Three Wishes

When the Baroness inquired Pepper Adams of his three wishes he replied:

1. “To work steadily.”
2. “Really I should wish for something for all mankind. I know! A hangover cure!”
3. “Socialism.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Requisites

East Coast Jazz No. 4 is a 1955 album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded and released on the Bethlehem record label.. The photograph and cover design was created by Burt Goldblatt. This relatively short recording was only 25 minutes and 12 seconds long but was considered long playing for the time period.

Tracks:
1. Chicken Little
2. Cuban Love Song (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh Herbert Stothart)he 3. 3. Things We Did Last Summer (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
4. Deep Night (Charles E. Henderson, Rudy Vallée)
5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
6. After Work
7. Moon Dreams (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer)

Personnel:
Herbie Mann – flute
Joe Puma (tracks 2, 4, 7), Benny Weeks (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6) – guitar
Keith Hodgson (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6), Whitey Mitchell (tracks 2, 4, 7) – bass
Lee Rockey (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6), Herb Wasserman (tracks 2, 4, 7) – drums

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The Jazz Voyager

The next stop on the global sojourn for the Jazz Voyager is Firehouse 12 located at 45 Crown Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510. This intimate 75 seat auditorium is actually a converted firehouse renovated into a  recording studio which is the heart of the venue.

On this trip I will be listening to the talents of the young South African bassist Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere and his Quintet. The quintet features Logan Richardson on alto saxophone, Andrew Burglass on guitar, Taber Gable on piano Jonathan Barber on drums, and Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere on bass.

Showtimes are 8:30pm with cover charge $20 //////general/$15 Student and 10:00pm cover charge of $15 General/$10 Student. For more information the number is 203-785-0468.

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