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rockincountryblues · 7 months ago
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"Bull Moose" Jackson
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jazzdailyblog · 5 months ago
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Johnny Coles: The Unsung Hero of Jazz Trumpet
Introduction: In the annals of jazz history, certain names resonate with an almost mythical aura. Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong are among those whose contributions are celebrated widely. Yet, the world of jazz is also rich with artists who, while perhaps not achieving the same level of fame, have nonetheless left an indelible mark on the genre. One such artist is Johnny…
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thesobsister · 6 months ago
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Bull Moose Jackson, "Big Ten-Inch Record"
Something for the whole family to enjoy.
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johnnyslittleanimalblog · 4 months ago
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Bull Moose by Stephen Oachs Via Flickr: TAKE A CLOSER LOOK! Another day in pursuit of Moose in Grand Teton National Park. This big fella was pretty animated...he got to the other side of the river...shook off the water like a dog would and then ran off into the woods in an odd, frolicking manner. (as if the cold morning water felt good) Crazy moose, it was 27 degrees! 
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mikkeneko · 4 months ago
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On January 30, 1835, US president Andrew Jackson was confronted by Richard Lawrence, who twice attempted to shoot him in the back with a pistol but the gun did not fire. Andrew Jackson proceeded to beat the crap out of Lawrence with his cane. Jackson did not run again in the 1836 election.
On October 14, 1912, former US President and running candidate for the 1912 election Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest by John Schrank while on the campaign trail in Milwaukee. He stayed at the podium and delivered the remark "Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot—but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose." Despite the extreme badassery of this line, he lost the 1912 election to Woodrow Wilson.
On May 15, 1972, US presidential candidate George Wallace was shot by a man named Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland. He was injured enough by the attempt that he retired from the 1972 election. He ran for president again in 1976, and did not succeed.
On September 5, 1975, US president Gerald Ford was confronted on the grounds of the Capitol Building by Lynette Fromme, who attempted to shoot him but was not successful; he then went on to be shot at by another woman, Jane Moore, less than two weeks later. Ford campaigned for re-election in the 1976 election, but lost to Jimmy Carter.
While looking up citations for this post I found out about any number of presidential assassination attempts I never even knew about; Wikipedia has an entire category page for them (and another for successful assassinations.) Gerald Ford was shot at twice in two weeks, and Barack Obama at least three times.
Sadly, this type of political violence in the United States is not at all new, not at all uncommon, and the incidence of attempted assassination seems to have no correlation whatsoever as to the individual's success rate in future elections.
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oatflatwhite · 5 months ago
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BOBSTROLOGY
A completely serious presentation by @pegasusdrawnchariots and oatflatwhite
written version under the cut!
♈️Patrick O’Keefe [April 3 1926] ♈️Robert Sink [April 3 1905] ♈️John Julian [5 April 1924] ♈️Renée Lemaire [10 April 1914] ♈️James Miller [11 April 1924] ♈️Walter “Smokey” Gordon [April 15 1920] ♉️~Ronald Speirs [April 20 1920] ♉️Alton More [April 22 1920] ♉️Henry Jones [27 April 1924] ♉️Edward “Babe” Heffron [May 16 1923] ♉️John Martin [May 12 1922] ♉️Joseph Liebgott [May 17 1915] ♉️Norman Dike [May 19 1918] ♉️William Guarnere [April 28 1923] ♊️David Webster [June 2 1922] ♊️George Luz [June 17 1921] ♊️Roy Cobb [June 18 1914] ♋️Frederick “Moose” Heyliger [June 23 1916] ♋️Albert Blithe [June 25 1923] ♋️Donald Hoobler [28 June 1922] ♋️Thomas Meehan [8 July 1921] ♋️John Janovec [9 July 1925] ♋️Robert “Popeye” Wynn [July 10 1921] ♋️James "Moe" Alley [July 20 1922] ♌️~Burton “Pat” Christenson [July 23 1922] ♌️Eugene Jackson [29 July 1922] ♌️Donald Malarkey [July 31 1921] ♌️Edward Tipper [3 August 1921] ♍️Floyd Talbert [August 26 1923] ♍️Alex Penkala [August 30 1922] ♍️William Dukeman [3 September 1921] ♎️Eugene Roe [October 17 1922] ♎️Harry Welsh [September 27 1918] ♎️Lewis Nixon [September 30 1918] ♎️Ralph Spina [October 5 1919] ♎️Thomas Peacock [October 9 1923] ♏️Denver “Bull” Randleman [November 20 1920] ♑️Lynn “Buck” Compton [December 31 1921] ♑️Antonio Garcia [January 17 1925] ♒️Richard "Dick" Winters [January 21 1918] ♒️Herbert Sobel [January 26 1912] ♒️Carwood Lipton [January 30 1920] ♒️Warren “Skip” Muck [January 31 1922] ♓️Lester Hashey [23 February 1925] ♓️Charles “Chuck” Grant [1 March 1922] ♓️Robert Strayer [March 2 1912] ♓️Wayne “Skinny” Sisk [March 4 1922] ♓️Frank Perconte [March 10 1917] ♓️Darrell “Shifty” Powers [March 13 1923] ♓️Joseph Toye [March 14 1919]
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20 cardinal 17 fixed 13 mutable
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rockpaperscissuhs · 28 days ago
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Band of Brothers Birthdays
January
1 John S. Zielinski Jr. (b. 1925)
21 Richard D. “Dick” Winters (b. 1918)
26 Herbert M. Sobel (b. 1912)
30 Clifford Carwood "Lip" Lipton (b. 1920)
31 Warren H. “Skip” Muck (b. 1922) & Robert B. Brewer (b. 1924)
February
8 Clarence R. Hester (b. 1916)
18 Thomas A. Peacock (b. 1920)
23 Lester A. “Les” Hashey (b. 1925)
March
1 Charles E. “Chuck” Grant (b. 1922)
2 Colonel Robert L. “Bob” Strayer (b. 1910)
4 Wayne “Skinny” Sisk (b. 1922)
10 Frank J. Perconte (b. 1917)
13 Darrell C. “Shifty” Powers (b. 1923)
14 Joseph J. “Joe” Toye (b. 1919)
24 John D. “Cowboy” Halls (b. 1922)
26 George Lavenson (b. 1917) & George H. Smith Jr. (1922)
27 Gerald J. Loraine (b. 1913)
April
3 Colonel Robert F. “Bob” Sink (b. 1905) & Patrick S. “Patty” O’Keefe (b. 1926)
5 John T. “Johnny” Julian (b. 1924)
10 Renée B. E. Lemaire (b. 1914)
11 James W. Miller (b. 1924)
15 Walter S. “Smokey” Gordon Jr. (b. 1920)
20 Ronald C. “Sparky” Speirs (b. 1920)
23 Alton M. More (b. 1920)
27 Earl E. “One Lung” McClung (b. 1923) & Henry S. “Hank” Jones Jr. (b. 1924)
28 William J. “Wild Bill” Guarnere (b. 1923)
May
12 John W. “Johnny” Martin (b. 1922)
16 Edward J. “Babe” Heffron (b. 1923)
17 Joseph D. “Joe” Liebgott (b. 1915)
19 Norman S. Dike Jr. (b. 1918) & Cleveland O. Petty (b. 1924)
25 Albert L. "Al" Mampre (b. 1922)
June
2 David K. "Web" Webster (b. 1922)
6 Augusta M. Chiwy ("Anna") (b. 1921)
13 Edward D. Shames (b. 1922)
17 George Luz (b. 1921)
18 Roy W. Cobb (b. 1914)
23 Frederick T. “Moose” Heyliger (b. 1916)
25 Albert Blithe (b. 1923)
28 Donald B. "Hoob" Hoobler (b. 1922)
July
2 Gen. Anthony C. "Nuts" McAuliffe (b. 1898)
7 Francis J. “Frank” Mellet (b. 1920)
8 Thomas Meehan III (b. 1921)
9 John A. Janovec (b. 1925)
10 Robert E. “Popeye” Wynn (b. 1921)
16 William S. Evans (b. 1910)
20 James H. “Moe” Alley Jr. (b. 1922)
23 Burton P. “Pat” Christenson (b. 1922)
29 Eugene E. Jackson (b. 1922)
31 Donald G. "Don" Malarkey (b. 1921)
August
3 Edward J. “Ed” Tipper (b. 1921)
10 Allen E. Vest (b. 1924)
15 Kenneth J. Webb (b. 1920)
18 Jack E. Foley (b. 1922)
26 Floyd M. “Tab” Talbert (b. 1923) & General Maxwell D. Taylor (b. 1901)
29 Joseph A. Lesniewski (b. 1920)
31 Alex M. Penkala Jr. (b. 1924)
September
3 William H. Dukeman Jr. (b. 1921)
11 Harold D. Webb (b. 1925)
12 Major Oliver M. Horton (b. 1912)
27 Harry F. Welsh (b. 1918)
30 Lewis “Nix” Nixon III (b. 1918)
October
5 Joseph “Joe” Ramirez (b. 1921) & Ralph F. “Doc” Spina (b. 1919) & Terrence C. "Salty" Harris (b. 1920)
6 Leo D. Boyle (b. 1913)
10 William F. “Bill” Kiehn (b. 1921)
15 Antonio C. “Tony” Garcia (b. 1924)
17 Eugene G. "Doc" Roe (b. 1922)
21 Lt. Cl. David T. Dobie (b. 1912)
28 Herbert J. Suerth Jr. (b. 1924)
31 Robert "Bob" van Klinken (b. 1919)
November
11 Myron N. “Mike” Ranney (b. 1922)
20 Denver “Bull” Randleman (b. 1920)
December
12 John “Jack” McGrath (b. 1919)
31 Lynn D. “Buck” Compton (b. 1921)
Unknown Date
Joseph P. Domingus
Richard J. Hughes (b. 1925)
Maj. Louis Kent
Father John Mahoney
George C. Rice
SOURCES
Military History Fandom Wiki
Band of Brothers Fandom Wiki
Traces of War
Find a Grave
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edithmcvalley · 11 months ago
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he performs at the Third Rail when he gets drunk and you can't convince me otherwise
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A video of Mr. Shorago (Hancock's VA) singing in character (for, well, educational purposes):
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bethanyactually · 10 months ago
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Tag game: tag 9 people you'd like to get to know better
I was tagged a couple days ago by @forasecondtherewedwon to do this, and then was passively tagged by @gabagal so let's do this.
Currently watching: the US version of Ghosts, since we finished watching the BBC one; Percy Jackson and the Olympians; Fantasy High Junior Year on Dropout; and constantly rewatching both Nancy Drew and Elementary.
Last song: Metropolis by Owl City (though One Headlight by the Wallflowers has been going through my head on and off, since @pressdbtwnpages posted the most recent fic in her One Headlight series today!)
Three ships: Nancy x Ace, Percy x Annabeth, and today I'll say Katniss x Peeta.
Favorite color: sunflower yellow 
Currently consuming: water, but thinking about making some herbal tea
First Ship: Han/Leia, probably
Relationship status: happily married for many years
Last Movie: it's still Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian Honeymoon, which @pressdbtwnpages and I watched on YouTube a couple weekends ago.
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Currently working on:  some stuff for the Nancy Drew Valentine's Vigil, a couple blankets I'm crocheting.
Low-key, no-pressure tagging some folks from my recent activity: @marquisofspirits, @hmmitsliz, @prismandblue, @ventifrappa, @enekorre, @the-bull-moose-party, @carrieeve, @wittywallflower, @wittyno, and anyone else who'd like to do this!
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rastronomicals · 6 days ago
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2:00 AM EST November 9, 2024:
Aerosmith - “Big Ten Inch Record” From the album Toys in the Attic (April 8, 1975)
Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm
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hbowar-bracket · 10 months ago
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Albert Blithe 
Alex Penkala 
Alice 
Alton More 
Anna
Anthony 'Manimal' Jacks  
Antonio 'Poke' Espera  
Antonio Garcia 
Army Chaplain Teska  
Baba Karamanlis  
Bernard DeMarco   
Bill 'Hoosier' Smith  
Bill Leyden  
Billy Taylor  
Brad 'Iceman' Colbert  
Burton Christenson 
Capt. Andrew Haldane  
Carwood Lipton 
Charles (Chuck) Grant 
Charles Bean Cruikshank   
Charles K. Bailey  
Col. Robert Sink 
Cpt. Bryan Patterson  
Cpt. Craig 'Encino Man' Schwetje  
Cpt. Dave 'Captain America' McGraw  
Curtis Biddick  
Darrell (Shifty) Powers 
David Solomon  
David Webster 
Denver (Bull) Randleman 
Donald Hoobler 
Dr. Sledge  
Edward (Babe) Heffron 
Elmo 'Gunny' Haney  
Eric Kocher  
Eugene Jackson 
Eugene Roe 
Eugene Sledge   
Evan 'Q-Tip' Stafford  
Evan 'Scribe' Wright  
Everett Blakely   
Father John Maloney 
Floyd (Tab) Talbert 
Frank Murphy   
Frank Perconte 
Frederick (Moose) Heyliger 
Gabe Garza  
Gale 'Buck' Cleven  
George Luz 
Glenn Graham   
Gunnery Sgt. Mike 'Gunny' Wynn  
Gunnery Sgt. Ray 'Casey Kasem' Griego  
Hamm  
Harry Crosby  
Harry Welsh 
Helen  
Herbert Sobel 
Howard 'Hambone' Hamilton   
Jack Kidd  
James (Mo) Alley
James Chaffin  
James Douglass  
James Gibson   
James Miller 
Jason Lilley  
Jean Achten  
Jeffrey 'Dirty Earl' Carisalez  
John 'Bucky' Egan  
John Basilone  
John Christeson  
John D. Brady   
John Fredrick  
John Janovec 
John Julian 
John Martin 
Joseph 'Bubbles' Payne   
Joseph Liebgott 
Joseph Toye 
Josh Ray Person  
Katherine 'Tatty' Spaatz   
Ken Lemmons  
Lance Cpl. Harold James Trombley  
Larry Shawn 'Pappy' Patrick  
Leandro 'Shady B' Baptista  
Lena Basilone  
Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens  
Lewis Nixon 
Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones  
Lt. Henry Jones 
Lt. Nathaniel Fick  
Lt. Thomas Peacock 
Lynn (Buck) Compton 
Maj. 'Red' Bowman  
Maj. John Sixta  
Mama Karamanlis  
Manuel Rodriguez  
Mary Frank Sledge  
Meesh  
Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton  
Navy Hm2 Robert Timothy 'Doc' Bryan  
Neil 'Chick' Harding   
Norman Dike 
Old Man on Bicycle 
Patrick O'Keefe 
Phyllis  
R.V. Burgin   
Ralph (Doc) Spina 
Renee Lemaire 
Richard Winters 
Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal   
Robert 'Stormy' Becker   
Robert (Popeye) Wynn 
Robert Leckie  
Rodolfo 'Rudy' Reyes  
Ronald Speirs 
Roy Claytor  
Roy Cobb 
Sammy   
Sgt. Mallard  
Sidney Phillips  
Stella Karamanlis
Teren 'T' Holsey  
Vera Keller  
Walt Hasser  
Walter (Smokey) Gordon
Warren (Skip) Muck 
Wayne (Skinny) Sisk 
Wilbur 'Runner' Conley  
William Guarnere 
William Hinton  
William J. DeBlasio  
William Quinn  
Winifred 'Pappy' Lewis  
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jpbjazz · 2 months ago
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LÉGENDES DU JAZZ
JYMIE MERRITT, UN GÉANT MÉCONNU
“People like Miles Davis wanted him to be in his band. Art Blakey or Max Roach or Sonny Rollins or Dizzy Gillespie, whoever he was working with — the musicians knew who he was. But to the general public he was a sideman, because he never recorded anything under his own name as a leader.” 
- Mike Merritt
Né le 3 mai 1926 à Philadelphie, en Pennsylvanie, James Raleigh Merritt était le fils de  Raleigh Howard "RH" Merritt, un homme d’affaires, ministre du culte et écrivain, et d’Agnes Robinson, une institutrice qui était également directrice de chorale et professeure de piano et de chant.
Le père de Merritt s’était installé à Philadelphie quelques années avant sa naissance. James Raleigh Merritt avait étudié au Tuskegee Institute, où il avait eu comme camarade de classe le célèbre botaniste et agronome George Washington Carver. À Philadelphie, le père de Merritt avait travaillé dans le secteur immobilier. Il avait aussi participé à la fondation de la Vine Memorial Baptist Church.
Saxophoniste ténor à l’origine, Merritt était passé à la contrebasse au début de la vingtaine après avoir entendu un enregistrement de Jimmy Blanton avec l’orchestre de Duke Ellington. Il avait aussi joué brièvement de la clarinette.
Mobilisé durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Merritt avait servi en Afrique du Nord. Il avait aussi participé à la célèbre bataille d’Anzio en Italie. Après sa démobilisation, Merritt avait travaillé brièvement dans l’entreprise immobilière de son père. Sous l’encouragement de sa mère, Merritt avait décidé d’étudier sérieusement la contrebasse en prenant des cours avec Carl Torello, le contrebassiste du Philadelphia Orchestra. Il avait étudié par la suite à la Ornstein School of Music de Philadelphie.
DÉBUTS DE CARRIÈRE
Merritt avait amorcé sa carrière professionnelle aux côtés de John Coltrane, Benny Golson et Philly Joe Jones en 1949. La même année, Merritt s’était joint au groupe de rhythm & blues de Bull Moose Jackson. C’est dans le cadre de sa collaboration avec le groupe que Merritt était devenu un des pionniers de la basse électrique . Merritt avait d’ailleurs été un des premiers contrebassistes à adopter la basse Ampeg, une sorte de combinaison entre la basse électrique et la contrebasse acoustique. Au cours d’une entrevue, Merritt avait expliqué comment il avait fait l’acquisation de sa première basse Fender à l’automne 1951:
"Now all this time, I had been playing electric bass, from about the first year of service with the Bull Moose band. We were out in Oklahoma somewhere, when Benny Golson saw this Western band, what you call a hillbilly band, with a fellow playing what looked like a guitar and sounded like a bass. Benny got me over to hear this and we later saw one in a music store. Benny went in for some reeds or something, so I tried a Fender electric bass and that night I took it to work. The owner let me take it and I tried it out working and nobody raised any objection. I had been having trouble with my own bass, one of the assembly line types, so I was in the market for a new bass. Anyway, I got curious and bought the thing and played it for the next seven years or so. I guess at the time I was the only one in jazz playing an electric bass. Certainly, I’m pretty sure Monk Montgomery wasn’t playing one because we used to see him in Minneapolis and he was always interested to see the instrument."
Au début des années 1950, Merritt avait fait la tournée des clubs de jazz, de blues et de R & B dans la région de New York et de Philadelphie. Il avait aussi voyagé avec  le batteur de rock expérimental Chris Powell. Merritt avait également fait partie du groupe de B.B. King de 1955 à 1957.
En 1957, Merritt s’était installé à Manhattan et s’était joint aux  Jazz Messengers d’Art Blakey, qui comprenait à l’époque le saxophoniste Benny Golson ainsi que le pianiste Bobby Timmons et le trompettiste Lee Morgan avec qui il avait collaboré activement par la suite. Merritt avait continué de voyager avec le groupe jusqu’à ce qu’une maladie non identifiée l’oblige à abandonner les tournées en 1962. On peut notamment entendre Merritt sur les albums  Moanin’ (1958), At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959), A Night in Tunisia (1960), Mosaic (1962) et Buhaina’s Delight (1963). Un album inédit de Timmons avec les Jazz Messengers, et mettant en vedette Blakey, Timmons, Hank Mobley et Morgan a également été publié en avril 2020 sous le titre de Just Coolin’. Dans le cadre de sa collaboration avec le groupe, Merritt avait collaboré activement à la création de classiques comme “Moanin’”, “Along Came Betty”, “Blues March” et plusieurs autres.
Après s’être rétabli, Merritt s’était joint en 1964 au groupe du trompettiste Chet Baker avec qui il avait enregistré un album au titre pompeux intitulé The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964-65. Merritt est d’ailleurs longuement mentionné dans l’autobiographie inachevée de Baker intitulée  As Though I Had Wings: The Lost Memoir. 
De 1965 à 1968, Merritt avait travaillé avec le batteur Max Roach, non seulement comme contrebassiste, mais également comme compositeur. Enregistrée sur l’album de Roach, Drums Unlimited (1966), la composition de Merritt "Nommo" lui avait valu une nomination comme meilleur compositeur de jazz dans le cadre du sondage des critiques du magazine Down Beat. Le titre de la pièce "Nommo" était dérivé d’un mot d’Afrique de l’Ouest désignant “the power of the spoken word.’’ Devenue le symbole des compositions de Merritt, la pièce "Nommo" combinait des éléments de hard bop et de jazz modal.
Merritt avait quitté Roach à la fin des années 1960 pour participer à une tournée avec Dizzy Gillespie. Merritt avait aussi fait une apparition avec le groupe de Gillespie dans le cadre du Dick Cavett Show.
Par la suite, Merritt avait renoué avec son ancien confrère des Jazz Messengers, le trompettiste Lee Morgan, notamment dans le cadre de l’album double Live at the Light House (1970), qui avait été enregistré à Hermosa Beach, en Californie, et qui comprenait des versions prolongées de ses propres compositions, dont ‘’Absolution’’, qui avait été enregistrée précédemment par Max Roach.
Les disques Blue Note ont d’ailleurs publié un coffret des enregistrements des concerts d’Hermosa Beach dans lequel on entend le fils de Merritt, le contrebassiste Mike Merritt, interviewer son illustre père. Comme Mike Merritt l’avait expliqué plus tard: “He was very positively affected by hearing that music again after all these years. He really felt good about where that band was going, had Lee not met an early death [Morgan a été abattu  par sa compagne Helen Moore dans un club de New York en 1972], and the ground that band was breaking.”
À partir de 1970, Merritt avait dirigé le groupe Forerunners. Le groupe tirait son nom d’une coopérative de musiciens que Merritt avait fondé avec d’autres artistes en 1962. Explorant le système d’accord et d’harmonies et l’approche unique de la composition de Merritt, le groupe avait publié plus tard un lexique dans lequel il avait exposé ses conceptions de la musique. Cette approche était particulièrement en évidence dans la longue composition de Merritt intitulée "Visions of the Ghost Dance".
Parmi les membres originaux du groupe, on retrouvait des vétérans de Philadelphie comme le saxophoniste Odean Pope, le guitariste Kenny Lowe, le batteur Donald Bailey, et la chanteuse September Wrice. Durant ses cinq premières années d’existence, le groupe s’était produit régulièrement dans la région de Philadelphie jusqu’à ce que Merritt et Pope se joignent au groupe de Roach. Le groupe avait refait surface périodiquement par la suite, dépendamment de la disponibilité de Merritt et de l’évolution de son état de santé. Le saxophoniste Bobby Zankel avait fait partie de la seconde édition du groupe lorsqu’il s’était joint à la formation en 1982. Parmi les autres membres du groupe à cette époque, on remarquait les saxophonistes Odean Pope et Julian Pressley, le pianiste Colmore Duncan, le percussionniste Warren McLendon et le batteur Alan Nelson. Principalement connu comme saxophoniste alto, Zankel jouait du saxophone baryton avec le groupe.
Le groupe, qui était devenu avec le temps une sorte de laboratoire, avait contribué à faire connaître les compositions de Merritt, même si les problèmes de santé du contrebassiste l’avaient souvent empêché de faire des tournées. Expliquant son désir de pousser sa musique plus loin avec le groupe, Merritt avait déclaré au cours d’une entrevue accordée au Daily News: “People like Lester Young, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie left an enormous trail of ideas that we were following. For me, there were a lot of threads to be pulled together from all over the place to increase the vocabulary that we used.” Merritt avait continué de se produire avec le groupe jusqu’à l’âge avancé de quatre-vingt-dix ans.
Diagnostiqué pour la première fois d’un cancer dans les années 1970, Jymie Merritt est mort d’un cancer du foie à Philadelphie le 10 avril 2020, trois semaines avant son quatre-vingt-quatorzième anniversaire de naissance. Merritt laissait dans le deuil son épouse Dorothy (Ave) Viola Small, son frère LeRoy, ses fils Marlon et Marvon, et ses filles Mharlyn et Jamie Reese. Merritt avait un autre fils, Martyn, mais il était décédé en 1989. C’est le fils de Merritt, Michael, qui avait annoncé la mort de son père sur la page Facebook de Leo Gadson. On pouvait lire dans ce communiqué:
“It is with great sadness that I share with you the news that my father, Jymie Merritt, one of the greatest musicians who ever lived, who was active during an era when jazz reached it’s most fertile peak in the mid-20th century, passed away at age 93, on the evening of Friday, April 10th at his home in Philadelphia, PA after a long illness. His death was not related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our family will release more information within the next few days.”
Plusieurs des enfants de Merritt avaient suivi les traces de leur père et avaient poursuivi une carrière musicale. Chanteuse et autrice, Mharlyn Merritt avait obtenu une bourse de la National Endowment for the Arts en 1988. Guitariste reconnu, Marlon avait combattu lors de la guerre en Irak. Malheureusement décédé, Martyn avait fait carrière comme pianiste classique et avait étudié avec le légendaire Leon Bates. Marvon était percussionniste et batteur. Quant à Mike, c’était un bassiste réputé qui avait joué avec plusieurs grands noms de la musique comme Levon Helm, Phoebe Snow, Johnny Copeland et BB King. Mieux connu comme membre du groupe du Basic Cable Band du talk-show de Conan O'Brien sur le réseau TBS, Mike avait co-produit en 2005 avec sa soeur Mharlyn un CD indépendant intitulé "Alone Together" mettant en vedette son frère Marlon à la guitare, Uri Caine, Al Kooper, Lew Soloff et les Vivino Brothers.
Commentant la mort de son ancien collègue, le saxophoniste Odean Pope, qui avait joué pour la première fois avec Merritt en 1959, avait déclaré: “Jymie Merritt, that’s a great loss. I’m very grateful that I lived during his time. In addition to him being an extraordinary bass player, he had his own sound. He had his own concept. He was just so fluent in what he was doing. To me, playing his music was like going to the highest university in the whole world.”
En 2016, l’émission Jazz Night in America avait consacré un épisode d’une heure à Merritt et à son groupe les Forerunners, dans le cadre d’un concert présenté au World Cafe Live de Philadelphie. Dans le cadre de l’émission, Merritt avait défini sa conception du rythme en ces termes:  “Rhythm is very complex, because it’s the basis on which the entire universe is constructed. All life has a pattern, and once you can tap into that pattern, you tap into all aspects of life.”
Lauréat de plusieurs prix, Merritt avait notamment remporté en juin 2008 un Don Redman Heritage Award. Le prix avait été remis à Merritt dans le cadre d’une cérémonie organisée par la Harpers Ferry Historical Association et la division de la NAACP à Jefferson County. L’événement était organisé en collaboration avec la Don Redman Heritage Society de Piedmont, en Virginie occidentale. En 2009, Merritt s’était également vu décerner un Jazz Heritage Award. Le prix avait été attribué à Merritt conjointement par l’Université de Philadelphie et le Jazz Heritage Project. Le prix avait été remis à Merritt dans le cadre de la Philadelphia Jazz Fair organisée par le professeur et musicien Don Glanden. L’organiste Trudy Pitts était l’autre récipiendaire du prix cette année-là. C’est un autre grand contrebassiste de Philadelphie, le regretté Charles Fambrough, qui avait remis son prix à Merritt. En novembre 2013, Merritt avait aussi remporté, en même temps que son collègue contrebassiste et ami Reggie Workman, le Clef Club of Philadelphia's Living Legend, Jazz Award.
Malgré tout son talent de contrebassiste et de compositeur, Merritt était demeuré largement méconnu du grand public, probablement parce qu’il n’avait jamais enregistré sous son propre nom. Comme l’avait expliqué son fils Mike: “People like Miles Davis wanted him to be in his band. Art Blakey or Max Roach or Sonny Rollins or Dizzy Gillespie, whoever he was working with — the musicians knew who he was. But to the general public he was a sideman, because he never recorded anything under his own name as a leader.” Qualifiant Merritt de véritable géant, le contrebassiste Christian McBride avait commenté: “Phrases like musical genius and unsung are so casually and recklessly thrown out there describing just about anyone these days. Jymie Merritt is not only one of the great bassists of his era, but also one of the great composers.”
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Benny Golson: Jazz Maestro of Timeless Elegance
Introduction: In the vast landscape of jazz, certain figures stand as pillars of creative brilliance and lasting influence. Benny Golson, the eminent saxophonist, composer, and arranger, is undeniably one such luminary. With a career spanning over seven decades, Golson’s musical journey is a captivating narrative of innovation, collaboration, and the creation of timeless compositions that have…
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John Coles (July 3, 1926 – December 21, 1997) was a jazz trumpeter.
He was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He grew up in Philadelphia and was self-taught on trumpet.
He spent his early career playing with R&B groups, including those of Eddie Vinson (1948–1951), Bull Moose Jackson (1952), and Earl Bostic (1955–1956). He was with James Moody (1956-58) and played with Gil Evans’s orchestra (1958-64) including for the album Out of the Cool. He spent time with Charles Mingus in his sextet, which included Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Jaki Byard, and Dannie Richmond. He played with Herbie Hancock (1968-69), Ray Charles (1969–71), Duke Ellington (1971–74), Art Blakey (1976), Dameronia, Mingus Dynasty, and the Count Basie Orchestra under the direction of Thad Jones (1985–86).
In 1985, he settled in the San Francisco Bay Area; he recorded with Frank Morgan and Chico Freeman the following year. He returned to Philadelphia in 1989, where he worked with Morgan and was part of Gene Harris’s Philip Morris Superband. In 1990, he recorded with Charles Earland and Buck Hill. He was recorded as a leader several times throughout his career. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
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Bull Moose by Stephen Oachs Via Flickr: TAKE A CLOSER LOOK! Another day in pursuit of Moose in Grand Teton National Park. This big fella was pretty animated...he got to the other side of the river...shook off the water like a dog would and then ran off into the woods in an odd, frolicking manner. (as if the cold morning water felt good) Crazy moose, it was 27 degrees! 
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Thursday, November 14, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)
WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: SHERWOOD (BritBox) SAY NOTHING (Disney + Star) A REASON FOR THE SEASON (W Network) 8:00pm THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (Showcase) 9:00pm HARRY POTTER: WIZARDS OF BAKING (Crave) 9:00pm
WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: HOLIDAZED (Premiering on November 19 on W Network at 8:00pm)
NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:
AMAZON PRIME CANADA CROSS NHL COAST TO COAST (Live Event) YUDRA
CRAVE TV HARRY POTTER: WIZARDS OF BAKING (series premiere at 5pm PT/8pm ET) THE KING OF COMEDY L.A. CONFIDENTIAL PATRIOTS DAY
DISNEY + STAR FX’S SAY NOTHING (all episodes)
NETFLIX CANADA BEYOND GOODBYE (JP) THE LOST CHILDREN (CO)
KARENA AND KASEY'S FOREIGN FLAVOURS (CBC) 5:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Kasey and Karena face one of their toughest challenges ever when they cook for a lineup of some of Peru's top chefs in one of Lima's best restaurants.
NHL HOCKEY (SN/SN1) 7:00pm: Devils vs. Panthers (TSN3) 7:00pm: Jets vs. Lightning (TSN5) 7:00pm: Flyers vs. Sens (TSN2) 8:00pm: Habs vs. Wild (SNWest) 9:00pm: Predators vs. Oilers (SNPacific) 10:00pm: Islanders vs. Canucks (SN1/SNEast/SNOntario) 10:00pm: Chicago vs. Kraken
CLASSIC RESTOS (REV TV Canada) 7:30pm (SERIES PREMIERE): See old classic cars be restored to top of the line condition and talking to the owners.
DRAGONS' DEN (CBC) 8:00pm
STEAL YOUR HEART (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: A mix up over a purchase leaves amateur jeweler Melissa being enlisted by the CEO of the biggest jewelry company in Miami to help create a bridal line with the CEO's too-serious son, Jake.
MOTO GP HIGHLIGHTS (REV TV Canada) 8:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Malaysian Grand Prix 2024 Highlights: featuring Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP.
NFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN4) 8:15pm: Commanders vs. Eagles
CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING (CTV) 8:30pm: When James finds an old game console, he and Astrid attempt to find free time to play; but a bedtime routine threatens to eat up all the time between when the kids are supposed to be in bed and when Astrid and James have to go to bed themselves.
MY MUM, YOUR DAD (CBC) 9:00pm: Davina tasks the grown-up kids with helping their parents during a workshop; With emotions at an all-time high in the retreat, the parents open up on their journeys so far; difficult conversations are had.
MOUNTAIN MEN (History Channel Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Marty installs floats on his bush plane and flies to a remote lake to hunt moose; Lauro and Neil harvest driftwood and build a log river raft from scratch; Mike traverses hostile terrain on Afognak Island to take down a bull elk.
FEUDS TURNED FATAL (Investigation Discovery) 10:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): In 2021, in Newport News, Virginia, postal workers Jacquie Shabazz and Tashara Jackson fall out over an alleged affair, and a simmering feud explodes.
CANADIAN REFLECTIONS (CBC) 11:30pm: Blood of Ghent; La Grogne
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