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Mingus
(This first piece was an unpublished essay, 2005….) Craig Handy brought The Mingus Big Band to Royce Hall last night. Jaleel Shaw’s angry alto kicked off the evening’s solos, and it opened the way for...
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Michael Sessions
Saw the Michael Sessions sextet last night at LACMA. Looked like everyone in the Leimert Park scene came out for this one. We missed the opening set, which was all Horace Tapscott, but you could tell...
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Charlie Parker
I just saw this picture of Charlie Parker on Facebook: Charlie Parker’s funeral. He’s in the box. I see Leonard Feather there, a pall bearer. Charlie Mingus watches from the church door. That was the...
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Jazz person
A writer just accused me of not being a jazz person. Not sure why exactly, something to do with either liking rock music or rock music fans. He sure was pissed though. I wonder what I have to do to...
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette passed from this mortal coil in 2010. I loved Buddy Collette, and here’s the obit I put together for the LA Weekly. I remember it was a last minute job, and the editor gave me an hour...
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