Here is a few of the wonderful artists that left us in 2009. I would like to thank each and every one of them for the music they left for us.
Blossom Deari,
Les Paul,
Charlie Mariano,
Chris Connor,
Jeff Clyne,
David "Fathead" Newman,
Hank Crawford,
Bud Shnk,
Ian Carr,
Gerry Niewood,
Jimmy McGriff,
Louie Bellson,
Pete King.
I know there are more but these are the ones that I recollect while making this post. R.I.P to all of them.
The Rep.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Dream Compilationm parts 1 & 2.
This podcast is in two, 1 hour parts and I have called it "A Dream Compilation" and thats what the label says and that is exactly what it is.
Here is the play list to prove it.Part 1,
Freddie Hubbard - Blues By Five, 2009/1969.
Sonny Rollins - Nice Lady, 2009.
Steve Turre - Funky T, 1995.
Mulgrew Miller - Organ Grinder, 2004.
Miles Davis - Backseat Betty, 1982.
Tubby Hayes Quintet - Sausage Scraper, 1963.
Part 2,
Phil Ranelin - This Ones For Trane, 2004.
Gene Harris/Stanley Turrentine - Genes Lament, 1986.
Lester Bowies Brass Fantasy - I Only Have Eyes For You, 1985.
Dexter Gordon - Round Midnight, 1977.
Annie Whitehead - Afro Blue, 2000.
Les McCann - A Little 3-4 For God And Co, 1996.
Link, http://thejazzrep.podomatic.com/
I put this together for your pleasure.
The Rep
Here is the play list to prove it.Part 1,
Freddie Hubbard - Blues By Five, 2009/1969.
Sonny Rollins - Nice Lady, 2009.
Steve Turre - Funky T, 1995.
Mulgrew Miller - Organ Grinder, 2004.
Miles Davis - Backseat Betty, 1982.
Tubby Hayes Quintet - Sausage Scraper, 1963.
Part 2,
Phil Ranelin - This Ones For Trane, 2004.
Gene Harris/Stanley Turrentine - Genes Lament, 1986.
Lester Bowies Brass Fantasy - I Only Have Eyes For You, 1985.
Dexter Gordon - Round Midnight, 1977.
Annie Whitehead - Afro Blue, 2000.
Les McCann - A Little 3-4 For God And Co, 1996.
Link, http://thejazzrep.podomatic.com/
I put this together for your pleasure.
The Rep
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Xmas
I hope you all have a peaceful xmas.A nice bit of jazz on the stereo,a glass of something you fancy and a decent meal.On that subject, please remember the reason we celebrate xmas and the millions of people worldwide that won't have a jolly time at all.
Peace Andy
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Pete King RIP.
Pete King
Pete King, who died on December 20 aged 80, was the co-founder of Ronnie Scott's jazz club and in charge of its day-to-day running from the opening night.
Published: 6:31PM GMT 21 Dec 2009
Photo: DAVID SINCLAIR
King was renowned as much for his formidable presence – newcomers to the club sometimes mistook him for the bouncer – as for his business acumen. For eight years after Scott's death he was the club's sole proprietor.
Peter Stephen George King was born in Bow, east London, on August 23 1929. He took up the clarinet and saxophone as a teenager, taught by Vera Lynn's father-in law, Harry Lewis. Though he began his working life as an apprentice coachbuilder with London Transport, he quickly decided to become a professional musician.
It was around this time that, while playing for a dance at Stoke Newington town hall, he first met Ronnie Scott. The two men instantly hit it off and kept in touch. King subsequently passed through the ranks of many leading bands of the postwar period, including those of Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson, Teddy Foster, Ambrose, and Oscar Rabin.
In 1952 King took over Scott's chair in the successful big band led by Jack Parnell. He had been there only a few months when Parnell hired a new singer, who made it a condition of taking the job that her husband, a saxophonist, should also join the band. Parnell reluctantly agreed and handed King his cards. Outraged by this, five of Parnell's leading players resigned in sympathy.
Ronnie Scott gathered the newly unemployed musicians together and proposed that, with the addition of a few more kindred spirits, they form a band of their own. The profits, if any, would be shared equally among them, an arrangement which the baritone saxophonist Benny Green dubbed "syncopated Marxism". As the band's most level-headed member, King was nominated its manager and financial controller, a job he combined with playing second tenor saxophone.
Scott's band proved a great success with dedicated lovers of modern jazz, but this audience was too small to sustain it for long and it folded after less than three years. This was the point at which King decided to give up playing and concentrate on the business side of music. When Scott teamed up with another leading saxophonist, Tubby Hayes, to form the Jazz Couriers in 1957, King became their manager.
Scott and King had often talked about opening their own club, patterned on the small jazz venues Scott had enjoyed during visits to New York. When, in 1959, the Jazz Couriers called it a day, they decided that the moment had come.
With the help of a loan from Scott's stepfather, they took a lease on the basement of 39 Gerrard Street, Soho, furnished it with an assemblage of second-hand tables and chairs, painted the walls, hired a piano and opened for business. Annual membership was 10 shillings (50p), admission one shilling and sixpence.
To open a club in Soho in those days inevitably attracted the attention of shady characters, keen to prey on newcomers, but King and Scott never had any trouble. Shortly after opening they received a visit from Albert Dimes, a much-feared underworld figure.
Dimes was an old friend of Scott's father and had known Ronnie as a boy. He arrived bearing a bottle of champagne to wish them well and told them: "If anyone comes around making trouble, just ask them politely to come back tomorrow and discuss the matter with your fellow director, Mr Albert Dimes."
Ronnie Scott's club struggled on with modest success for two years, but the proprietors realised that the only way to ensure its survival was by presenting American jazz stars. Unfortunately, appearances by American musicians in Britain were hampered by a long-standing disagreement between the two countries' musicians' unions. The only way the matter could be arranged was through one-for-one exchanges. King flew to New York to negotiate a deal.
"I found myself in a room full of cigar smoke," he recalled. "I was introduced to a lot of men with Italian names, and they all seemed to be wearing trilby hats. They didn't say much, but I must have said the right things, because I came away with an exchange agreement for the club."
Fortunately, this deal was soon followed by the arrival of the Beatles and the British pop explosion: "Suddenly, there was a demand for British music in America. We sent them Freddie and the Dreamers and the Small Faces; they sent us Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Bill Evans and Stan Getz. I'd call that a pretty good bargain."
In December 1965 the club left the cramped Gerrard Street basement for more spacious premises in Frith Street. Its fortunes fluctuated with the popularity of jazz itself. There were financial crises throughout the 1970s, culminating in a period of receivership from which Scott and King extricated themselves with the help of friends and supporters.
During the course of these tribulations, someone remarked: "If you'd been shrewd businessmen you'd have seen this coming" – to which King replied: "If we were shrewd businessmen we wouldn't be here in the first place."
The club's fortunes improved from the mid-1980s, thanks partly to jazz's growing popularity with a younger audience and partly to an imaginative booking policy. Scott's, for instance, was the first European jazz club to feature the vigorous new wave of Cuban musicians. By the time it celebrated its 35th birthday, in 1994, Ronnie Scott's was established as one of the world's foremost jazz venues.
Ronnie Scott died in 1996. His business partnership with Pete King, never formalised, had lasted longer than most marriages. Five years later, King was heard to remark: "I keep thinking that he's away on tour and any minute now he'll walk into the back office."
In 2004 King sold the club to Sally Green, owner of the Old Vic. After a year-long handover period the premises underwent a major refurbishment, reopening in June 2006. King then retired.
He died following a long illness, and is survived by his wife and one son; another son predeceased him
Pete King, who died on December 20 aged 80, was the co-founder of Ronnie Scott's jazz club and in charge of its day-to-day running from the opening night.
Published: 6:31PM GMT 21 Dec 2009
Photo: DAVID SINCLAIR
King was renowned as much for his formidable presence – newcomers to the club sometimes mistook him for the bouncer – as for his business acumen. For eight years after Scott's death he was the club's sole proprietor.
Peter Stephen George King was born in Bow, east London, on August 23 1929. He took up the clarinet and saxophone as a teenager, taught by Vera Lynn's father-in law, Harry Lewis. Though he began his working life as an apprentice coachbuilder with London Transport, he quickly decided to become a professional musician.
It was around this time that, while playing for a dance at Stoke Newington town hall, he first met Ronnie Scott. The two men instantly hit it off and kept in touch. King subsequently passed through the ranks of many leading bands of the postwar period, including those of Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson, Teddy Foster, Ambrose, and Oscar Rabin.
In 1952 King took over Scott's chair in the successful big band led by Jack Parnell. He had been there only a few months when Parnell hired a new singer, who made it a condition of taking the job that her husband, a saxophonist, should also join the band. Parnell reluctantly agreed and handed King his cards. Outraged by this, five of Parnell's leading players resigned in sympathy.
Ronnie Scott gathered the newly unemployed musicians together and proposed that, with the addition of a few more kindred spirits, they form a band of their own. The profits, if any, would be shared equally among them, an arrangement which the baritone saxophonist Benny Green dubbed "syncopated Marxism". As the band's most level-headed member, King was nominated its manager and financial controller, a job he combined with playing second tenor saxophone.
Scott's band proved a great success with dedicated lovers of modern jazz, but this audience was too small to sustain it for long and it folded after less than three years. This was the point at which King decided to give up playing and concentrate on the business side of music. When Scott teamed up with another leading saxophonist, Tubby Hayes, to form the Jazz Couriers in 1957, King became their manager.
Scott and King had often talked about opening their own club, patterned on the small jazz venues Scott had enjoyed during visits to New York. When, in 1959, the Jazz Couriers called it a day, they decided that the moment had come.
With the help of a loan from Scott's stepfather, they took a lease on the basement of 39 Gerrard Street, Soho, furnished it with an assemblage of second-hand tables and chairs, painted the walls, hired a piano and opened for business. Annual membership was 10 shillings (50p), admission one shilling and sixpence.
To open a club in Soho in those days inevitably attracted the attention of shady characters, keen to prey on newcomers, but King and Scott never had any trouble. Shortly after opening they received a visit from Albert Dimes, a much-feared underworld figure.
Dimes was an old friend of Scott's father and had known Ronnie as a boy. He arrived bearing a bottle of champagne to wish them well and told them: "If anyone comes around making trouble, just ask them politely to come back tomorrow and discuss the matter with your fellow director, Mr Albert Dimes."
Ronnie Scott's club struggled on with modest success for two years, but the proprietors realised that the only way to ensure its survival was by presenting American jazz stars. Unfortunately, appearances by American musicians in Britain were hampered by a long-standing disagreement between the two countries' musicians' unions. The only way the matter could be arranged was through one-for-one exchanges. King flew to New York to negotiate a deal.
"I found myself in a room full of cigar smoke," he recalled. "I was introduced to a lot of men with Italian names, and they all seemed to be wearing trilby hats. They didn't say much, but I must have said the right things, because I came away with an exchange agreement for the club."
Fortunately, this deal was soon followed by the arrival of the Beatles and the British pop explosion: "Suddenly, there was a demand for British music in America. We sent them Freddie and the Dreamers and the Small Faces; they sent us Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Bill Evans and Stan Getz. I'd call that a pretty good bargain."
In December 1965 the club left the cramped Gerrard Street basement for more spacious premises in Frith Street. Its fortunes fluctuated with the popularity of jazz itself. There were financial crises throughout the 1970s, culminating in a period of receivership from which Scott and King extricated themselves with the help of friends and supporters.
During the course of these tribulations, someone remarked: "If you'd been shrewd businessmen you'd have seen this coming" – to which King replied: "If we were shrewd businessmen we wouldn't be here in the first place."
The club's fortunes improved from the mid-1980s, thanks partly to jazz's growing popularity with a younger audience and partly to an imaginative booking policy. Scott's, for instance, was the first European jazz club to feature the vigorous new wave of Cuban musicians. By the time it celebrated its 35th birthday, in 1994, Ronnie Scott's was established as one of the world's foremost jazz venues.
Ronnie Scott died in 1996. His business partnership with Pete King, never formalised, had lasted longer than most marriages. Five years later, King was heard to remark: "I keep thinking that he's away on tour and any minute now he'll walk into the back office."
In 2004 King sold the club to Sally Green, owner of the Old Vic. After a year-long handover period the premises underwent a major refurbishment, reopening in June 2006. King then retired.
He died following a long illness, and is survived by his wife and one son; another son predeceased him
Sunday, December 20, 2009
New Podcast shows Jazz, A Love Affair 7-8.
Two, 1 hour shows from my UK Jazz Radio broardcasts.
Link, http://thejazzrep.podomatic.com/
Play list show 7.
Donald Harrison - Drum Line, 2008.
Berardi Jazz Connection - Last Night A Cat Stopped Me, 2007.
Liane Carroll - I Only Have Eyes for You, 2005.
Jimmy Smith - Oh No Babe, 1965.
Elliott Caine - Fields Of Jazz, 2006.
Tom Lellis - Nobody Doe's It Better, 1993.
Ronnie Scott + The Pablo Allstars - Cote D'Azur, 1977.
Play list show 8.
Ronnie Cuber - Maiden Voyage, 1988.
Bennie Golson/Al Jarreau - Whisper Not, 2009.
Steve Turre - Volunteer Slavery, 2004.
Gene Harris Trio+Stanley Turrentine - Battle Hymn Of The Republic, 1986.
Sarah Vaughan - Sermonette, 1963.
Vincent Herring - Caravan, 2005.
Hope You Enjoy the music.
The Rep
Link, http://thejazzrep.podomatic.com/
Play list show 7.
Donald Harrison - Drum Line, 2008.
Berardi Jazz Connection - Last Night A Cat Stopped Me, 2007.
Liane Carroll - I Only Have Eyes for You, 2005.
Jimmy Smith - Oh No Babe, 1965.
Elliott Caine - Fields Of Jazz, 2006.
Tom Lellis - Nobody Doe's It Better, 1993.
Ronnie Scott + The Pablo Allstars - Cote D'Azur, 1977.
Play list show 8.
Ronnie Cuber - Maiden Voyage, 1988.
Bennie Golson/Al Jarreau - Whisper Not, 2009.
Steve Turre - Volunteer Slavery, 2004.
Gene Harris Trio+Stanley Turrentine - Battle Hymn Of The Republic, 1986.
Sarah Vaughan - Sermonette, 1963.
Vincent Herring - Caravan, 2005.
Hope You Enjoy the music.
The Rep
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Happy Birthday Curtis.
Just wanted to wish Curtis Fuller happy 75th birthday of yesterday (15 th Dec) and thank you for the music.
Cheers The Rep.
Cheers The Rep.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Jazz in the 70s.
I have put up a new podcast called "Jazz in the 70s" two, one hour parts of jazz released in the 1970s, 18 artists so lots of variety. The link : http://thejazzrep.podomatic.com/
and the all important play list.
Play list part 1.
Mahavisnu Orchestra - Meeting Of The Spirits, 1971.
Gato Barnieri - Bahia, 1971.
Gil Scott Heron - Lady Day and John Coltrane, 1971.
Freddie Hubbard - Sky Dive, 1972.
Gil Evans - Throroughbred, 1973.
George Benson - Ode To A Kudu, 1972.
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine, 1976.
Art Pepper - Las Cuevas De Mario, 1977.
Dexter Gordon - The Moontrane, 1977.
Part 2.
Weather Report - Bridled, 1977.
McCoy Tyne - Departure, 1976.
Stanley Turpentine - Pieces Of Dreams, 1974.
Charles Minus - Remember Rockerfeller, 1975.
Roland Kirk - Dorthaans Walk, 1977.
Keith Jarrett - Treasure Island, 1974.
Al Jarreau - Agua De Baber, 1976.
Stan Getz - La Fiesta, 1974.
Grover Washington Jr - Ain't No Sunshine, 1971
I hope you enjoy the music.
Cheers The Rep
and the all important play list.
Play list part 1.
Mahavisnu Orchestra - Meeting Of The Spirits, 1971.
Gato Barnieri - Bahia, 1971.
Gil Scott Heron - Lady Day and John Coltrane, 1971.
Freddie Hubbard - Sky Dive, 1972.
Gil Evans - Throroughbred, 1973.
George Benson - Ode To A Kudu, 1972.
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine, 1976.
Art Pepper - Las Cuevas De Mario, 1977.
Dexter Gordon - The Moontrane, 1977.
Part 2.
Weather Report - Bridled, 1977.
McCoy Tyne - Departure, 1976.
Stanley Turpentine - Pieces Of Dreams, 1974.
Charles Minus - Remember Rockerfeller, 1975.
Roland Kirk - Dorthaans Walk, 1977.
Keith Jarrett - Treasure Island, 1974.
Al Jarreau - Agua De Baber, 1976.
Stan Getz - La Fiesta, 1974.
Grover Washington Jr - Ain't No Sunshine, 1971
I hope you enjoy the music.
Cheers The Rep
Monday, December 7, 2009
Two new shows "Jazz, A Love Affair" 5 and 6.
Two shows from my UK Jazz Radio shows called Jazz, A Love Affair. Each show is about one hour long and has a variety of quality jazz. The link, http://thejazzrep.podomatic.com/
Play list for show 5,
Sonny Stitt Quartet - If I Had You, 1958.
Lambert Hendricks and Ross - Everyday I Have The Blues, 1958.
Monty Alexander Trio - Satin Doll, 1976.
Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments, 1972.
Rachelle Ferrell - Autumn Leaves, 1995.
Peter King+Philippe Briand Trio - Hi Fly, 1984.
Play list for show 6,
Harold Little - Blue Bossa, 2009.
Lonnie Smith - Scream, 1970.
Bonerama - Gekko Love, 2007.
The Phibes - Hard On, 2009.
Antonio Hart - Sticks, 1993.
Carl Bley Band - Song Sung Long, 1982.
Jeremy Steig - Firefly, 1977.Please enjoy the music.
The Rep.
Play list for show 5,
Sonny Stitt Quartet - If I Had You, 1958.
Lambert Hendricks and Ross - Everyday I Have The Blues, 1958.
Monty Alexander Trio - Satin Doll, 1976.
Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments, 1972.
Rachelle Ferrell - Autumn Leaves, 1995.
Peter King+Philippe Briand Trio - Hi Fly, 1984.
Play list for show 6,
Harold Little - Blue Bossa, 2009.
Lonnie Smith - Scream, 1970.
Bonerama - Gekko Love, 2007.
The Phibes - Hard On, 2009.
Antonio Hart - Sticks, 1993.
Carl Bley Band - Song Sung Long, 1982.
Jeremy Steig - Firefly, 1977.Please enjoy the music.
The Rep.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Fusion Juice
A collection of funky jazz / fusion tracks,
I hope you like.
Fusion Juice - Jeff Lorber Fusion
Japanese Umbrella - Webster Lewis
Hopscotch - Harvey Mason
Butterfly - Eddie Henderson
Shiftless Shuffle - Herbie Hancock
Sagittarius - Frank Cunimondo
Kentucky Fried Chicken - Ronnie Foster
Para Los Latinos - Roland Bautista
Goodtime Ride - Ronnie Laws
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Time for a Crusade!
Here's a playlist from The Crusaders that I hope you like.A wide range of tracks taken from albums after they changed from The Jazz Crusaders (another playlist soon!).
Spiral
Lay it on the line
Cosmic reign
Goin' down south
Soul caravan
Free as the wind
Alekesam
Sweet 'n' sour
Gotta get it on
The longest night
Brazos River breakdown
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