Such sad news today....the passing of the great Joe Segal. I go so far back with Joe...I first met him when I was just sixteen years old. Back then, the Jazz Showcase was inside the Blackstone Hotel in downtown Chicago. That was my real jazz education. I was there so...
Such sad news today...Larry Novak, the brilliant Chicago pianist passed away yesterday. I first heard Larry at Rick's Cafe, a great jazz club in Chicago back in the 1980's. Larry was playing with Louie Bellson. I was 13 years old, and I'd just started playing...
Today is the anniversary of Stan's passing. I can still remember where I was when I heard the sad news. I was listening to a Stan Getz album, sitting at my computer and typing in song listings from yet another one of Stan's albums into my computer database when...
Art Hoye passes I just heard the very sad news about the passing of the great Art Hoyle. Art was not only a world-class player, but he was a wonderful person. When I first started playing with Art, I was just twenty-one years old. This was in 1988, and I after the...
A Sax Legend, Richie Cole So sad to hear about the passing of Richie Cole. I was so fortunate to play several gigs with Richie over the years. Richie is indirectly how I met my wife, Judy Roberts. It was February of 1983 and it was my first time driving myself to...
On stage with Phil Woods and Jimmy Heath This was such an honor...to play a concert with Phil Woods and that's Jimmy Heath cut off on the left side of the photo. I was paying close attention to Phil. I remember thinking, "How does he get so much resonance out of that...