Greg Osby
From the "Respect Your Elders" file: St. Louis native Clark Terry is gigging in NYC; pianist Ahmad Jamal, who will perform at Jazz at the Bistro early next year, is working in LA; and trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, who's due in town Thanksgiving week to perform at Finale, is still doing educational workshops and encouraging young musicians, this time at a high school in Spring Valley, NY...Saxophonist Greg Osby's most recent release, Channel Three, is reviewed here, while Marty Ehrlich's latest, News On The Rail, gets another review here...Herbie Hancock's landmark album Head Hunters was both musically influential and commercially successful - in fact, it's recognized as the first jazz album to go platinum. A recent book examines the making of the record in extensive detail, and you can read an excerpt here...And finally, those interested in unusual sounds from alternative, home-built musical instruments may enjoy checking out the Car Music Project, for which composer Bill Milbrodt scrapped his old hooptie and used parts from the car to create instruments such as the Strutbone, the Exhaustaphone, the Tenor and Alto Convertables, Tube Flute and the Tank Bass.
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