I went out for my first NYC bike ride of the season. I can’t store my bike in the hall or the basement; so it has to be parked inside my apartment - my 365 square foot piece of New York City heaven. My wife Kristin bought a wall mount bike rack that is now […]
Today was my first opportunity to get out of the house and welcome spring which has finally arrived in New York. Kristin and I took our two dogs, Thelma and Louise - two Jack Russell/Chihauhau mixes, up to Fort Tryon park which is about a 20 minute up-hill walk. The girls (that’s Thelma and Louise) […]
I came across this interview from 2001 with Jackie McLean. In addition to musical clips, He gives a synopsis of his life from following Charlie Parker around New York “like a puppy dog”, through playing with Miles, Mingus and Art Blakey to founding the jazz music program at the University of Hartford.
Jackie McLean died March 31, 2006. He was 74.
I met Jackie in 1982 when I was 16 years old. I was seriously into being a jazz saxophonist by that time and it was a friend of mine from high school who brought me to a concert of Jackie’s students at the Hartt School.
I still remember […]
