En route to California —- this shot is the border of Arizona & New Mexico —- November 15, 2o19 – photo by MW
March 5, 2o20 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)
DOORBELL
We sure are living in whacky times
We thought this president was the whackiest
But
Now a little bug is come upon us
Straight out of the Old Testament —-
Standing on the corner in his itchy robes
Ezekiel with his over-active thyroid and claustro-
phobia “I told you so,
you sinners!” It’s hard to
fathom what was in the minds of
these laboratories from whence it
escaped, or, was set loose? —-
One remembers the street corner prophets
of the 1960s holding signs The End Is Near —-
Where I grew up
Cucamonga there was a guy decked out
in medieval monk’s garb shouldering a huge
wooden cross, he never said a word,
this Jeremiah, kept his eyes down
as he trudged under the weight of his penance
Bobby Bradford soundcheck —- November 17, 2o19 —- photo by MW
The Bobby Bradford Ensemble: Vinny Golia & William Roper —- photo November 17, 2o19 by MW
I like this slightly fuzzy shot of Tina Raymond pre-concert with the Bobby Bradford Ensemble —- November 17, 2o19 Pasadena CA —- photo by Mark Weber
Henry Franklin’s bass ———— November 17, 2019 —- photo by Mark Weber
NYTIMES November 8, 2o14 on the wall to Bobby Bradford’s studio —- photo by MW Nov. 17, 2o19 —– and that’s Domenick Calicchio the trumpet and mouthpiece craftsman that Bobby used for years in LA
Bobby Bradford’s neighborhood in Altadena, California, and the San Gabriel Mountains —– morning of November 17, 2o19 – photo by MW out for a walk
Data card from cassette recording from Bobby Shew’s collection with Bobby’s notation of Blue Mitchell singing “Alfie,” probably his only vocal on record!
This is where I am most Friday afternoons —- Hanging with Bobby Shew’s Sextet in his studio, a master class —- November 1, 2019 —- photo by Mark Weber of Bobby, Jim Ahrend, Micky Patten
Tom Guralnick (of Outpost), John Trentacosta (drummer & radio host), Doug Lawrence (tenor in Basie band), Tootie Heath (resident of Santa Fe) ———— photo by Mark Weber —- November 10, 2o19
October 31, 2019 at the Outpost Performance Space with the Options trio: Bennie Maupin (reeds), Eric Revis (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums) —- photo by Mark Weber
That’s the Jemez Mountains in the distance —- photo at the I-25 La Cienega offramp —- November 6, 2o19 —- photo by MW
The Wild Juxtapositions Jazz Radio Show
March 12, 2020 ————-KUNM Albuquerque
Host MARK WEBER
1. Art Pepper Quartet “All the things you are” –31mar58 cd SHOW TIME (television appearances) w/ Larry Bunker (piano), Don Payne (bass), Chuck Flores (drums)
2. Sun Ra “India” – 1956 album SUPER-SONIC JAZZ
3. Felix Arndt solo ragtime piano “Desecration Rag” – Oct. 1914 Lp RAGTIME & NOVELTY PIANO (French RCA)
4. Honey Alexander (piano) w/ Mighty Flyers “Buzzin’” – 1991 cd BLUES IN THE DARK (Black Top)
5. Soprano Summit “Stompy Jones”(Ellington) Live at Illiana Jazz Club Nov. 7, 1976
6. FIDOqrtet “La Coyote” c.2o16 w/ Maryanne de Prophetis (vcl), Satoshi Takeishi (drums), Shoko Nagai (piano)
7. Charley Musselwhite “Cristo Redentor” for Rachel Maurer R.I.P —- 1966 Lp STAND BACK (Vanguard)
8. Bird & Diz & Bud Powell “Blue N Boogie” – 31march51
9. Mort Herbert Sextet “Blues for Fred & Fay” w/ Sahib Shihab (alto), Kenny Clarke (drums), Mort (bass), Dick Katz (piano), Bobby Jaspar (flute), Joe Wilder (trpt) – reissued under Sahib Shihab COMPLETE SEXTET SESSIONS (Fresh Sound) —- May 29, 1956
10. Stuff Smith trio “Uh Ruh” –25oct56 COMPLETE VERVE STUFF SMITH (Mosaic box)
11. Sun Ra “Sunology” 1956 album SUPER-SONIC JAZZ
12. Monty Budwig in duet with pianist Tom Rainier – January 1978 Lp DIG (Concord) —- Monty on bass that is now Adam Lane’s bass in NYC
13. Count Basie trio w/ Jo Jones (drums), Walter Page (bass) “The Fives” 1938
14. Clarke-Boland Big Band “You stepped out of a dream” – 1968 track suggested by Cal Haines — album ALL SMILES
15. Duke Pearson playing his composition “Cristo Redentor” – 1969 album HOW INSENSITIVE
16. Soprano Summit “Meet me tonight in dreamland” ibid.
Once again, Mark…great stuff. That cassette label!
Fox, A. April 3, 2020 COVID-19 Claims the Lives of Three Jazz. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/covid-19-claims-lives-three-jazz-greats-180974574/