Speaking of George Benson....

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

I thought I was the only one into that!

[grahambop]

I thought I was the only one into that!

Not so...

Why So Many Medieval Manuscripts Depict Butt Trumpets?

[Doctor Jeff]

Not so...

Why So Many Medieval Manuscripts Depict Butt Trumpets?

Seems slightly less uncomfortable than a corncob.

[zdub]

I guess there is nothing more to be said about George Benson and the thread has now reached bottom.

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

I guess there is nothing more to be said about George Benson and the thread has now reached bottom.

I see what you did there.

[jazzkritter]

Innuendo, no doubt.

[citizenk74]

Not so...

Why So Many Medieval Manuscripts Depict Butt Trumpets?

Perhaps the genesis of the phrase, "Blow it out your...."?

Maybe a chicken/egg situation?

A Newtonian dichotomy? [My early visual art for awhile had this subtext, made sometimes explicit: Love/Truth/Beauty counterposed to Lust/Smut/Filth]

[Stringswinger]

Innuendo, no doubt.

Isn't that an Italian suppository?

[zdub]

Isn't that an Italian suppository?

Reminds of "How do Italians describe where Canada is located?"

Uppa U S

[PDinAZ]

Back in 1974, I heard George Benson play at the old Jazz Showcase on Rush Street in Chicago. He played really well. That was before he started singing. After that, I didn’t pay attention to him.

This brings me to one of my secret pet peeves. Listening to a new jazz album by an instrumentalist, and suddenly, an unwanted vocalist appears as if out of nowhere. Always a bummer for me… but I am a radical instrumental music purist.

Me and Friend were at that show. I think we were the only white guys in the place. We were treated like kings! Given a table front and center maybe 6 ft. from the man. I'll never forget.

[Hammertone]

Innuendo, no doubt.

Isn't that an Italian suppository?

More like out the door than innuendo.

[jazzkritter]

First innuendo
then out the door

[citizenk74]

Me and Friend were at that show. I think we were the only white guys in the place. We were treated like kings! Given a table front and center maybe 6 ft. from the man. I'll never forget.

[Gitfiddler]

Let Mr. Benson and Ron Carter do the talking about body parts...with this amazing performance of "Body Talk".

[Marinero]

Me and Friend were at that show. I think we were the only white guys in the place. We were treated like kings! Given a table front and center maybe 6 ft. from the man. I'll never forget.

Hi, P,
Only white guys in the place? I went to the Jazz Showcase every week during the 70's(unless we were playing out of town) and I was at Benson's show. The location on Rush Street was in the heart of the Disco/Restaurant District where the vast majority of people were upwardly mobile, young White Near North siders and suburbanites looking for love and fun in the door-to-door taverns and clubs. So, for the record, I never went to a Jazz Showcase concert that didn't have a mixed crowd. The last concert I attended was Joey D'Francesco's in 2018, or thereabouts before I moved out of state. And, in those earlier years, we also went to the shows/jam sessions at "Cadillac Bob's Toast of the Town" and the "Enterprise Lounge(Von Freeman)" which were in exclusively Black neighborhoods on the South Side where there was also a mixed crowd--usually other musicians. Just curious, P . . . . why would you be treated differently than any other person at the show. Joe Segal, the owner, was, in most cases, equally rude to everyone unless he knew you were a player.
Marinero

[D'Aquisto Fan]

Hi, P,
Only white guys in the place? I went to the Jazz Showcase every week during the 70's(unless we were playing out of town) and I was at Benson's show. The location on Rush Street was in the heart of the Disco/Restaurant District where the vast majority of people were upwardly mobile, young White Near North siders and suburbanites looking for love and fun in the door-to-door taverns and clubs. So, for the record, I never went to a Jazz Showcase concert that didn't have a mixed crowd. The last concert I attended was Joey D'Francesco's in 2018, or thereabouts before I moved out of state. And, in those earlier years, we also went to the shows/jam sessions at "Cadillac Bob's Toast of the Town" and the "Enterprise Lounge(Von Freeman)" which were in exclusively Black neighborhoods on the South Side where there was also a mixed crowd--usually other musicians. Just curious, P . . . . why would you be treated differently than any other person at the show. Joe Segal, the owner, was, in most cases, equally rude to everyone unless he knew you were a player.
Marinero

I have fond memories of going to the Jazz Showcase on Rush in the 70s. I was in high school, so I wasn't able to attend many shows. Most notably Joe Pass, Ray Brown and a young Pat Metheny. I lived in the neighborhood, so it was cool to be able to walk to the show and walk home. No "El" ride necessary.

[Stringswinger]

I have fond memories of going to the Jazz Showcase on Rush in the 70s. I was in high school, so I wasn't able to attend many shows. Most notably Joe Pass, Ray Brown and a young Pat Metheny. I lived in the neighborhood, so it was cool to be able to walk to the show and walk home. No "El" ride necessary.

I lived in Chicagoland for a rew years in the 70's and made it to a few shows at the Jazz Showcase. My first show there was seeing Milt Jackson in 73 or 74. I can still see and hear Bags bent over the vibes delivering a sublime solo with blue notes being inserted in all the right places. And I can still taste the deep dish pizza at Pizzeria Due also on Rush street......

[Marinero]

" And I can still taste the deep dish pizza at Pizzeria Due also on Rush street......" Stringswinger

Hi, S,
Everyone I knew went to Giordano's when I was in Chi but I see they've been there since 1943 as the first "original" deep dish pizza.
Marinero

[Marinero]

I lived in Chicagoland for a rew years in the 70's and made it to a few shows at the Jazz Showcase. My first show there was seeing Milt Jackson in 73 or 74. I can still see and hear Bags bent over the vibes delivering a sublime solo with blue notes being inserted in all the right places. And I can still taste the deep dish pizza at Pizzeria Due also on Rush street......

Hi, S,
Do you remember Big Mike's at North and Wells(Old Town)? I played there frequently as a sax/trumpet duo who accompanied some of the top R@B/Soul groups in the early 70's when they had scantily clad "Shake Dancers who accompanied the music. I often wondered . . . if that place could talk . . .
Marinero