Comments on: For Lady, For Lee . . . and Irving?

By: Ceedee

Ceedee — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 00:10:40 +0000

Good God,man. The crap that incredibly talented musicians have had to put up with over the years… Of course,when “Booker Irving” came in to gig,he probably had to use a piano in dire need of tuning,deal with a barkeep who always seemed to wait until a ballad was played before using the icemaker, not to mention a table full of drunk conventioneers that keep requesting “Sheik of Araby”. If he could actually fit his group on the postage-stamp sized stage(Club Ruby? Birdland?),it was a bonus. Someone taking the time to get Booker’s name right shouldn’t have been too much to ask. In the words of Johnny Griffin, look out ’cause “the JAMF’s are coming”.
Those of us who cherish “the music” can barely appreciate what it’s taken to get it this far. So, to Booker,Dexter, Monk,Lacy,Charlie Haden,Jimmy Heath,Don Pullen and Don Cherry-who got around the East Village on his skateboard as easily as he ran the changes on his pocket trumpet-and all “the cats”past and present: Thank you all as I continue to cherish your gifts that have enriched all those blessed to appreciate them.

By: Mac

Mac — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 18:48:27 +0000

The guy with the upright bass is thinking, “Man, that doesn’t look at all like Booker Irving.” 🙂

By: d_notes

d_notes — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:27:38 +0000

With regards to the Monica Zetterlund and Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby…I tend to side with Al and Clifford on this one. Odds are that no one in their right mind would bother to forge a Monica Zetterlund autograph ! …In all honesty, I didn’t even know who she was until this post. 😉

By: DaveS

DaveS — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:08:21 +0000

I dig the leopard skin chairs and the repurposing of the external wrought iron fencing to keep the groupies from rushing the stage.

By: jwr

jwr — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:31:41 +0000

Note the spelling of Booker’s name on the curtain.

By: Peter Downard

Peter Downard — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 18:16:05 +0000

My goodness, I still have the minty first label Space Book I bought during one of my first visits to the Jazz Record Center in NYC. Probably late Nineties. It’s still got the JRC “N- $20” sticker on it!

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:48:09 +0000

The Zetterlund is a 70s budget reissue using old stock of the original Philips cover. $650 is a bit insane unless you’re an autograph hound.

Interesting thing about that Esquire is that the cover is by drummer John Marshall (Soft Machine, Graham Collier Music). The price for that seems quite reasonable.

By: JOK

JOK — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:33:11 +0000

They also had Lorraine Geller’s “At the Piano”. It sold at $414 which is a good price considering it’s scarcity.