Man, fell in loustve with an Israeli chick at the mall hawkin' this stuff...Was chattin' her up, and mother, who accompanied to take photos for biz, walked up, thought the chance was blown, but Ma asked her, "Are you from Israel?" The girl lit up and, in like flint, got her number! Thank's Agian Ma!

Far from cosmopolitan, found out later,Ma shops at the mall a lot and knew her nationality, because she had talked to other kiosk operators, most from Israel! Lucky guess for her,....lucky for Chog!

I miss Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Fortunately, his memory lives on through viral video and his 50+ kids.

yeah, kinda creepy-styley-cool, androids hawkin' booze!... "all you have to do is manufacture and distribute, a rather mediocre example, of the last legal drug"...Immortal

....Related Videos, Coleman Hawkins & Charlie Parker....man, that just rubs me the wrong fuckin' way.....

This is the first Coleman Hawkins clip I've seen - and we DJ him a lot. Thanks for putting it up there!

"Billie Holiday recorded "Fine and Mellow" during a TV session in New York on December 8, 1957, about a year and a half before she died at the age of 44. To me this is probably the most emotional and gripping recording ever made in jazz.
Billie sings Sweet and Mellow, which is just a 12 bar blues. There is some wonderful solo work by Ben Webster, Lester Young, Vic Dickenson, Gerry Mulligan, Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge. This is music made for heaven!"

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"Description: Reunited after many years with tenor saxophonist Lester Young, Billie's visual reaction to his moving solo remains as eloquent as anything she ever sang; a touching finale to their historic musical partnership. Introduced by Robert Herridge"