not that you will ever make it to nanaimo, but there is a great store of a similar nature here called 'fascinating rhythm'... musicians from vancouver or victoria make the trip.. non of it is for sale online.. you have to go to the actual store in downtown nanaimo...
outside possibility... i tried getting bob moses here one time.. it didn't work out, but i tried, lol.. terell stafford is playing here today, which a local rhythm section.. this is about it for nanaimo, even though ingrid and christine jensen are from here, as is diana krall as well.. i would welcome your presence! enjoy the gigs you are doing!
loved Pepperland when you played here in Santa Fe, Vinnie. AND Amoeba Records was a fave hangout in '70s, '80s . . . (as well as Tower Records, of course, the megalopolous of records on Columbus and Bay) . . . Amoeba was on 24th street then and a jungle of LPs. Glad to hear it's still going strong!
Excellent! ON THE TRAIL by Jimmy Heath is perhaps an underrated album, when I finally listened to it I was kind of blown away. And some day I'd like to own every album with Ed Blackwell on it -- which of course is a fairly approachable goal (compared to Billy Higgins or someone else more prolific)
Although I do miss Tower Records (as do many people,) we still have several great (locally owned) record stores in New Orleans if you are ever down this way.
not that you will ever make it to nanaimo, but there is a great store of a similar nature here called 'fascinating rhythm'... musicians from vancouver or victoria make the trip.. non of it is for sale online.. you have to go to the actual store in downtown nanaimo...
Who knows James? Maybe I’ll be there one day!
outside possibility... i tried getting bob moses here one time.. it didn't work out, but i tried, lol.. terell stafford is playing here today, which a local rhythm section.. this is about it for nanaimo, even though ingrid and christine jensen are from here, as is diana krall as well.. i would welcome your presence! enjoy the gigs you are doing!
I love Fascinating Rhythm!
ha ha! so does nick fraser, dave clark and michael herring and a whack of you toronto dudes, lol!!! and definitely brodie, lol..
loved Pepperland when you played here in Santa Fe, Vinnie. AND Amoeba Records was a fave hangout in '70s, '80s . . . (as well as Tower Records, of course, the megalopolous of records on Columbus and Bay) . . . Amoeba was on 24th street then and a jungle of LPs. Glad to hear it's still going strong!
Hi Cynthia, thanks for the memory and great to hear from you!
Excellent! ON THE TRAIL by Jimmy Heath is perhaps an underrated album, when I finally listened to it I was kind of blown away. And some day I'd like to own every album with Ed Blackwell on it -- which of course is a fairly approachable goal (compared to Billy Higgins or someone else more prolific)
Although I do miss Tower Records (as do many people,) we still have several great (locally owned) record stores in New Orleans if you are ever down this way.
'Mosaic' is one of Blakey's best - a big record!
Long live real record stores!