East Ninth Street Drift was Connie Crothers great blues line of the 1990s when she lived on East Ninth just east of 4th Avenue (between 3rd and 4th Avenues in the neighborhood she called Astor Place, right around the corner from Cooper Union) — photo November 16, 2o16 by Mark Weber — I’ve always thought of the title of that blues as descriptive of the foot traffic on that street, the manner in which it lopes along — I wonder if she lived there when she recorded the album CONCERT AT COOPER UNION, January 1984? She could have just walked a block down 4th Avenue to her gig (this is East Ninth at 1st Avenue in the photo)
The Thursday Jazz Radio Show
December 1, 2o16 Jazz @ Noon every Thursday (starts at 12:07 after the satellite news) Host MARK WEBER KUNM Albuquerque, USA 89.9 FM (Mountain Standard Time) also streaming on the web KUNM.org Current time zone offset: UTC*/GMT -6 hours (*Coordinated Universal Time)/Greenwich Mean Time)
Jazz & Poetry
Poetry is an impulse — I’m pretty sure it’s something you’re born with, for me it’s this perspective that has always been there, and one day the outlet of writing this thing called a poem was introduced to me, in school —- You could say a poem is a recognition of a moment of heighten’d awareness —- Ron Androla likes to say that it’s a reflection of the world, like light reflecting off surfaces: words —- I think that’s a superior explanation — My own current explanation is that you are dealing with a delicate balance between “thinking” with the ancient intuitional prelinguistic mind while toying with words which are problematic in that they are part of the machinery that made homo sapians self-conscious, good or bad —
Even with all that, as curious as it sounds, the thing that poetry aspires to, seems more often gotten to with music.
Eddie Chamblee Quartet regular Sunday afternoon gig at Sweet Basil, Greenwich Village NYC — March 7, 1987 — photo by Mark Weber — that’s Walter Lee on oboe sitting in (I don’t know this musician, an internet search reveals he might be Walter Fulford Lee who took a masters in oboe at Peabody Conservatory, 1978, Baltimore) — Eddie Chamblee’s Quartet this day included: Jimmy Lewis(bass), Kali Madi(drums), Ernest Hayes(piano) —- Chamblee was in possession of that big tenor sound from Chicago, where the first half of his career was in full swing, making hit R&B records with Sonny Thompson starting in 1947, as well as sessions with T Bone Walker, Lowell Fulson, Memphis Slim, Jimmy Witherspoon, Big Joe Turner, joining Lionel Hampton 1955-1956, then working with Dinah Washington 1958-1959 (was married to her during this time), then in 1960 relocating permanently to NYC — He was a pure jazzman who was not averse to smoking up a little gutbucket booting, honking, & woofing R&B tenor saxophone for whatever ails you — the 1980s he was with the Harlem Blues & Jazz Band — among others, like Count Basie . . . . . Eddie Chamblee (1920-1999)
The New Mexico bop band known as Straight Up under the direction of drummer John Trentacosta — L to R: Michael Morreale(trumpet), Bob Fox(piano), JT, David Parlato(bass), Arlen Asher(woodwinds) — April 17, 2000 — photo by Mark Weber — John grew up in Staten Island and moved to Santa Fe in 1992 and regularly brings his friend from back home Michael Morreale out for some of that New York sound
One of America’s great poets: Ron Androla at home in Erie, PA, with son Doug — January 24, 1989 — We were en route back to Cleveland from Buffalo where Janet had some medico thing to attend and we stopped in to say Hi and have dinner (spaghetti) — photo by Mark Weber
This painting hangs in Sheila Jordan’s dining area of her apartment in Chelsea, NYC — It dates from early 60s and depicts Sheila w/ Duke Jordan and Miles —- the painting is by her friend Virginia Cox who was a friend in Detroit and came to NYC at the same time (1952) see Shiela’s bio page 25 — (Sheila spent her formative bebop years in Detroit and first met Bird there) — photo by Mark Weber — November 18, 2o16
Sheila Jordan at her desk in Chelsea on 18th Street near 8th Avenue on her birthday November 18, 2o16 — I was there to take her to brunch (she had tomato soup and a grilled cheese & tomato sandwich and decaf) at our favorite spot, The Dish around the corner from her place — photo by Mark Weber — She was making hair appointments and talking with her agent and I asked “Sheila, can I photo you at your desk?” And she wonderfully said: “Oh yeh!” she is the pure messenger of what jazz is and spontaneous all at the same time — I said, “I’m beginning to be a pest with this new digital camera, it’s so easy,” and she said “Well, there’s lot’s to take pictures of!” There sure is.
Herbie Mann & Sona Terra — May 15, 2000 — This was opening night for the new & present location of Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque — Gil Goldstein (accordion), Geoff Mann (drums), Paul Socolow (bass), Herbie (flute), Not shown: Alexander Fedoriouk (cimbalom), Bruce Dunlap (guitar)– photo by Mark Weber
Nick Lyons, Lorenzo Sanguedolce, Adam Caine, and Mark Weber: (Love & Music: A Celebration of Connie Crothers) 11-13-16 Roulette. From the opening notes of Charley Krachy’s solo tenor lament into “How Deep is the Ocean” to Patricia Nicholson Parker twirling w/ a string trio somewhere in the middle, to Cheryl Richards’ last plaintive notes five hours later with “A Sailboat in the Moonlight” the memorial concert for Connie Crothers was as one whole song together celebrating the Real, which was Connie. But even as she has left these shores, she planted a big seed. In this photo by Scott Friedlander I’m sitting with a few of her champions before the show at Roulette, Brooklyn, each of these guys are off the map great musicians, certainly artists, futurists: Nick Lyons, Lorenzo Sanguedolce, Adam Caine, MW. For 147 more photos from the Love & Music concert shot by master photographer Scott Friedlander, go here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskNK3AYY
The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California, still cooking — Lanny Morgan Sextet on a Sunday: Lanny (alto), Chris Connor(b—subbing for Chuck Berghofer ), Tom Ranier(p), Steve Schaeffer(d), Bob Summers(trpt), Doug Webb(tenor) — June 25, 2o11 — photo by Mark Weber — We caught up with Chris Connor recently at our Outpost here in Albuquerque on the Joshua Breakstone Cello Quartet (10nov2o16) — Lanny’s sextet is fleet and incisive and straight to the heart of bop, we play a lot of Lanny on the Thursday jazz show
Max Roach — January 8, 1977 — photo by Mark Weber
Art Pepper & Warne Marsh at Donte’s — January 26, 1977 in quintet formation with Monty Budwig, Nick Ceroli, Lou Levy — photo by Mark Weber ———- Laurie has just now released a Donte’s meeting of Warne & Art in 1974, something she found in Jack Goodwin’s collection I would guess, I can’t wait to hear it . . . . It’s Volume 9 of Unreleased Art (Widow’s Choice)
Looking south down Amsterdam Avenue to Empire State Building and the new World Trade Center — Wednesday 11:23am on November 16, 2o16 — photo by Mark Weber out for a stroll in Harlem
3 POEMS by RON ANDROLA
The Acid Crisps Yr Eyes
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You see, my poem is made of
lake glass & water gravity glue
smooth, subconscious sand plank to the moon
where I overhand dead
birds full of ice, stones, rice, &
cheap ignition at amber
waves of armed
government forces
lob purple agonizing
wax bombs upon
thy gorgeous chest flesh
Ginsberg, Allen full of alert without shirt
you see, Amerika
sucks my poem with
fury on its stainless stell
lips so I am a participant.
Scrubbing Amerika
the Beautiful from my
horse-scented
hands with lavender stalks
churning from sea
to sea, held up in lavish defeat,
completes, corrects being a poet
living in the 21st century. As a
poet I always
eat first. Kiss me, hard.
————from CONFLUENCE (2o15)
Charlie Parker & the Bush Administration
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charlie parker is blowing sweet
beauty thru our minds our eyebrows
round & touch into moons of short hair
2 more eyes tumors rip thru sky flesh centers
pieces of our bodies begin popping
tumors where eyes roll up into seeing
knuckles bleed 10 eyeballs on hands
adam’s-apple eyeball red & evil
has a little mouth in the pupil
voices of all hated resurrected people
eyeballs of my sparse-hair balls
eyeballs flop dangling from my ears
i’m pissing eyeballs
we point to charlie parker
it’s his fault
we tell our enemies
charlie parker is blowing sweet
honest soul into air
we’re infected
we scream
government officials
arrive in gas-masks
carrying flame-throwers
scowl behind fire-mirror plexiglass
but bird is in high hiding
bird is as indestructible as
amerika
if he isn’t found
he can’t be murdered
or mutated
into something congress
has the power to
authorize
i see george bush
grinning as the black
doors of a time-machine
close
in an inhale
it’s 1950 again
george has a.357
he’s materialized
directly behind
charlie parker on a small
stage
george blasts charlie’s
guts out
quickly returns
in his time-machine
to give a televised talk
to the people of this land
about the war in iraq
—————–from PoemHunter.com
labor day 2002
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coffee.
strong expensive fresh-brewed coffee
to flatten the jumble
of memory blocks bulging from my
neil young-like forehead.
mania sparkles in my eyes like
diamond dust,
like stardust & xanax
well into morning,
nearing the center of noon.
we are venturing outwards.
an o-ring washer for the faucet
is needed for the kitchen
sink. ann has audio books
to return to the branch library.
we need only drive down the hill
& make a right on 38th
to the hardware store.
then further down 38th to liberty
avenue & the liberty plaza branch
of the erie library
with a drop-off slot.
plus we are sheepishly
admitting we need beer,
it’s labor day,
after all, a day
NOT to
labor. i haven’t
shaved all
weekend —
the kitchen corner
is full of dozens
& dozens & dozens
of empty beer bottles.
we are going
out for more beer.
i’m off
tonight.
ann is off
today.
we
labor.
oh how
heavy
we
chug
chug
chug.
——-from SORROW IN THE WORLD
Hi Mark……I think Connie lived at 9th street en the early 90’s……had many lessons there…..charley
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the jazz casserole radio show
December 1, 2o16
KUNM Albuquerque
Host MARK WEBER
1. Horace Tapscott solo piano “Fleurette Africaine”(Duke Ellington) –1983 — cd Vol. 9 THE TAPSCOTT SESSIONS (Nimbus West Records)
2. Yusef Lateef Quartet “Love Theme from Spartacus” –5sept61 cd EASTERN SOUNDS (Prestige)
3. Forrest Westbrook Trio “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” –1958 — cd THE REMARKABLE FORREST WESTBROOK (Fresh Sound)
4. Eddie Chamblee Septet “And the Angels Sing” –1957– cd CHAMBLEE SPECIAL (Fresh Sound)
5. Matt Wilson’s Big Happy Family “Lester” featuring Terell Stafford(trumpet) & Kirk Knuffke (cornet)
summer 2o15 cd BEGINNING OF A MEMORY
6. Lester Bowie “Hello Dolly” in duet with John Hicks –1974 Lp FAST LAST (Muse)
7. Max Roach M’Boom “January V”(MR) –1979 — M’BOOM (Col.) w/ Warren Smith on marimba of whom we will be having as a telephone guest soon
8. Nick Lyons (alto) & Carol Liebowitz (piano) “The Very Thing” –20may2o12—cd FIRST SET (Line Art Records) *Nick’s cousin Antonio Maggiore listening in Los Alamos called when he heard Nick on the radio!
(Antonio is on the Country Council for District 43) small world sometimes . . .
9. John Coltrane “Kulu Se Mama” (Juno Lewis) -14oct65 in Los Angeles —-by request: Tom Albach asked
if I had ever played this track before, and I said pretty sure I havent (Tom is the guy who produces Nimbus
West Records) —— I dedicated this 19 minute track “This is for Donald Trump as a sort of cleansing ceremony” — maybe a better word would have been a purification ceremony — I speak spontaneously on the radio show, altho, I do think a little before hand what I’m going to say . . . .
*I was telling our Membership Coordinator/KUNM Cris Nichols (and mother of bassist Matt Brewer) that this show is looking to be a giant hodge podge having not found a thread and will just have to see how it goes — I never pre-plan my sequence before hand — I only pick the first tune and maybe the second tune before I get to the station in the morning — but, after that I have selected twice as much material as needed for the 83-minute show and piece it together as seems best . . . . . something old, something blue, something new — it was Cris who suggested calling it the jazz casserole . . . . . .
androla! haven’t read him in years! great pic of him and his son… again, your jazz post fine and fabulous, filled with upbeat music makers and soul shakers…love their faces, happy and jazzy and glad to see ya…
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Thursday Jazz Shoe
December 8, 2o16
KUNM Albuquerque
Host MARK WEBER
1. Kendra Shank & Geoffrey Keezer “Alone Together” — new cd HALF MOON: LIVE IN NEW YORK (Ride Symbol Records) Live concert at Alexis Parson’s home on Manhattan —– both Alexis and Kendra are members of Jay Clayton’s Different Voices which is 9+ voices plus bass, including Dori Levine, Andrea Wolper, Cheryl Richards, Karen Goldfeder, Carol Flamm, Amanda Bloom, and Ken Filiano (bass) — Sure hoping they make a recording available soon . . . . . . .
2. Ken Schaphorst Big Band “Blues For Herb” (ie. the late Herb Pomeroy, teacher at Berklee) featuring Donny McCaslin on tenor sax — composition & arrangement by KS — rec. Dec. 2014 — cd HOW TO SAY GOODBYE (JCA Records) — keeping the big band tradition fresh and updated
3. Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond “All the Things You Are” — July 1962 cd TWO OF A MIND
4. MW “Jazz-O-Smooth-O-Fier” routine — 2007
5. Michael Morreale (trumpet & composition & arrangement) “Another Old Different Place” — Feb.2016 cd LOVE AND INFLUENCE PepJack Records)
6. Diana Hughes & Michael Anthony “The Christmas Song” (Mel Torme) Live on the Thursday Jazz show
21dec06
7. Todd Moore “a mashed potato christmas” — 2006
8. Jimmy McGriff “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” — 1963
9. Art Pepper & Jack Montrose & Claude Williamson & Monte Budwig “Nutmeg”(rhythm changes) –25aug53 Los Angeles for the Discovery label
10. Paul Gonzales & Michael Anthony (trumpet & guitar) Live on Monday jazz KUNM radio show at Noon –5dec2o16 “Bag’s Groove”
11. Frank Kimbrough “Afternoon in Paris”(John Lewis) — May 2o14 cd FRANK KIMBROUGH QUARTET (Palmetto)
12. Herbie Nichols Project “Infatuation Eyes” from cd LOVE IS PROXIMITY –1995 a ruminative piece with Ted Nash(clarinet), Ron Horton (flugel), Ben Allison (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums), Frank Kimbrough (piano) —
when I caught Frank at a concert recital of singer Maryanne DeProphetis last month on Manhattan, where he
was backing Maryanne in a quartet, I asked him if Herbie Nichols Project ever put together an arrangement on “Sunday Stroll” and he said that I’m not the first person that has asked that . . . . .
13. Herbie Nichols Trio w/Max Roach & Al McKibbon — 7aug55 (Blue Note) “Sunday Stroll”
14. Anthony Ortega in duet with Kash Killion (Anthony goes from alto, to piano, to flute — Kash is on bass) –12jan2005 San Francisco — title track from cd AFTERNOON IN PARIS
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Winter Weather Jazz Radio Show
December 15, 2o16
KUNM Albuquerque New Mexico USA
Host MARK WEBER
1. Art Pepper Quartet “Art’s Opus” –25nov56 Los Angeles w/Russ Freeman(piano), Ben Tucker(bass), Garry Frommer(drums) from the OJC reissued of the Tampa album THE ART PEPPER QUARTET
2. Mel Powell Trio “If Dreams Come True” –17aug54 NYC w/ Paul Quinichette(tenor) & Bobby Donaldson(drums), Mel Powell(piano) from album BORDERLINE (reissued on Avid)
3. Michiko Ogawa Trio w/guest tenor Harry Allen “You”(Walter Donaldson-Harold Adamson) — March 2003 cd IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE! (Arbors Records)
4. Pete Rugolo “Jingle Bells Mambo” –29apr54
5. Lennie Tristano Trio “Melancholy Baby” –c.1955 at 317 E.32nd Street Studio w/ Peter Ind(bass), Tom Weyburn(drums) Lp NEW YORK IMPROVISATIONS (1983 release on Electra) produced by Connie Crothers
6. Heath Brothers “Our Little Town” — 1980 — Lp GOD REST YE MERRY JAZZMEN (Col.)
7. Bucky Pizzarelli Quintet “Groovin’ High” w/ Warren Vache(cornet), John Bunch(piano), Mickey Roker(drums), Jay Leonhart(bass), Bucky(guitar) –May 2006 cd 5 FOR FREDDIE GREEN (Arbors)
8. Lord Buckley “Scrooge” hipster retelling of Charles Dickens “Christmas Story” with all the ghosts of Christmas Past — 1960 Lp BLOWING HIS MIND AND YOURS TOO (World Pacific)
9. Albuquerque Aquatic Saxophones gag spot
10. Michael Morreale commentary on his tune “Manhattan” pre-recorded telephone conversation from Staten
Island last Thursday
11. Michael Morreale in quartet formation (most of the cd is sextet) “Manhattan” 2016 cd LOVE & INFLUENCE (PepJack Records) w/ Michael(trumpet), Bill Moring(bass), Tony Regusis(piano), Tim Horner(drums)
12. Oscar Pettiford by request from Tom Albach “The Pendulum at Falcon’s Lair” –19june56
13. Todd Moore poem “i used to” — Dec.2006
14. Jimmy Rowles Septet w/ Bill Holman(tenor), Herb Geller(baritone), Jimmy(piano), Lee Katzman(trpt), Bob Enevoldsen(valve trombone), Mel Lewis(drums), Monty Budwif(bass) “Winter Weather” –13dec58 cd WEATHER IN A JAZZ VANE (V.S.O.P.)
15. Ronnie Scott Quartet “Have You Met Miss Jones?” London 28feb51 cd BOPPIN’ WITH SCOTT (Proper box)
16. Ronnie Scott w/ Ronnie Ball Trio “All of Me” — London 13oct51 — Ronnie Scott(tenor) and pianist Ball just months away from relocating to NYC to study with Lennie Tristano (Proper box)