I’m coming out of my permanent state of semi-retirement just to tell my ones of readers that they can show some support for their favorite jazz musicians, including a few from the music’s alleged formative years, by voting for the next inductees into Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Hall of Fame. You can make your selections through this link:
http://academy.jazz.org/hall-of-fame/
With the state of arts in this country, this may be the last one, so why not vote bigly now? I’m not sharing my selection(s) but here’s a hint:
Best of luck to all of the nominees (but especially the ones who used brass rather than string bass).
We’re in the minority, no doubt, but at least we are over 13.
Don Redman was a giant of jazz, no ifs, ands or buts!