Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Recorded 1960 by Rudy Van Gelder. Players: Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt, Art Blakey. Version reviewed: Blue Note Classic Vinyl, released January 2025. Mastered from original tapes by Kevin Gray. Like Someone In Love kicks off with a nice take on the title track, a standard I know best from Sinatra’s Songs … Continue reading RRR004: “Like Someone In Love” // Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers →

Dilapidations of Time

Lately I’m spending more and more time with objects from my family’s past. I have some beauties: my great grandpa’s razors, his money clip, his pipe collection, his Navy sea bag from WWI. I have a sleeve of shuttlecocks of unknown provenance, but certainly from my family, probably from Aunt Arleen, the amateur champion golfer … Continue reading Dilapidations of Time →