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"Autumn Leaves" w/ Emmet Cohen & James Morrison
Emmet Cohen (p), James Morrison (tb), Philip Norris (b), Joe Farnsworth (dr)
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Alan Dawson: A Drummer's Drummer and Master Educator
Introduction: The world of jazz drumming is filled with numerous influential figures, each contributing uniquely to the evolution of the genre. Among these legends, Alan Dawson stands out not only for his extraordinary skill and versatility as a drummer but also for his profound impact as an educator. His ability to blend technical proficiency with deep musicality made him a sought-after…
#Alan Dawson#Bill Evans#Booker Ervin#Charles Mingus#Dave Brubeck#Dave Brubeck Quartet#Dexter Gordon#Frank Zappa#Jaki Byard#Jazz Drummers#Jazz Education#Jazz History#Joe Farnsworth#Joe Morello#Kenwood Dennard#Lee Konitz#Lionel Hampton#Miles Davis Quintet#Quincy Jones#Rudimental Ritual#Sabby Lewis#Sonny Rollins#Sonny Stitt#Sting#Tal Farlow#Terri Lyne Carrington#The Freedom Book#The Last Set at Newport#Tony Williams#Vinnie Colaiuta
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Bad movie I have Motherless Brooklyn 2019
#Motherless Brooklyn#Edward Norton#Gugu Mbatha-Raw#Alec Baldwin#Willem Dafoe#Bruce Willis#Ethan Suplee#Cherry Jones#Bobby Cannavale#Dallas Roberts#Josh Pais#Radu Spinghel#Fisher Stevens#Peter Gray Lewis#Robert Wisdom#Michael Kenneth Williams#Isaiah J. Thompson#Russell Hall#Joe Farnsworth#Jerry Weldon#Eric Berryman#Nelson Avidon#Joseph Siravo#DeShawn White#Leslie Mann#Migs Govea#Erica Sweany#Katy Davis#Olli Haaskivi#Yinka Adeboyeku
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Please say sike right now
#I should've expected this from the history influencer who glorifies WW2 & US military culture & who is dating Freddie Joe Farnsworth#But the comments on this truly are chilling#“Compared to Trump George Bush was a saint”#“I don't like what he did in Iraq but.....”#“so much respect for how he held it together and avoided traumatizing those kids”#Really? REALLY???????????????#9/11
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Commons Vote
On: Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Second Reading
Ayes: 351 (96.6% Lab, 2.3% Ind, 0.8% Green, 0.3% SDLP) Noes: 84 (100.0% Con) Absent: ~215
Day's business papers: 2024-7-29
Likely Referenced Bill: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
Description: A Bill to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead of by means of franchises.
Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: Committee of the whole House
Individual Votes:
Ayes
Labour (341 votes)
Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Jarvis Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Emily Darlington Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Lewell-Buck Emma Reynolds Euan Stainbank Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Kate Dearden Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Keir Mather Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lorraine Beavers Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Maria Eagle Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosena Allin-Khan Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett
Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephen Doughty Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Warinder Juss Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed
Independent (8 votes)
Adnan Hussain Apsana Begum Ian Byrne Imran Hussain John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Zarah Sultana
Green Party (3 votes)
Adrian Ramsay Ellie Chowns Siân Berry
Social Democratic & Labour Party (1 vote)
Colum Eastwood
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Conservative (84 votes)
Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Claire Coutinho Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Geoffrey Clifton-Brown George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Jack Rankin James Cleverly Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Mark Francois Mark Garnier Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton
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for bob tours: was there a moment (or more than one) at a place where you felt ~connected to a scene from bob/the real events?
All the tours I’ve been on have special moments, though some more than others. Thank you for asking me about this, as I love recounting these memories. Some of this is actually what you asked for; the rest is just me being sappy.
Okay, ready? Behind the read more because it's SUPER long.
Eindhoven tour, April 2022
This was the first WW2 tour I’ve ever been on and the first of We Happy Few 506’s Band of Brothers tours. Special for that reason alone. It was a one-day tour with a Q&A the day before, and only four out of six actors who were supposed to join actually made it over to Eindhoven. First up: Matthew Leitch (Floyd ‘Tab’ Talbert), our fierce leader on all of the tours so I won’t mention him every time. He co-founded WHF506. He’s kind of a very annoying older brother to me now. Also there were Tim Matthews (Alex Penkala), Doug Allen (Alton More) and Mark Lawrence (William H. Dukeman).
I enjoyed the Q&A, though at that point was far too insecure to ask anything about Band because the room was filled with much bigger WW2 nerds (at the time, I’ve now caught up) who all seemed to ask very profound questions. I also shied away from taking any photos with the actors because people pretty much swarmed them, and I’m slightly claustrophobic.
I was making art already at that point, and for this trip had managed to draw Matt and Mark. See here a moment of joy for me.
The next day was the day of the tour, and I was pretty nervous about it because I’d never done a bus tour before, but in my experience, buses aren’t particularly wheelchair-friendly. Such was the case here, too, but the moment I approached the daunting steps of the Megabus, guests (special and not) flocked over to help me up them. All doubt evaporated. I got appointed the spacious back-of-the-bus seat, with my cousin on one side and Mark Lawrence on the other.
I’ll single Mark out for this tour because our conversations on the bus were very real and important to me. But also because one of the most moving moments on the tour happened when we visited the Crossroads. This is where Mark’s character and the real Dukeman died. If you ever get to visit... the Crossroads in the show looks exactly like the real location. Easily one of the most true-to-life set locations. And Mark had never been to the Netherlands. It tore him up. We all sniffled, watching him cry. The thing you have to realise is that he feels like he owes his entire life to the show. He met his lovely wife because she saw him on tv, and they fell in love. He has Dukeman’s service number tattooed on his body. And he’s the kindest, sweetest soul.
Later, months after the tour, he called me up to sing me happy birthday at six in the morning.
Both Doug and Tim remain my friends to this day. I’m perhaps most grateful for the connections made on these tours. Some of the other guests are now also like family.
Bastogne tour - part 1, November 2022
Bastogne is a magical place for me. I took one of my geekiest friends on this second tour. Special guests were Freddie Joe Farnsworth (military advisor on both BoB and the Pacific) and Phil McKee (Strayer). Not the most well-known people in this fandom I think. But interesting. And funny.
This tour was led by Reg Jans, and he’s THE guide who knows everything you could ever want to know about the Battle of the Bulge. So, during this tour, I feel like I learned a lot more about that, beyond what we see in Band.
Of course, we also visited Easy Company’s foxholes in the Bois Jacques. There was no snow (stay tuned for that on a later tour), so it’s not like it is in the show. But the woods are eerily quiet. I don’t know if I believe in anything supernatural beyond things like intuition, but if I were to start anywhere, it’d be there. Freddie Joe explained the consequences of sleep deprivation for your brain to us, to help us understand the soldiers better. Sometimes, they were their own worst enemies. They were freezing, underfed, underdressed and barraged by artillery, and most of the time, could not even see the Germans.
We also visited where John Julian was pinned down by Germans for hours. It’s still unclear what exactly happened to him, or when or how he died. We only see seconds of it in the show. It's like that with many things in the show actually. All the battles took a long, long time.
This tour isn’t my favourite - there’s a better one right after this, but this did solidify the idea that I would go on these tours just to see the people I’ve met while there.
Bastogne tour - part 2, January 2023
Here it is, my favourite tour. Barely two months after the last one. Bastogne in the very dead of winter. Let me tell you: it was COLD. But it would have been, for the soldiers of Easy.
The special guests on the second day of the tour were Shane Taylor (Eugene ‘Doc’ Roe), and Lucie Jeanne (Renee Lemaire). Doug (Alton More) was also there, and it was lovely to see him again. But as you can guess, having Doc Roe and Renee on the tour in Bastogne is pretty amazing. Eugene and Renee never actually met each other, one of the few dramatisations of the show. It serves a purpose, though, so it’s mostly seen as acceptable. Renee’s story is quite tragic, and she died very close to where she had lived with her parents and her body was wrapped in the fine silk of parachutes and brought back to them.
There were also some good hugs at the 'Nuts' bar! But the absolutely most amazing part of the tour happened without them. Our second day started really, really early. We got up at 5 am, got on the bus, and drove to the Bois Jacques. It was still pitch black when we got out, freezing cold and fresh snow crunched underneath our sleepy feet.
Reg Jans was on this tour again, and he had something truly haunting in store for us. We all stood in a circle around him with our (mostly just purchased for this trip) head torches on as he recited a prayer by Lt. Col. Robert L. Wolverton, commanding officer of 3rd battalion, 506th PIR.
Here it is.
Men, I am not a religious man and I don't know your feelings in this matter, but I am going to ask you to pray with me for the success of the mission before us. And while we pray, let us get on our knees and not look down but up with faces raised to the sky so that we can see God and ask His blessing in what we are about to do: God almighty, in a few short hours we will be in battle with the enemy. We do not join battle afraid. We do not ask favors or indulgence but ask that, if You will, use us as Your instrument for the right and an aid in returning peace to the world. We do not know or seek what our fate will be. We ask only this, that if die we must, that we die as men would die, without complaining, without pleading and safe in the feeling that we have done our best for what we believed was right. O Lord, protect our loved ones and be near us in the fire ahead and with us now as we pray to you.
And into the woods, we went. You have to remember, there are no cars at this hour. It’s dark. It’s quiet. We were told to be quiet. We were told to sit in the foxholes in the snow. We switched off our lights. No one was shooting at us, but we felt, in part, what the men of Easy Company would have felt. And then we watched the sun come up. It’s the closest thing to a religious experience I’ve ever felt.
I met one of my favourite people in the world on this tour, too. He took these wonderful photos of me and inspired me to take up photography again, myself.
Normandy tour, June 2023
This tour was a bit of an odd one out. It felt chaotic because it was scheduled around D-Day, which made Normandy really poorly accessible. It’s so busy, so our tour was mostly improvised around areas with the least amount of traffic jams.
It did have its moments, though. Normandy is a cool place. And we had the amazing Pete McCabe (Donald Hoobler) with us.
The day before the tour, I actually got to meet three Normandy veterans. Humbling, to say the least. I also met several more Band actors (Peter Youngblood Hills, Alex Sagba-Brady, Christian Black, Nolan Hemmings) and Scott Gibson, who played Captain Haldane in the Pacific. We still keep in touch. Christian Black is now a Still Photographer, and mostly shoots Tom Cruise’s movie stills. He also took this photo of Nolan Hemmings, this painting of him and little old me.
I was really glad to see many friends again. And I brought my own camera and took amazing pictures (teehee). We saw most of Easy’s known landing spots in Sainte Mère Eglise, like Winters’ and Lipton’s, to name a few.
Our guide here was Paul ‘Woody’ Woodadge, an English guy married to a French woman. He’s nice, but critical of Easy’s fame, not so much on account of Easy, but mostly because Easy was just one of the many companies that did incredible things. We visited the area around Brécourt Manor, where we learned that other company Paratroopers cleared the way for Easy’s famous mission. It doesn’t make it less impressive, but it adds loads of context.
Another thing that I found incredibly moving was the reading of Lt. Meehan’s last letter home. It’s easy to forget how young these men were. And how wise. Meehan’s plane crashed in a field, and nearly 80 years later, you can still see where it landed because while the field is fully planted, there’s a part near a hedgerow that remains barren to this day. Haunting.
We also visited Marmion Farm, where many famous Easy Company photos were taken (it’s where they more or less come back together after the jump).
One of my favourite stories, though, is that of medics Robert Wright and Ken Moore of the 101st Airborne. They treated 80 injured American and German soldiers and a child in a church in Angoville-au-Plain. There are still bloodstains on the pews.
So, as you can tell, not everything had to do with Easy, because we also went to Omaha Beach, where I got out of my chair and walked. Just to walk where these brave men had walked and really feel the history.
Eindhoven/Arnhem Market Garden Tour, October 2023
My second favourite tour after Bastogne in winter. Our guest here was Mark Huberman (Lester Hashey) who was meant to come on the original Eindhoven tour but couldn’t. He’s delightfully Irish, and had the best anecdotes from the set. Also absolutely hilarious.
Many of my friends weren’t on this tour, so going on to it, I couldn’t have guessed it would rank among my favourites.
It was split between two things. Some Easy Company sites and stories (some repeats from the first tour, but often with a slightly different angle or experience), and the British side of Operation Market Garden!
By the way, did you know that Hoobler picks up the Luger that ends up killing him in Bastogne, at the Crossroads? I think they changed it in the show to let the story flow better.
Anyway. I loved this tour. We visited Schoonderlogt and the Crossroads again. This time I sat in the grassy field while everyone else did the famous run across. It’s such a long way!
But the stories of the British troops were perhaps even cooler to me. Because that all happened right on my doorstep. I knew the bigger picture, but we had Reg Jans on this tour again, which is synonymous with really personal stories. So for our British troops day, we followed in the footsteps of leaders and soldiers alike, until we met them again in their final resting place in the military cemetery. A really rewarding journey. Mark also read a letter by Ivar Rowberry, which I posted about here. There’s an audio recording of it too, which is well worth a listen.
If you want to read more about any of these tours (I’m a bit tired of writing so much, check out my actual - non tumblr - blog over here. There is an entry for each one, there.
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"Future Stride" - Live in Warsaw w/ Joey Ranieri and Joe Farnsworth
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Ticklish KISS Members!
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Heaven Can Wait - CBS - November 16, 1960
A presentation of DuPont Show of the Month Season 4 Episode 3
Comedy / Drama
Running Time: 90 minutes
Stars:
Anthony Franciosa as Joe Pendleton
Joey Bishop as Max Levine
Wally Cox as Messenger 7013
Frank McHugh as Lefty
Diana Van der Vlis as Julia Farnsworth
Robert Morley as Mr. Jordan
Paul Stevens as Tony Abbott
Paul Reed as Inspector
Patrick Waddington as Butler
Elizabeth Ashley as Bette
Bud Palmer as Announcer
Martin Ashe as First Escort
Jean Sincere as Suzie
Farrell Pelly as Doctor
Henry Wallitsch as Smallings
#Heaven Can Wait#TV#DuPoint Show of the Month#Comedy#Drama#1960's#CBS#Anthony Franciosa#Joey Bishop#Wally Cox#Robert Morley#Diana Van der Vlis#Frank McHugh
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Mike LeDonne – On Fire
Mike LeDonne – organ, Hammond Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone Peter Bernstein – guitar Joe Farnsworth – drums
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Wynton Marsalis (tp), Wessell Anderson (as), Eric Lewis (p), Kengo Nakamura (b), Joe Farnsworth (dr), Rob Rucker (dr *), Orlando Rodriguez (perc)
#jazz#wynton marsalis#wes anderson#eric lewis#kengo nakamura#joe farnsworth#rob rucker#orlando rodriguez#2002
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AllMusic Staff Pick: Wynton Marsalis Amongst the People: Live at the House of Tribes
Live at the House of Tribes finds Wynton Marsalis leading his sextet at the intimate community theater space in New York City in 2002. An annual ritual of sorts, the performance makes for one of the trumpeter's best live recordings since 1986's stellar Live at Blues Alley. Backed by a slightly altered lineup from 2005's The Magic Hour, Marsalis gains first-class support from alto saxophonist Wessel Anderson, pianist Eric Lewis, drummer Joe Farnsworth, bassist Kengo Nakamura, and percussionist Orlando Q. Rodriguez. Special mention goes to Robert Rucker for his highly energetic tambourine performance on the New Orleans "2nd Line" finale.
- Matt Collar
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Joe Farnsworth In What Direction Are You Headed?
Joe Farnsworth In What Direction Are You Headed? Smoke Sessions In What Direction Are You Headed? is the third album as a leader on Smoke Sessions for “ Time to Swing,” drummer Joe Farnsworth. He has built his reputation as one of the best straight-ahead drummers in jazz for the likes of Wynton Marsalis, George Coleman, and prior to that a staggering litany of greats including McCoy Tyner, Harold…
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ALMOST LIVESTREAM: GEORGE COLEMAN with Spike Wilner, Joe Webber, and Joe Farnsworth, SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB, 7 OCTOBER 2024, 7:30 pm set
By now, GEORGE COLEMAN is 89 years old and blind. He sits in a chair on stage and plays quite mightily, thank you very much. He was replaced in Miles Davis’ band by Wayne Shorter and succeeded Hank Mobley and Sam Rivers. I daresay he was less illustrious in the day than any of them. But, as I’ve reported before, he was on the Miles albums I accumulated when I was learning the music. So he shaped my ears, but he was just the tenor, not THE tenor.
It may just be that he’s a survivor. Indeed, probably since the last time I saw him, both Wayne Shorter and now Benny Golson are gone. Sonny Rollins is alive but not playing. But, these curations by SMALL’S are quite fitting, an homage to a major player. They are curations as owner Spike Wilner adds his solid chops on piano and gets together a solid rhythm section, including this time the formidable Joe Farnsworth. Coleman then settles in and plays with both growl and delicacy. He is generous, almost relentless, in his solos playing chorus after chorus, and then commenting on his band’s solos too. And then he doesn’t want tunes to end as he uses obligatos and extended last choruses to keep them going. I had thought before that, unkempt and staring blankly, that he was far less alert and engaged than he actually is, that he was merely playing by instinct and that the band was the driver. That’s wrong as Coleman is a force, not just a survivor. Wilner and SMALL’S celebrate, yeah curate, his contribution to the music but this is more than a museum piece gig. So I will make a point of not letting months go by.
He/they did four tenor tunes with interesting settings. The opener was just Coleman and Farnsworth before the tune kicked in and Coleman notched things up; the last tenor tune pared done to Coleman and the bassist Joe Webber. In the middle was a ballad that was by turns gentle and gritty and a lilting tune that Farnsworth soloed on including using his elbow on the snare head to comment on the melody.
He closed out the set on alto, to my surprise. He played the head to Parker’s Mood before turning it fully into the blues that it is. That is, it was not particularly bebop except in the sense that everything now is bebop. The briefer finale was rather just the opposite, Rhythm changes that only resolved into The Theme.
GEORGE COLEMAN still has lots of music in him.
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Birthdays 9.1
Beer Birthdays
John F. Betz Jr. (1856)
William “Billy” Barnes (1864)
Ben Edmunds (1981)
Five Favorite Birthdays
Edgar Rice Burroughs; writer (1875)
Richard Farnsworth; actor (1920)
Joe Jusko; comic book artist, illustrator (1959)
Seiji Ozawa; orchestra conductor (1935)
Art Pepper; jazz saxophonist (1925)
Famous Birthdays
Soshana Afroyim; Austrian painter (1927)
Innokenty Annensky; Russian poet (1855)
Adolphe Appia; Swiss stage design theorist (1862)
Francis William Aston; physicist, chemist (1877)
Archie Bell; soul singer-songwriter and musician (1944)
Blaise Cendrars; Swiss author and poet (1887)
Chicken Boy; Los Angeles icon (1969)
Gene Colan; illustrator (1926)
James John "Gentleman Jim" Corbett; boxer (1866)
Yvonne De Carlo; actor (1922)
Alan Dershowitz; attorney (1938)
Gloria Estefan; pop singer (1957)
Christopher Ferguson; astronaut (1961)
Bruce Foxton; English singer-songwriter and bass player (1955)
Nicholas Garland; English cartoonist (1935)
Al Geiberger; golfer, holds record for lowest round, 59 (1937)
Barry Gibb; pop singer (1946)
Holly Golightly; comic book artist (1964)
Hilda Hänchen; German physicist (1919)
Tim Hardaway; basketball player and coach (1966)
Willem Frederik Hermans; Dutch author, poet, and playwright (1921)
Eleanor Hibbert; English author (1906)
Kin Hubbard; writer (1868)
Engelbert Humperdinck; German composer (1854)
Boney James; saxophonist (1961)
Allen Jones; English sculptor and painter (1937)
Joe Jusko; comic book artist (1959)
Per Kirkeby; Danish painter, sculptor, and poet (1938)
Marshall Lytle; bass player and songwriter (1933)
Rocky Marciano; boxer (1923)
Ludwig Merwart; Austrian artist (1913)
Hilda Rix Nicholas; Australian artist (1884)
Ron O'Neal; actor (1937)
Johann Pachelbel; German composer (1653)
Walter Philip Reuther; labor leader (1907)
Ann Richards; educator and politician (1933)
Othmar Schoeck; Swiss composer (1886)
Leonard Slatkin; orchestra conductor (1944)
Lily Tomlin; comedian, actor (1939)
Conway Twitty; country singer (1933)
Boxcar Willie; country singer (1931)
Zendaya; actress and singer (1996)
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A few submissions (including ones for new names if you still take those)
Augustus Gloop - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Grandpa Joe - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Lily - Rubble and Crew
River - Rubble and Crew
River Tam - Firefly
River Song - Doctor Who
River Styxx - Monster High
River - Armello
Malcolm Bright - Prodigal Son
Malcolm Merlyn - Arrow
Malcolm Reynolds - Firefly
Sir Malcolm Murray - Penny Dreadful
Astrid Hofferson - How to Train Your Dragon
Astrid Leong-Teo - Crazy Rich Asians
Astrid Farnsworth - Fringe
Astrid Peth - Doctor Who
Atticus Noble (Rebel Moon)
Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Atticus "Link" Lincoln (Grey's Anatomy)
Atticus (Lovecraft Country)
Thank you for the suggestions!
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