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TIN SANDWICH PRODUCTIONS COPYRIGHTED 3 - 25 - 2008 |
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- The ‘RENAISSANCE’, built for me by Douglas Tate & Bobbie Giordano (ILUS) in 1998.
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- Coming soon — more from Warren Blumberg..Our Man In Palermo!
Late in 2007 I re-up or rejoined our “fine” Boston Union Local 9-535. I’m not sure why, really, or if I would ever receive any benefit from it. The website bostonmusicians.org/ offers limited information to the public. For the most part, one needs to log in. As is my miserable penchant for asking questions, I suggested that Local 9-535 host a forum for members to voice ideas on how to better this fading world of live jazz music. The Vice president John Grimes replied...and of course, I offered another suggestion for the Local constituency! Read it here , if you want.
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Writings on: Jazz, Chromatic Harmonica, music life |
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Turk continues his appreciation and respect for the reigning harmonica voice in modern jazz. "...Toots Thielemans is the guy who showed me where I could come in, where the harmonica fits as a jazz instrument," he declares, "and I like the way he just comes out and makes a statement musically, rather than having to prove what he can do in each solo"....he continues, "A preponderance of musicians of all ages come out and lay everything on the line; but, back in the 40's and 50's the guys who established modern jazz didn't play their hot stuff (all the time), they interpreted songs." |