On 12/6/2012 10:18 AM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
"RonB" wrote:


In June of 1967 I graduated from the Pittsburg State (KS) technical
program and went to work for Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita. I
was a country boy. It would be four months before I would wed the
love of my life, Rosie. Evenings were sometimes a little lonely and I
ended up in a small bar on south Washington street one evening to have
a beer. On one of my first visits the bartender, attractive but more
of a mother-figure, poked a jukebox button and played one of her
favorites.

Up until then I was a rock and roll guy - there was really not much
more to keep the attention of a guy like me. But when she made that
jukebox selection I heard "Take Five" for the first time and it
changed my outlook on music forever. Now I listen to most anything -
but rap. Even some rap will catch my attention if it is not the
vulgar, violent stuff. Dave Brubeck started a music revolution that
converted a lot of us into listeners.

God Bless Dave and may he rest in peace.
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My intro to jazz came in the summer of 1951.

Stan Kenton had an evening weekly program on the radio that summer.

Neal Hefty did the arrangements, Maynard Ferguson on trumpet.

"The Misty Miss Christy", June Christy on vocals followed later by
Chris Connors.

And don't forget Coni Condoli.

By the time Brubeck and Paul Desmond hit the scene, I had been hooked
on jazz BIG time.

Never picked up on Rock-N-Roll.

It just couldn't compete with Monk, Ella, Sara, Diana, Joe Williams
and
of course while not jazz, "The Chairman of the Board", Sinatra who had
no equal.

The music wasn't (didn't have to be) played at 100 dB, and the words
were legible.

Lew


amen.