| My Top Twenty Musical Experiences |
1/ My first concert experience...Buffalo Springfield, Jefferson Airplane and Shadows of The Knight 2/ Talking with Dizzy Gillespie for two hours flying from Detroit to Minneapolis 3/ The Mothers of Invention at The Guthrie Theatre in 1969 (part of this show is on Chungas Revenge!) 4/ Sonny Rollins tipping my drink over with the bell of his horn while playing "St. Thomas" 5/ Walking next to the casket of Willie Dixon at his Funeral in South Chicago 6/ Tom Waits w/ Greg Cohen & Teddy Edwards at The Guthrie Theatre in 1982 7/ Miles Davis w/ Keith Jarrett, Airto, DeJohnette & Grossman at The Guthrie in 1971 8/ Keith Jarrett, Paul Motion, Dewey Redman, and Charlie Haden at The Guthrie Theatre 9/ Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band in 1971, with show opener, Ry Cooder 10/ Standing 2 feet from Charlie Haden's bass for a whole show at the Heartland Cafe in Chicago 11/ Weather Report concert in 1971 at The Guthrie Theatre 12/ The Rolling Stones in 1976 at The Met Sports Center 13/ Watching Milt Jackson solo from the front row at Joe Segals Jazz Showcase 14/ Count Basie Band in 1977 15/ Meeting Sunnyland Slim at The Chicago Blues Festival 16/ Meeting Dexter Gordon in the Mid 1970's after a show that the Longhorn in Mpls. 17/ Talking with Elvin Jones after a set at The Longhorn in the mid 1970's 18/ McCoy Tyner at The Guthrie in 1978 19/ Bill Frisell w/ Eberhardt Weber in 1979 20/ Nights at The Empty Bottle watching The Vandermark 5 |