I met him when he was a kid.....he had won a Thelonious Monk completion......His mom was a realtor worked with my brother.....I sat in on vocals on a gig on Newtown, PA.....decades ago......he was a cool cat then and always......a natural talent with innate skills on Hammond.....♥️🙏🎹
I saw Rick Margitza with the Maynard Ferguson band in the early eighties. He was straight out of the North Texas State Jazz program, and he was incredible then; still is. That same Ferguson band included trumpeter Wayne Bergeron who has been a mainstay of the Hollywood recording industry for years. This Miles Smiles all star group is killing it!
Robben Ford is so unique. He can be as sophisticated and classy, as adventurous, avant-garde or exploratory as anyone who ever played or ever will, but always I mean always with a foot deep in the gritty lowdown blues.
saw them both at Yoshis in Oakland Robben by himself and the show withJimmy Smithznd Joey? cancelled due to Jimmys death. Show isnow going on on other sidel
