Thursday, December 29, 2011
I saw Sam Rivers years ago, and I am glad; I wish I could see him again but that opportunity is now gone. I hadn't realized he was from Oklahoma, and when I learned it yesterday from his obit it struck me that quite a few important jazz musicians have their roots in the red clay of the panhandle state: Oscar Pettiford, Don Byas, Cecil McBee, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, Jay McShann....
// posted by Bill @ 11:50 AM 
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