My Memory of Eric Dolphy
It is impossible to play with them!
E Flat Minor, B Flat Major ....
He played little and stopped suddenly and disappeared.
Hunting girls!!
It is impossible to play with them!
E Flat Minor, B Flat Major ....
He played little and stopped suddenly and disappeared.
Hunting girls!!
Even if Jazz Kissa was mostly men dominant, beautiful women were always there to serve you GUYS! haha. This is taken from one of the articles of Swing Journal in 1967. They featured some of beautiful girls working at Jazz Kissa including Funky.Yes, we talked about Jazz Kissa history in Japan.But…Jazz Kissa had a really…
This is the liner note from Thelonious Monk 1963 In Japan ULS-6117-B Teichiku JapanThelonious Monk (piano) Charlie Rouse (Tenor Saxophone) Butch Warren (Bass) Frankie Dunlop (Drums)Sitting beside the recording sessions of Thelonious Monk in Japan by Yasuyuki Ishihara (TBS, producer)A great Jazz pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk died on 5th of February 1982 and that…
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