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Don't sleep on this guy. He's as good as it gets.
Last edited by fasstrack; 04-18-2017 at 11:18 PM.
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04-18-2017 10:04 PM
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Tsk, tsk tsk.
Guess it's 'what have you done for me lately'.
Your loss...
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I'm hip to Joe Puma since I was a kid. I can't say that I've listened to as much of him as I should have though.
Thanks for mentioning him.
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I have a boxset of "classic" jazz guitar albums that contains his album "East Coast Jazz 3" - great stuff from a player who's been flying under the radar
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I've known the name and probably heard one track from some compilation. This first album posted is wonderful. I love his tone, he plays both clean and sweet. I need to listen to more.
Is he still an active player?
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First heard him on Bobby Jaspar''s "flute souflee." Great classic jazz record.
Last edited by mr. beaumont; 04-19-2017 at 10:14 PM.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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He didn't live to see this new century.
When I got my driver's license back in 1976-7, I was able to see him at a club in suburban NYC. (Same club also hosted Sonny Fortune. Cover was $5 or so. A place down the block made their own ice cream for about $1.25/cone. It was a good, cheap date.)
Great player. I think he broke in with Artie Shaw.
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I first heard him on this record which I took out from the Lincoln Center Library.
It's been awhile since that library had records and a long while since I thought of him.
Thanks for the reminder.
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when I used to haunt the old hole in the wall record shops, if I found a record w/a player I liked I sought out everything he played on in a small group setting.
he's on several small record labels like Jubilee, Dawn, Coral, etc...
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by goldenwave77
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What was up with that guitar? Homemade?
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yes joe made that guitar...
here's good past thread on puma
Joe puma?
cheers
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Originally Posted by mrcee
So yea, I'm glad this thread was created as well.
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Originally Posted by neatomic
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I haven't heard that much of Joe Puma, but I like what I've heard. Here's a track of him playing with a young Bill Evans as a sideman:
Grant Green, What is This Thing
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