Three Wishes
The answers to Pannonica’s question of three wishes from Jimmy Garrison were:
- “Help.”
- “Security.”
- “To be able to play this fellow.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Requisites
Blues On The Other Side is a 1962 album recorded by vibraphonist Mike Mainieri on the Argo label at the Van Gelder studios in New Jersey. He is joined by pianist Bruce Martin, bassist Julie Ruggiero and drummer Joseph Porcero, Jr. and this early album proves to be a lively mix of piano and vibes.
Six songs make up this 32 minute and 22 second post-bop album opening with the title track Blues On The Other Side, followed by, If I Were A Bell, Tenderly, B. R. Blues, When I Fall In Love and closing with Waltzin’ In and Out.
Walter Gross, Albert Selden and Frank Loesser composed the songs, Hiroshi Kawasaki mastered the project and the cover photograph was taken by Roy Decarava.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is jumping a train down to the City of Brotherly Love from the Big Apple to take a short residency at the hip café Chris’ Jazz Club. Nestled just around the corner from the Bellevue Hotel at 1421 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, it is just a few blocks walk from Center City, it is a perfect stop for relaxing and enjoying live jazz six nights a week.
Winner of two “Best of Philly” awards, this is a serious jazz club that’s open from 11:00am – 2:00am and features serious talent in the place jazz musicians go to hear jazz. So this weekend I will be enthralled by Larry McKenna, John Swana & The Tim Brey Trio while possibly being served choices from the dinner menu which includes crab cakes, duck and calamari. My palate awaits what may be a delectable dining and jazz experience. Reservations may be made at (215) 568-3131. #wannabewhereyouare
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Three Wishes
J. J. Johnson had only one wish to Nica’s query and that was:
- “To be able to play exactly what I have in my mind.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Harold in the Land of Jazz was the debut album by saxophonist Harold Land recorded and released in 1958 on the Contemporary label. It was also released as Grooveyard. The cover design was created by Guidi/Tri-Arts and the photography was performed by Walter Zerlinden.
On this album, his first outing as a leader, Land was able to show with his distinctive style that hard bop was well and alive in Los Angeles, California in the late ’50s.
The compositions presented on this album are Speak Low, Delirium, You Don’t Know What Love Is, Nieta, Grooveyard, Lydia’s Lament, and Smack Up. He borrowed songs composed Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash, Gene De Paul And Don Raye, Elmo Hope, and Carl Perkins. Land contributed Delirium, Lydia’s Lament and Smack Upto this recording.
The tenor saxophonist is joined by Rolf Ericson playing trumpet, Carl Perkins at the piano, Leroy Vinnegar on bass and Frank Butler hitting the drums.
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