Thursday, February 10, 2005
B Gone
I am de-hiatusing myself long enough to link to this article from the Austin Chronicle by Michael Ventura. It's not an article, really, but rather a sobering list of statistics. It'll probably spoil your morning--unless you have already abandoned all hope, prepared for the weirdness, and gotten familiar with cannibalism, as Dr. Thompson suggests.
As for the rest of this day, I will spend it in mourning. The Master of the Hammond B3, Jimmy Smith, has died. There's nothing in jazz or blues like the sound of the B3 electric organ, and Smith was the first to fully embrace its possibilities nearly 50 years ago. Although he recorded a lot with a large orchestra, his work with small groups, including with such guitarists as Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell, is what sounded best. To sample the soulful sound of the B3, click here.
I am de-hiatusing myself long enough to link to this article from the Austin Chronicle by Michael Ventura. It's not an article, really, but rather a sobering list of statistics. It'll probably spoil your morning--unless you have already abandoned all hope, prepared for the weirdness, and gotten familiar with cannibalism, as Dr. Thompson suggests.
As for the rest of this day, I will spend it in mourning. The Master of the Hammond B3, Jimmy Smith, has died. There's nothing in jazz or blues like the sound of the B3 electric organ, and Smith was the first to fully embrace its possibilities nearly 50 years ago. Although he recorded a lot with a large orchestra, his work with small groups, including with such guitarists as Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell, is what sounded best. To sample the soulful sound of the B3, click here.
