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| Tom Madden (2009) | |
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| Go to a jazz gig in the San Francisco Bay and you’re certain to see Tom Madden (if you don’t, then it’s not a real jazz gig). You can’t miss him: after all, how many six-foot five-inch guys with a gray beard and pony-tail to match can there be?
Tom’s been taking in jazz gigs here and there ever since he was a small boy (well, a tall boy) in San Francisco, his favorite being the Black Hawk, whose food license permitted minors entrance. Half a century on, it’s difficult to imagine that the house bands would be the likes of Cal Tjader and Dave Brubeck, although imagining the effect they would have on an up-and-coming jazz lover is easy. Moving from one occupation to another, the adult Tom eventually found his métier, working in record stores, again moving from one to another. Eventually he opened his own store, Jazz Quarter in the Sunset District of San Francisco (1260 20th Avenue). Described by Mark Levine in “The Jazz Piano Book” as “a walking discography”, Tom is truly one of a kind, and is also one of a dying breed. Although he’s still doing business in his home town, it’s perhaps not as much business as he’d like. When you visit Jazz Quarter, you and Tom are likely to be the store's only occupants. But consider yourself fortunate: if he doesn’t take to you, then Tom just might encourage you gently to leave; and if he really doesn’t take you, then he might not let you in at all. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
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| # 1 | Michel Sardaby | Night Cap | Traveling On | (Sound Hills) |
| # 2 | Lou Donaldson | Lou's Blues | Roccus | (Past Perfect) |
| # 3 | Don Lerman | The Zoot Side of Life | The Claw | (New Charts Music) |
| # 4 | Marty Grosz | At Bob Bernard's Jazz Party '99 | Take Me to That Land of Jazz | (Nif Nuf) |
| # 5 | Gérard Badini | Swing Machine (LP) | Cornet Chop Suey | (Blue Star) |
| # 6 | The Anachronic Jazz Band | Anachronic Jazz Band (LP) | 'Round Midnight | (Open) |
| # 7 | The Anachronic Jazz Band | Anachronic Jazz Band II (LP) | Giant Steps/Blues to Bechet | (Open) |
| # 8 | Sebastian Whittaker and the Creators | One for Bu | Q-Solly | (Justin Time) |
| Book | Sidney Bechet, "Treat It Gentle" | |||
| Luxury Item | Sacrapantina from Stella Bakery, North Beach | |||
| Gilad Atzmon
12 Jun Carolyn Brandy 19 Jun Stuart Brinin 16 Oct Ralph Carney 04 Sep India Cooke 20 Feb Ronald Davis 23 Oct Mark Feldman 27 Mar Herb Gibson 06 Mar Nancy Gilliland 29 May | Jon Hendricks
16 Jan Laurence Hobgood 10 Jul Bill Horvitz 13 Nov Nat Johnson 01 May Tom Madden 13 Mar Charlie McCarthy 06 Nov Don Neely 25 Sep Nathan Oliveira 28 Aug Ed Reed 24 Jul | Walter Savage
14 Aug Adam Theis 21 Aug Mads Tolling 17 Apr Hristo Vitchev 22 May Paul van Wageningen 10 Apr Nancy Wright 20 Nov Jim Zimmerman 06 Feb |