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Stuart Kremsky's avatar

From the liner notes for Elvin Jones/Revival: Live At Pookie's Pub;

Dave Liebman tells this story: In ‘86, we were on a train in Italy. We were facing each other in the compartment having some Chianti and cheese. I said, “Can I ask a ridiculous question? How many times have you played, ‘My Favorite Things?’” He said, “I was with John for six years and we played it once or twice a night, so, do the math.” I did a quick calculation. It was somewhere between 1,200

and 1,500 times. Talk about repeating something. And I said, “1,500 times!” He leaned for-

ward in the train seat, right in my face and said, “But we played it like there’d be no tomorrow,

you dig?”

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Richard Kamins's avatar

Vinnie, my "favorite" line of yours comes near the end of this loving essay––"I realized that Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and John Coltrane loved playing music, and consequently, loved their lives." So true, one can hear love, joy, friendship, and hope (plus so many other emotions) in the music they created each time they got together to "play".

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