Wednesday, January 17, 2007

What you gon' play now?

There's a couple of very touching essays remembering the departed up now around the web.

Firstly, Christian McBride went on a burst of blogging at the beginning of the new year. I'd like to draw attention to his ultimate blog, not intended to be a memorial but functioning as one for the late Godfather of Soul. Read some of the subsequent entries, as well. McBride's experiences with Soul Brother No. 1 give Mr. Brown a human element that not many people saw.

Secondly, as has been linked a lot today, trumpeter Randy Sandke remembers his buddy Michael Brecker over at Rifftides.

And thirdly, Destination Out has a massive Alice Coltrane tribute. Jay and Drew, I salute thee.

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