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It’s just just It’s die. and live People week. a by me than older was it, so it’s a little tongue-in-cheek, “Gentle Giant,” “Giant “Giant Giant,” “Gentle tongue-in-cheek, little a it’s so it, wants to play jazz anymore.” The music is not going to to going not is music The anymore.” jazz play to wants ERIC REED WITH DAMON SMITH DAMON WITH REED ERIC There were maybe three or four of these songs that I I that songs these of four or three maybe were There Redman—that’s very different right there. Seamus does does Seamus there. right different very Redman—that’s together in Brooklyn in the late ’80s – early ’90s. Dwayne Dwayne ’90s. early – ’80s late the in Brooklyn in together Thanks. 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She was 95, 96. 96. 95, was She lifetimes! good several led very—she a It sounds like Mulgrew’s playing, beautiful and dramatic. and beautiful playing, Mulgrew’s like sounds It - individual doing actually we’re what but denominators, Thanks, Eric, for adding some of your thoughts about the the about thoughts your of some adding for Eric, Thanks, this minor, somber kind of sound; a hymn for all of our our of all for hymn a sound; of kind somber minor, this then Dwayne Burno… Dwayne then We don’t have to shed tears for her because she lived lived she because her for tears shed to have don’t We Absolutely. All the different influences but a lot of common common of lot a but influences different the All Absolutely. that as a dedication to him. to dedication a as that suddenly lost Dwayne Burno in December. The song has has song The December. in Burno Dwayne lost suddenly 8PM & 10:30PM but Cedar and Mulgrew lose to enough surprising was It Let’s just try it and see what happens.” That’s music. That’s happens.” LATEwhat see and it NIGHTS:try just Let’s 12:30AM 11:30AM & 1:30PM TELECHARGE.COM was less of a surprise. surprise. a of less was He was laid-back and beautiful to be around and I wrote wrote I and around be to beautiful and laid-back was He and it didn’t stop. Then, after we recorded this record we we record this recorded we after Then, stop. didn’t it and ...a real connection between four very distinctive voices. distinctive very four between connection real ...a what kind of feel do you want here?” I said, “I don’t know. know. don’t “I said, I here?” want you do feel of kind what TERMS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS APPLY kind of way when I’m on the bandstand. the on I’m when way of kind Although it’s still painful, the loss of Marian McPartland McPartland Marian of loss the painful, still it’s Although in June, and then Marian McPartland and Cedar Walton, Walton, Cedar and McPartland Marian then and June, in @bluenotenyc intimidating. all at wasn’t he but figure, towering this was hadn’t seen the new me. At rehearsal, they asked, “Well, “Well, asked, they rehearsal, At me. new the seen hadn’t was going to be intense. They brought their “A” games. games. “A” their brought They intense. be to going was that have checked out, they’re all propping me up in some some in up me propping all they’re out, checked have that We lost Donald Byrd in February of 2013, Mulgrew Miller Miller Mulgrew 2013, of February in Byrd Donald lost We of the most beautiful people you’d ever want to meet. He He meet. to want ever you’d people beautiful most the of prepared for me telling them exactly what to do, but they they but do, to what exactly them telling me for prepared role models, are all missing. all are models, role so busy. Once I got them all together, I knew the record record the knew I together, all them got I Once busy. so cats the all shoulder, one on sitting Mulgrew’s will. you if was about 6’3” or 6’4”, a big guy and a sweet person; one one person; sweet a and guy big a 6’4”, or 6’3” about was old. and young musicians, of lot a lost have we because These guys have known me for a long time, so they came came they so time, long a for me known have guys These steam of the creative energy. It’s like the examples, the the examples, the like It’s energy. creative the of steam had to plan like a year in advance because those guys are are guys those because advance in year a like plan to had shoulder, my on angel an or ghost a always there’s piano, That is something that I wrote for Mulgrew Miller. Mulgrew Mulgrew Miller. Mulgrew for wrote I that something is That jazz for hard especially been has so or year last The want a certain looseness so that the music can breathe. breathe. can music the that so looseness certain a want With these great cats that we lose, you lose some of the the of some lose you lose, we that cats great these With always paying homage to “the cats.” Anytime I sit at the the at sit I Anytime cats.” “the to homage paying always It was damn near impossible to pull this thing together. We We together. thing this pull to impossible near damn was It It’s not an exact science. Jazz is not an exact music. You You music. exact an not is Jazz science. exact an not It’s living because when he died, again—the fabric is torn. torn. is fabric again—the died, he when because living Gentle Giant.” It’s just the trio on this one minus Seamus. minus one this on trio the just It’s Giant.” Gentle of your mission statement for this project. this for statement mission your of record to be like this “in memoriam” kind of thing; I’m I’m thing; of kind memoriam” “in this like be to record home. I guess all of these guys are on the road a lot. a road the on are guys these of all guess I home. would have been completely different had Bird still been been still Bird had different completely been have would Another one of your great originals on this date is “The “The is date this on originals great your of one Another the Last Cat Has Swung.” If nothing else, it could be sort sort be could it else, nothing If Swung.” Has Cat Last the that as a dedication to Cedar Walton.