Comments on: Louis Jordan and the Third Sonny Rollins http://www.radioopensource.org/louis-jordan-and-the-third-sonny-rollins/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nother http://www.radioopensource.org/louis-jordan-and-the-third-sonny-rollins/#comment-87970 nother Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:09:26 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1027#comment-87970 Thank you for this. I was not very familar with Louis Jordan, so this was a treat to say the least. And Sonny? He's pretty good. I think I like him. :-) Thank you for this. I was not very familar with Louis Jordan, so this was a treat to say the least.

And Sonny? He’s pretty good. I think I like him. :-)

]]> By: RobertPeel http://www.radioopensource.org/louis-jordan-and-the-third-sonny-rollins/#comment-87969 RobertPeel Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:35:38 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1027#comment-87969 Amen! Amen!

]]> By: katemcshane http://www.radioopensource.org/louis-jordan-and-the-third-sonny-rollins/#comment-87968 katemcshane Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:44:08 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1027#comment-87968 When I got my first computer several months ago, one of the first things I discovered were the jazz videos on youtube. When I first watched the Louis Jordan/Caldonia video, I was stunned. There are artists who sing the song, play the instrument, write the poem and there are the artists who are able to allow art to move through them -- singing, playing, writing itself. Last year a man came into the store where I work and we talked about many things, among them meditation. He asked if I believed I had a spirit. I said that I did. He said, "You don't HAVE a spirit. You ARE a spirit." Sonny Rollins knows that about himself. Remember that he lived in an ashram in India for a while and is a practicing Buddhist. I have one word for artists who want to create something great. Meditate. When I got my first computer several months ago, one of the first things I discovered were the jazz videos on youtube. When I first watched the Louis Jordan/Caldonia video, I was stunned. There are artists who sing the song, play the instrument, write the poem and there are the artists who are able to allow art to move through them — singing, playing, writing itself. Last year a man came into the store where I work and we talked about many things, among them meditation. He asked if I believed I had a spirit. I said that I did. He said, “You don’t HAVE a spirit. You ARE a spirit.” Sonny Rollins knows that about himself. Remember that he lived in an ashram in India for a while and is a practicing Buddhist. I have one word for artists who want to create something great. Meditate.

]]> By: herbert browne http://www.radioopensource.org/louis-jordan-and-the-third-sonny-rollins/#comment-87967 herbert browne Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:04:30 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1027#comment-87967 Oh, boy... a Louis Jordan connection! My dad's record collection was rather spare, but his "music heroes"- Louis Jordan & Art Tatum- were fairly well represented. I had learned at least one of Jordan's "jump" tunes by age 8 or 9... a song called "Chartreuse"- about his girl friend being so mad that she dyed her hair Chartreuse. (Talk about being "ahead of the curve"..!) Louis was one of the "big honkin' sax" players... like Illinois Jaquet (& later on, King Curtis). It's a real treat to have the Sonny Rollins tape to compare his early work with these guys... ^..^ Oh, boy… a Louis Jordan connection! My dad’s record collection was rather spare, but his “music heroes”- Louis Jordan & Art Tatum- were fairly well represented. I had learned at least one of Jordan’s “jump” tunes by age 8 or 9… a song called “Chartreuse”- about his girl friend being so mad that she dyed her hair Chartreuse. (Talk about being “ahead of the curve”..!) Louis was one of the “big honkin’ sax” players… like Illinois Jaquet (& later on, King Curtis). It’s a real treat to have the Sonny Rollins tape to compare his early work with these guys… ^..^

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