Sorry to hear this Kathy.I know he has not been posting for awhile and I was just going to ask you about him.He would always say Thank you for his morning coffee in the Canteen.Blackie liked Jazz so on the Favorites thread I will link him to that with the theme.Sometimes he would post a fat black cat dancing :)I knew he wasn’t well.Prayers for his Family and for his Wife.Rest in Peace FRiend.
You are right...he loved jazz. One of his favorite artists was Maynard Ferguson.
I asked him years ago who he liked...his answer.....
I also like blues players like Stevie Ray Vaughan, vocalists like Al Hibbler, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughn, June Cristy, piano players like Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, George Shearing, jazz guitarist like, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Herb Ellis, Mundell Lowe, Joe Pass, singing groups like The Four Freshman, Hi-Lows, jazz trombone players like, Frank Rosolino, J.J. Johnson, Carl Fontana, Bill Watrous, Kai Winding, and the great Bill Harris with Woody Herman’s Thundering heard band of the middle 40’s!!
d:o)