tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36273873.post3602924453010124269..comments2024-03-28T04:37:57.088-04:00Comments on Dark Forces Swing Blind Punches: Bands, working: Hart and CrothersHankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12995158278551531136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36273873.post-8960744703879520322009-09-29T15:59:37.969-04:002009-09-29T15:59:37.969-04:00Hank, so glad to find your terrific writing throug...Hank, so glad to find your terrific writing through your recent pieces about Connie Crothers in Time Out. <br /><br />Connie is The Source - she can tell you where many exceptional musicians have been and for how many decades. She is one of our living treasures and has a deep well of stories to tell.<br /><br /> I first heard her play with Warne Marsh, Joe Solomon, and Roger Mancuso in Carnegie Recital Hall, in October of 1975. That did it for me, and I decided to move to New York as I sat riveted in my seat, marveling at what I was hearing. <br /><br />It's pretty great to be able to listen to Connie and so many of the musicians I first heard in the 70's, and to hear them just get better and better. No riffs, no formulas, as one fellow listener said, "No mayo". Just refined, sensitive, searching musical expression of the feeling of each moment shared with their instruments, each other- and us lucky listeners in the room.Anne Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779373571324229032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36273873.post-31706813888268844342009-09-28T11:57:02.388-04:002009-09-28T11:57:02.388-04:00The Billy Hart set is up at NPR Music on the netThe Billy Hart set is up at NPR Music on the netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com