Three Wishes
The question of three wishes was put to Elvin Jones by the baroness and he said…
- “Peace on earth.”
- “Complete acceptance and recognition of this music as a pure art form.”
- “To see an end of suffering for humanity.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Requisites
The album Bird Call was recorded by alto saxophonist, vocalist and educator Vi Redd on June 15, 1962 for United Artists. The design and cover photograph for the album was created and taken by Frank Gauna.
She recorded If I Should Lose You, Summertime, Anthropology, All The Things You Are, I Rather Have A Memory Than A Dream, Now’s The Time, Just Friends, Perhaps/Cool Blues, I Remember Bird and Old Folks for a total of ten compositions over 42 minutes and 44 seconds.
Vi is best known as a Charlie Parker-influenced altoist, though she also sings on the 1962 Bird Call studio sessions. She leads an excellent band that included pianist Russ Freeman, bassists Leroy Vinnegar or Bob Whitlock, guitarist Herb Ellis, trumpeter Carmell Jones, vibraphonist Roy Ayers, and her then-husband, Richie Goldberg, on drums.
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The Jazz Voyager
As I depart a wonderful stay in Amsterdam and shipping my purchases home, The Jazz Voyager leaves for Vienna, the city that has strongly identified with the masters classical music – Haydn, Mozart, Strauss but now very much appreciates the likes of of jazz musicians Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. It’s all done at Porgy & Bess, the modern club located at Riemergasse 11, 1010 Wien, Austria.
Boasting ambience of a state-of-the-art mini concert hall, and room for 350 it has been designed to present top players to maximum advantage. The crowd at Porgy is respectful and attentive and an evening here is a pleasurable and comfortable experience – depending on who’s playing. A wide variety of top-of-the-range jazz is booked, from dazzling jazz and Latin musicians to the dark experimental broodings of central European virtuosi.
As with the name, the owners understand that jazz is historically defined as Afro-American music and innovative pulses still come from the “motherland of jazz”. These are two great reasons why the great American soloists of the music on the one hand, and the future generations on the other, are given programmatic consideration.
Admission about €20 with music every night, though the venue takes a summer break between mid-July and end of August. Reservations are advised at +43 1 512 8811. #wannabewhereyouare
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Three Wishes
When Coleman Hawkins was asked by Nica what his three wishes would be, he stated…
- “Perfect health.”
- “Great success in my music.”
- “To be extremely rich.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Requisites
Introducing the Fabulous Trudy Pitts is the 1967 debut album that was recorded by the jazz organist and released on the Prestige label. The album is a compendium of mainstream standards and soul jazz covers.
Bill Carney composed thee songs except those indicated: Steppin’ in Minor, The Spanish Flea (Julius Wechter), Music to Watch Girls By (Sid Ramin), Something Wonderful (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers), Take Five (Paul Desmond), It Was a Very Good Year (Ervin Drake), Siete, Night Song (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse), Fiddlin’ and Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick).
The personnel included Trudy Pitts on organ and vocals, guitarist Pat Martino, drummer Bill Carney and Carmell Johnson on congas.
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