I am an entreprenuer,
I own a very large Construction Company, and a very large Record Distribution CO. In addition, I am building a Jass Club, just minutes away from the Inner-Habor, with a very unique setting. It will consist of 4 businesses in one. A Library, Restaurant and Record Store. There will also be a full Music Store as well.
You know, Drums, Saxophones, Pianos etc. Just about everything a musician would desire. The Library, We are building in honor of the Great, Ella Fitzgerald. Who is my Cousin. Actually, the Library will be named after two of my relatives. Ella in whom I have already mentioned, and the Greatest Swing drummer that ever lived,
if not the greatest drummer of all time! William Henry Webb A.K.A.
(Chick). The club will be called "Da' Jass Club". It is scheduled to open it's doors in the summer of 2009. In conclusion, amidst all of things mentioned, reading is indeed one of my life's passions. I
Love reading. Especially about history, my history, Africans in America History! A.K.A. Our-Story! After
that I guess my passion turns to Music. I love listening to music, All kinds, Rock, Soul, Jass and R&B. I even listen to Rap and Country. Talking about Rap, I especially favor Brother Gil Scott-Heron. My GOD, the man, is a genius. But in all of that, being a hippie and attending Woodstock, was indeed a very powerful life experience. Nevertheless, shortly afterwards, it was then that I
soon discovered Jass, also known to you as Jazz. But whatever the name, or however it's spelled, it became my heart's content! I am simply enamored by the only Art-Form created on America's soil! I love John Coltrane, Ella, Miles Davis, Booker Ervin, Tina Brooks. And No, he's not a woman. But he is indeed one of the GREATEST tenor saxophonists that
ever lived! I know, know, I am sounding more and more like a historian, could it be because I am? And not meaning to bore you....But, if you are not a Jass lover, Please, before today ends, Please do so! And remember to do all that you can to keep the love of this great music, forever flowing in your heart, and in the hearts of your loved ones. God, that is so important! Before I go, I would so like
to excite you today to. as passionate as you are for reading. Please, and I say it again Please co-op that self same spirit for your musical heritage. Okay my friend, I think I will end now. And after all that's been said, I guess there is not much else about me worth knowing. Ok, Ok, enuff is enuff. I am just grateful to be among you, such loving folk of Shelfari. With great love and adoration, let me leave you with this great must have Jass List:
01. John Coltrane's, Blue Train
02. Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Swings Lightly
03. Miles Davis', A Kind Of Blue
04. Al Jarreau's, All Fly Home
05. Ron Blake's, Lest We Forget
06. Etta Jones, Doing What She Does Best!
07. Billie Holiday's, Lady In Satin
08. Oliver Nelson's, The Blues And The Abstract Truth
09. Tina Brooks, Shades of Blue
10. Nancy Donnelly, A Greater Love
11. Charles Mingus, Ah, Um
12. Freddie Hubbard, Open Sesame
13. Larry Young, Unity
14. Kenny Dorham, Una Mas
15. Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil
16. Andy Bey, America Song
17. Joe Henderson, Double Rainbow
18. Stefano Bedetti, On The Bright Side of The Moon
19. Art Blakey, Ugetsu
20. Dexter Gordon, Blowing In From Chicago
21. Art Farmer, Meet The Jazztet
22. Plas Johnson, Evening Delight
23. Arthur Bylthe, Lennox Avenue Breakdown
24. Ray Jozwiak, Put A Finger On It
25. Bobby Hutcherson, Dialogue
26. Sonny Rollins, Sonny Please
These 26 must haves, are not in any particular order : But are only mentioned to insure
that you, if you choose to purchase any of the music here, that you would purchase only the music that be an asset to your collection.
As for Books, here's a list of must have books:
01. Scott Yanow, Bebop
02, The All Music Guide to Jass
03. Na'im Akbar, Visions For Black Men
04. Jack Chambers, Milestones
05. Gregory Davis, Dark Magus
06. Scott Yanow, Swing
07. J. Gridley, Jazz Styles
08. GOD, The Holy Bible
09. Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education Of The Negro
10. Chancelor Williams, The Destruction Of Black Civilization
11. Basilea Schlink, My All For Him
12. Alyn Shipton, A New History Of Jazz
13. Richard Cook, The Penguin Guide To Jazz
14. J.A. Rodgers, From Superman To Man
15. Kenneth Hagin Jr., The Prison Door Is Open, Why Are You Still Inside?
16. Kenneth Copeland, Freedom From Fear
17. J. A. Rodgers, Sex And Race
18. Ian Carr, The Rough Guide To Jazz
19. J.A. Rodgers, Five Black Presidents
20. Na'im Akbar, Removing The Phsycological Chains Of Slavery
And as Forest Gump said, "I guess that's all I got to say about that!
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