My favorite jazz writer just passed away. Whitney Balliett, aged 80, died in NY after having been gravely ill. He had been writing in The New Yorker since the...
J de Valk
jeroen.de.valk@...
Feb 1, 2007 8:33 pm
8985
J, I just returned from New York. My son-in-law is in a revival of The Dutchman, Off Broadway. I had a great weekend there, but did not manage to check out...
Great to hear your son-in-law is working as an actor, and even in NY! I hope you had a great time in the Big Apple. The best collection of Balliett's writing...
Great to hear your son-in-law is working as an actor, and even in NY! I hope you had a great time in the Big Apple. The best collection of Balliett's writing...
I just find a great community for all friends and singles. The community members are from USA, UK, Canada,France, Austrilia, etc. It's simple to join for free...
I took this pictures on march 22 1988 in Mestre/Venice (Italy). I have a great serie of 26 BW and 7 slides. One of his last performance and maybe the last...
Listening to Chet's In Memory Of and had forgotten how cooking Chet was for that concert, the last one before he died. He was just all over the place,...
Larry B Whitford
bertw@...
Mar 6, 2007 3:38 pm
8996
Excuse me for behaving like a knowitall - after this 'last concert', Chet had three gigs and a jamsession to go. Just as the photo someone sent lately was not...
Starbucks has discovered Chet Baker. I just saw a compilation CD of his music there being sold there under the name "Too Cool" It brought a smile to my face to...
... The image of Chet that they are using on the header card was taken by my late friend, Ray Avery, and licensed through the professional management firm that...
I know ... Don't you just love it! Even here in Oklahoma, some unenlightened individuals don't know who Chet is. This is a great way to let them know! Kathe...
One thing is a real life on earch ... another how far peoble will go to sell Chet as a easy-living- product ... maybee thet dont know better ... but its a...
I know this italian concert was not his last... I just never saw later pictures! (and I was the only photographer present that night) I saw on a ducht TV...
There are various photos from later concerts in the book Chet Baker In Europe (Nieswand Verlag), including a series from the Thelonious gig, his last official...
Just forgot 'Sur les traces bleues the Chet Baker' - a Swiss docu (1989/1990) I was involved in. We'll better forget that one. Among the ones who photographed...
Back in 1985 Chet Baker sat in with the Fred Raulston Quartet on a gig in a jazz club in Dallas. From that session came 4 lps and 3 cds. Martha Burks was the...
Larry B Whitford
bertw@...
Mar 8, 2007 6:56 pm
9005
Raulston mailed to this group if I remember it clearly, a couple of years ago. About a.o. how the producer kept bothering Chet to go on and on in the studio...
on www.marthaburks.com there is a list of her "notable recordings" - doesn't say anything about availability though here it is: Notable Recordings: Jay...
Hi all I been out of touch for a while with work I have just added the rare CB and StanGetz Concert footage to the CB site.I have also update all my sites ...
Hi all there, I remember you, Have been too busy for work to connect in analogical way through the phone line. Now done a flat adsl connection, so I'm able to...
I have now tried 3 times to read Jim Gavin's book and have finally admitted defeat. I cannot do it - my mind won't let me. I cannot believe that someone...
Larry B Whitford
bertw@...
Mar 13, 2007 2:53 pm
9010
Congratulations with these three reading attempts, Bert - at least now you can say you did try. For me it was not hard to get through it, I read it I believe...
Hello and welcome back James, long time, don't know if you remember me.. The list has gotten more quietly in the past years (I read more than write myself),...
I decided never to spill my energy on this book years ago, but nevertheless I can't resist stating that - I never met an interviewee who's quoted correctly...
