Leslie Keros is mourning the passing of drummer-vocalist Grady Tate and celebrating the birth days of fellow drummers Art Blakey and Billy Higgins with tunes by Shirley Scott & Stanley Turrentine, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery, Grady Tate, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Carlos Vega, Lee Morgan, Dinah Washington, and Sherman Irby.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
MAINSTEM
MOOD INDIGO 56
Leslie Keros, WDCB-FM, Chicago, October 11, 2017 [LKMI-0056]
Shirley Scott & Stanley Turrentine: Trouble No. 2
Johnny Hodges: Mainstem
Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery: Down By The Riverside
Grady Tate: Sack Full of Dreams
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: This Is For Albert
Carlos Vega: A Play For Keeps
Lee Morgan: Totem Pole
Dinah Washington: If I Had You
Sherman Irby: Smile Please
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Blues March
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Leslie Keros for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by Leslie Keros for WDCB-FM, Chicago
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Sponsored by Hempshopper & Ceres Seeds, Amsterdam
© 2017 Leslie Keros. Used with permission.
