On December 15, 2024, Ustad Zakir Hussain died aged 73. He was musician (tabla, percussion), composer, music producer and film actor, considered as one of the greatest tabla players of all time.Hussain recorded and performed with number of famous musicians, among the others with John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Mickey Hart, Ravi Shankar, Bill Laswell, Shankar Lakshminarayana, Pat Martino, Shakti, John Handy, Pharaoh Sanders, Ali Akbar Khan and Charles Lloyd. For his work he was awarded the “Govt of India’s Sangeet Natak Akademi Award “, “Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship”, “Ratna Sadsya”, and the “United States National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship”. Hussain won four “Grammy Awards”.
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Eric Kloss: One, Two, Free
In November 1973, “Muse” label released “One, Two, Free”, the eleventh Eric Kloss album. It was recorded in August 1972, in New York City, and was produced by Don Schlitten.
Personnel:
- Eric Kloss – alto saxophone
- Ron Thomas – electric piano, tambourine
- Pat Martino – guitar
- Dave Holland – bass
- Ron Krasinski – drums
Track listing:
- One, Two, Free – Eric Kloss, Pat Martino, Ron Thomas
- Elegy
- The Wizard
- It’s Too Late – Carole King, Toni Stern
- Licea – Eric Kloss
Sonny Stitt: Night Letter
In November 1969, “Prestige” label released “Night Letter”, the 74th Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in 1969, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Porter.
Personnel:
- Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone, varitone
- Gene Ludwig – organ
- Pat Martino – guitar
- Randy Gelispie – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Sonny Stitt, except where noted.
- Night Letter
- When It’s Sleepy Time Down South – Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René
- Stringin’ the Jug – Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
- Pretend – Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman, Frank LeVere
- Blue String
- You’ll Never Know – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
- Blues Walk
Eric Alexander: The Real Thing
On April 2, 2015, “High Note” label released “The Real Thing”, the 38th Eric Alexander album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Eric Alexander.
Personnel:
- Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
- Pat Martino – guitar
- Harold Mabern – piano
- John Webber – bass
- Joe Farnsworth – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mixing, mastering
- Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant
- Christopher Drukker – design, session photography
- Jimmy Katz – Eric Alexander photography
- Joe Fields – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Eric Alexander except where noted.
- The Real Thing
- Pure Pat
- Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
- The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
- Little Boat – Ronaldo Bôscoli, Roberto Menescal
- For George and Trane
- Sleep Warm – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Lew Spence
- The Chief – Harold Mabern
The Philadelphia Experiment: Same
On June 12, 2001, “Ropeadope Records” label released the self-titled, debut Philadelphia Experiment (The) album. It was recorded September 25-27, 2000, and was produced by Aaron Levinson and Andy Blackman Hurwitz.
Personnel:
- Uri Caine– electric piano, acoustic piano, organ
- Christian McBride– acoustic and electric bass
- Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson– drums
- Pat Martino– electric guitar
- John Swana– trumpet
- Larry Gold – cello, arrangements
Track listing:
- Philadelphia Experiment – Uri Caine
- Grover – Uri Caine
- Lesson #4 – Uri Caine, Christian McBride, Ahmir Thompson
- Call for All Demos – Sun Ra
- Trouble Man Theme – Marvin Gaye
- Ain’t It the Truth – Uri Caine, Christian McBride, Ahmir Thompson
- IIe Ife – Sherman Ferguson
- The Miles Hit – Uri Caine, Christian McBride, Ahmir Thompson
- (Re) Moved – Uri Caine, Christian McBride, Ahmir Thompson
- Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
- Mister Magic – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
Joe Felds
On July 12, 2017, Joe Fields died aged 88. He has worked for “London Records”, “MGM”, “Verve”, “Prestige”, “Sue Records”, and “Buddha Records” (started their jazz division, “Cobblestone Records”), before he started his own label “Muse Records” in 1973. The label featured artists such as Pat Martino, Houston Person, Cedar Walton, Charlie Earland, Larry Coryell and Woody Shaw. In the 80’s Fields acquired “Savoy” and “Landmark Records” labels. “Savoy” owned recordings by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Dexter Gordon, among others. In 1997, Joe, and his son Barney, launched “HighNote” and “Savant Records”, labels that features artists such as Kenny Burrell, Houston Person, Wallace Roney, Eric Alexander, Freddy Cole, Tom Harrell and Russell Malone.
The Bottom Line
On February 12, 1974, “The Bottom Line” club opened in New York City. Owned by Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowsky, during the 70’s and 80’s, the club was a major space for small-scale music performances. The club stoped working in 2004. Some of the artists who performed in the club were Miles Davis, Gato Barbieri, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Mose Allison, Muddy Waters, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Ray Barretto, Peter Gabriel, Al Kooper, Tom Waits, Melvin Van Peebles, Neil Sedaka, Billy Joel, Suzi Quatro, Patti Smith, Flo & Eddie, Toots and the Maytals, Cheech & Chong, Tower of Power, Tim Hardin, Roger McGuinn, JJ Cale, The Meters, Greg Kihn Band, Ry Cooder,Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Sam & Dave, Asım Can Gündüz, The Ronettes, John Cale, Gong, Peter Bardens, The Violent Femmes, Eric Clapton, Carl Perkins, Linda Ronstadt,The Police, Richard Marx, Prince, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Van Morrison, The Stone Poneys, Chuck Mangione, Emmylou Harris, Clinn Rippy, Neil Young, Barry Manilow, Laura Nyro, Loudon Wainwright III, New York Dolls, Lyle Lovett, The Electric Flag, Pat Martino, Todd Rundgren, Graham Parker, Grayson Hugh, Stan Ridgway, Horslips, Dire Straits,Chris Hillman, Hawkwind, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Tracy Nelson, The Pointer Sisters, Betty Carter, Ravi Shankar, Ramones and Michael Hedges.
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