-1958). "Perk" started recording as a leader in 1956 (most notably Grand Encounter with John Lewis), including sets with Art Pepper and Richie Kamuca. During the 1960s he had a dual career as a studio musician and a recording engineer, and during 1970-1992 he was a member of the Tonight Show Band. Since then, Perkins played baritone and tenor with the Lighthouse All-Stars and was a member of the Bud Shank Sextet, in addition to heading his own sessions for a variety of labels. (http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/bill-perkins) I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Hope you enjoy. INXDS. #bebop #jazz #vinylrecord

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Cool Buddy L.

 

He's recorded Lynyrd Skynyrd.  Played bass with Merle Haggard.  Sold guitars to Aeorsmith.  He is the man.  He does our soundboard at church.  He hates digital.  Prefers the analog board.  He's very old school.  He can hear if one is out of tune.  And he is deaf on his right ear.  

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Clifford Brown Sextet - Blue and Brown (restored 1972 jazz vinyl LP)

 

Clifford Brown Sextet - Blue and Brown (restored 1972 jazz vinyl LP)

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe." - Saint Augustine From the vinyl album Clifford Brown in Paris Recorded October 15, 1953, reissued 1972 Clifford Brown, trumpet Henri Renaud, piano Pierre Michelot, bass Benny Bennett, drums "The Paris sessions were organized by French pianist Henri Renaud, who previously recorded with visiting American mainstream jazzmen such as Don Byas, Buck Clayton and Roy Eldridge but this time had become deeply involved in the more modern approaches to jazz which had developed." - Brian Blevins (excerpt from Liner Notes) Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter. He died at the age of 25 in a car accident, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", and "Daahoud"have become jazz standards. Brown won the Down Beat magazine Critics' Poll for New Star of the Year in 1954; he was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1972. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Hope you enjoy. INXDS #bebop #jazztrumpet #vinylrecord

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A Kiss from the Wild on the Gray

 

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Art Pepper - Surf Ride (restored 1979 jazz vinyl LP)

 

Art Pepper - Surf Ride (restored 1979 jazz vinyl LP)

"Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau From the album Straight Life, a 1979 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell, Billy Higgins and Kenneth Nash. Art Pepper – alto saxophone Tommy Flanagan – piano Red Mitchell – bass Billy Higgins – drums Kenneth Nash – cowbell, reco-reco "At the end of Straight Life, the author describes a moment of virtuosity on the bandstand so transcendent that it deserves to be preserved here in all its glory: "We played the head, the melody, and then [Sonny Stitt] took the first solo. He played, I don’t know, about forty choruses, he played for an hour maybe, did everything that could be done on a saxophone, everything you could play … Then he stopped. And he looked at me. Gave me one of those looks, “All right, suckah, your turn.” And it’s my job; it’s my gig. I was strung out. I was hooked. I was drunk. I was having a hassle with my wife, Diane, who threatened to kill herself in our hotel room next door. I had marks on my arm. I thought there were narcs in the club, and all of a sudden I realized that it was me. He’d done all those things, and now I had to put up or shut up or get off or forget it or quit or kill myself or do something. "I forgot everything, and everything came out. I played way over my head. I played completely different than he did. I searched and found my own way, and what I said reached the people. I played myself, and I knew I was right, and the people loved it, and they felt it. I blew and I blew, and when I finally finished I was shaking all over; my heart was pounding; I was soaked in sweat, and the people were screaming; the people were clapping, and I looked at Sonny, but I just kind of nodded, and he went, “All right.” And that was it. That’s what it’s all about. "Art Pepper was a great musician who paid a heavy price for his art. With Straight Life, he achieved something few musicians can claim: literary immortality." - T.J. English Excerpt from "Why Art Pepper’s Straight Life Is Still the Most Harrowing Jazz Memoir Ever", Jazz Times I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album cover.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Hope you enjoy. INXDS. #bebop #jazz #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday

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Clark Terry - Straight No Chaser (restored jazz vinyl LP)

 

Clark Terry -   Straight No Chaser (restored jazz vinyl LP)

"What worries you, masters you." - John Locke From the vinyl album The Effervescent Clark Terry Clark Terry, trumpet, fluegelhorn, vocal Scott Bradford, piano Larry Gailes, bass Hartwig Bartz, drums Recorded live on 1975 at the Jazz House, Hamburg Clark Terry, jazz trumpeter, born 14 December 1920; died 21 February 2015 Righthanded, he taught himself to manipulate the valves with his left hand too, and could even play the trumpet upside down with the backs of the fingers of either hand. This enabled him to play flugelhorn in one hand and muted trumpet in the other, swapping four-bar exchanges with himself. Jazz has always involved a combination of aesthetics and athletics, and Terry had great mastery in both. Terry befriended Davis, who was six years younger, and was trusted by Davis’s father to take the teenage Miles to play at all-night jam sessions. Davis said of Terry: “I started to play like him. I idolised him.” The two men remained lifelong friends. Excerpt from Clark Terry Obituary, The Guardian @015/feb/22/clark-terry I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from Clark Terry obituary, The Guardian.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Hope you enjoy. INXDS. #bebop #jazz #vinylrecord #quoteoftheday

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Back Again and So is Summer

 

I really don't want to bore you with excuses for being absent for a month now.  So I'll let the image take over.  Wildflowers from our backyard.  One morning, I took them inside to make a centerpiece of them on our breakfast table.  Didn't take long for them to wither.  By mid afternoon, they were pretty much on hunger strike and on the verge of dying.  No water or fertilizer was going to bring them back to life.  Yet a fleeting delight to enjoy the beauty.  Yellow.  Mellow.  Full of grace.  The Lord giveth.  The Lord taketh away.  

Hope your day is going well.

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