Recommended reading:"3 Shades of Blue" by James Kaplan.This book chronicles the entire life and career of three key figures from the Kind of Blue album:Miles Davis,John Coltrane,and Bill Evans.
This was recorded between sets at the old Dakota in St Paul. Emily invited me to be present since I had the good fortune to accompany her at a clinic earlier that day. Such a delight to hear this today! So brilliant yet down to earth!
Thank you! So awesome to be able to hear Junior Cook in his own words and voice. I am completing the first biography of Cook’s life and career. This info and insight into his life is priceless!
It's my great pleasure to preserve these important conversations Leigh Kamman created with the masters on the internet. If you haven't heard it, I put another interview with Junior from 1988 on our channel some years ago. Check it out.
Jazz Central just sent me a link to this page...and I subscribed! Leigh's daughter, Kate, runs THE LEIGH KAMMAN LEGACY PROJECT, and introduced me to him back in 1971 !! Being a newbie to Minnesota, I had NO IDEA who he was...MUCH to my own detriment. THANK-YOU Kate, for providing us with such great insight to a great broadcaster & jazz aficionado ! His historical interviews truly withstand the test of time... pax- Gregg Kubera/Hyperopic
Thanks - I know. I can't match dates of the conversations with the images. I just use what I can find on the net along with archival photos of Leigh Kamman.
Based on the typical "thank you" type endings on most of the interviews - but not on this one - it seemed that there must be a part 2. But it has not surfaced and now that I've finished digitizing all of the 7" reels n the archive like the one this was on I don't think part 2 exists. Thanks for listening.
Bobby left us way too early. I love this guy. He liked my songs...and his were in another world. Boy could he swing...and move his fingers? Great guy gone to early. RIP Brother...
BR and his band played in Barcelona on 17 Oct '70, had the next night off and played the 19th in Malmo, Sweden. That's the time frame for his stpry in Spain.
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More than great! One of Leigh´s best. He had concrete questions prepared and a half hour with Donald and Pepper. I enjoy the 5 minute telephone on the intermission things also. But they are kind of "Hello-goodby. No real information because there´s no time!
My friends and I saw Billy many times at Yoshi's in San Francisco. I would have to dig into my notes to see who he played with but the one thing that I will always remember is his smile! We called him the Happiest Drummer in the world. He was a true artist and gentleman. Thank you Billy and Leigh Kamman.
Always a favorite female jazz singer her voice was often characterized as she could emulate a jazz instrument in every respect gene Krupa knew exactly what he wanted Roy eldbridge and Anita and Charlie Ventura a dynamic line up
Before we go further might I add that gene Krupa was a gentleman first class in every respect easy to work with and a legend in drumming I can’t be any more emphatic than that
Anything and everything that buddy rich did and accomplished is very important to me and this is a tremendous interview the greatest drummer to draw breath and gene Krupa said that and that statement holds true today
