submitted by Ang
May 23 2008 — 2:00am
[A]s far as most historians are concerned, Minneapolis cannot lay claim to a defining jazz artist in the way New Orleans can claim Louis Armstrong or Kansas City can claim Charlie Parker.
Our own Max “Bunny” Sparber reminds us that this is just not true.
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Can't be more predictable than yankees.
Enh, at least some good came out of it. Eventually.
If Hardy can find his form from two years ago it will be a fantastic trade. Go-go was at best a defensive center fielder. If he could have learne...
I agree. The Yankees are boringly predictable.
This is why the Twins are the Twins and the Yankees are the Yankees. Let's see, should we go for Hardy or Teixera? Hmmm.
I tink peraps it is te curc of Crist, Marybet414.
If I can c(h)ime in...I left the 'H' behind years ago and indeed there is no better way. The church of Crist... Bless you all.
I like the guy, but I have to admit he was a bit disappointing.
Just about every time we went to a game at the dome, you'd hear "fans" (quote marks emphasized) trashing GoGo loudly, which made me want to stand ...
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12 Reader Comments
1:50 pm
Just once again proving that Bunny teaches me something new every day.
1:51 pm
And at least two new things every night.
2:35 pm
PREZ.
2:49 pm
I wish there were more opportunities to say porkpie.
2:56 pm
I can give you those opportunities.
3:18 pm
Local producer Bruce Fredrickson produced an award-winning documentary about Lester Young about 20 years ago, narrated by local VO talent John Farrell. Bruce had started working on it around 1983 and managed to get interviews with lots of local musicians who played with The Prez in St. Paul lively jazz scene back in the ’40s, and Lester Young’s wife.
Link: Song of the Spirit: The Story of Lester Young (1988). (Synopsis at the bottom of the page.)
3:29 pm
Additional linkage for “Song of the Spirit” for anyone interested in purchasing a copy:
Jazz Legends: Lester Young
4:21 pm
Who the hell is Max Sparber?
4:23 pm
Wow, I didn’t even know Lester Young was from Minneapolis. I likes me some Lester Young.
4:41 pm
I’m the man in bed with your girlfriend.
5:27 pm
Let’s not forget the great Frank Morgan
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/19/BAPRU0M3K.DTL
10:21 am
Didn’t bebop bassist Oscar Pettiford have roots in Minneapolis? I vaguely remember reading that somewhere.