Simple, functional, quality content, and well organized. Right out of the gate, that's better than 98% (I made that number up but it feels true) of the websites I visit. Btw Steve you have a gift for explaining complex things in easily understandable terms without losing context or detail. That's a ...

Legit had no idea that was him on Let’s Dance. Makes total sense, and going back to listen it seems so obvious it’s him.

A lot of bad ass players came out of Jamaica Queens!

Yeah Rodge! Strasbourg is one of my faves to play. Love what you did with it. How was that gig - did the cat at the piano have a mirror to be able to see the band??

Kurtis wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDMFy9W7Ruc

Man Andy Fisenden is so great. Another one from that era of his playing:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/arts/music/roy-haynes-dead.html Roy was one of my absolute favorites. There’s so much to dive into about him, but the record that I always gravitated to by him was his quartet album “Out of the Afternoon.” The tune “Raoul” - man that stuff still sounds so hip. One...

Love Incognito... I'm terrible with figuring out how to embed these things so hopefully this works.



Best to all you peeps.

-Ben

Some of my favorite Gary stuff is when he plays with Josh Smith. He plays super fat and rootsy - it's not the super chops fusion stuff (which I also love) but it really shows Gary's musicianship. He knows where he fits in the music - all the time. The Live at the Spud record by Josh Smith is a Gary ...