Over 40 years ago while still in my home town of Philly, I had the privilege of playing with Don and Bootsie Barnes in The Kings Rook and others can no longer recall. We even had a steady daytime gig during the week. Don was so much fun to play with! So was Bootsie. I remember very long and exciting solos by Don and the people in the place just going crazy. And, Bootsie really knew how to connect with the audience. Those two could really swing!
To DrumsNVinylinSUTFF I lived in Trenton and always went to Sam Barges Fantasy Lounge when Brother Don was there. I worked with don at the NCO club at Fort Dix together NewYears gig. Too bad he was sick twards the end. but he was-is a MONSTER. I feel he did not get the recgognition he deserved. Keep listenen and playin Thanks
The best B3 jazz player of them all. I've learned more about playing connected walking bass lines from Patterson's patterns than other organist (or bassist). It's easier to hear bass lines when there's nothing more than Billy James' drums (and possibly a horn) between you and the sound of the pedal-board. I try to avoid the recordings with guitar added. On "Boss Tenors in Orbit" the guitar plays single-tone quarter notes that obscure the horns while contributing nothing but twang!
Now I know what the late Butch Cornell had been listening to before he recorded his solo on Coltrane's "Impressions" on Stanley Turrentine's classic album"Sugar".
8 ;36 -8:45 put me in mind of training at the old Fred Villari's self defence studios .we were training the San Diego Sheriff's, one Sheriff shared his account of a double homicide investigation where one victim was found simultainiously strangled by the person that he had simultainiously fired six rounds into the chest of.
