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That’s right. Tony Bennett (2008) viewing Don Hunstein’s Tony Bennett (1960) photo at the IN SESSION AT THE COLUMBIA RECORDS 30TH STREET STUDIO Show at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in Soho/NYC!

And there’s more…

left to right…Photogs Extraordinaire: Bob Gruen, Mick Rock, Don Hunstein…

…And…

left to right…Peter Blachley (Morrison Hotel Gallery co-owner), John Ingrassia (President, Sony BMG Entertainment Commercial Music Group), Don Hunstein (exhibit photographer), Tony Bennett…

…and…

left to right…The Clash! Only kidding…more Mick, John, Bob…

What a night! Champagne & Chocolate Strawberries for all…plus, all the invited guests lost about five pounds each & miraculously - no one passed out in the gallery loft which quickly became a sauna.

Only in New York in Soho in the summer, amigos, only in New York…

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The Modern Renaissance Man - Tony Bennett @ The Copacabana (ICON-TBE-10063)

In March 1956, Tony Bennett headlined at the legendary Copacabana, the Manhattan nightclub known throughout the world for its cosmopolitan sophistication. Don Hunstein’s lens makes palpable and permanent the magic of Tony on-stage at the Copa, an evocation of an era both lost and timeless. This photograph is available signed by the photographer, Don Hunstein.

Now that we got the product out of the way - I get to do some ranting and raving & asking questions & giving you some important information that you might have missed. Here goes - did you know:

1. The giraffe is kosher for eating. (Rabbi Shlomo Mahfoud)

2. The planet will have 7 billion people by 2012.

3. Unfortunately, according to the Mayan Calendar - the world will end in 2012!

4. Arkady Lvov says, “Eventually all photographic prints will self-destruct. Platinum Palladiums will last forever.” So after you die, Pharoah, you can take them to the next world. Now that’s a selling point!

5. What are the Vegas and/or London odds that the “Uptown Girl” will get to keep the bulk of her estate?

6. Looking for a good summer read? - I recommend “Bad Monkeys” by Matt Ruff.

7. My guilty pleasures? Dancing With the Stars, Gossip Girl & weekend power naps!

8. Talking about power naps - Can someone direct me to the Sony BMG Power Nap Room? I think I qualify. People are often not in their offices, and I wonder if they’re in meetings or taking power naps. or maybe, it’s  just one and the same.

9. What’s with A-Rod & Madonna & A-Rod’s wife & Lenny Kravitz? The rich & talented are different.

10. On my first cross-country trip in 1969, two gas stations in Indiana were having a price war: $0.21 vs. $0.23. Yup. And I wasn’t doing illegal drugs. I was visiting chinchilla farms across the U.S. with two French students from the Sorbonne. That’s another story. But, I do recommend if you come back…come back as a male chinchilla.

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Another Life    7:08    Pat Metheny Group    Speaking of Now
Billows of Rhythm    6:45    Dave Holland Quintet    Not for Nothin’
Chicken Grease    4:38    D’Angelo    Voodoo
Down with the Sickness    4:38    Disturbed    Queen of the Damned (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
A Foggy Day (1956)    4:34    Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong    The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
I’m a Mess    4:24    Anthony Hamilton    Comin’ from Where I’m From
Riot    4:40    Herbie Hancock    Speak Like a Child
So Fine    6:16    Mint Condition    From the Mint Factory
Sweet Clifford    6:42    Clifford Brown & The Max Roach Quintet    Brown and Roach, Inc.
Sweet Pea    7:59    Miles Davis    Water Babies
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Well, two are new & available for the first time to the public - The Eyes of Miles Davis, June 1969 & Santana, On Stage, 1981. The Miles Outside, June 1969 is well-known, even iconic, but is available at ICON Collectibles for the first time as a fine art print in open and limited editions.
The Eyes of Miles Davis - June 1969

Miles Davis
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Photo by Don Hunstein
In this second portrait from June 1969, Don Hunstein provides an insightful study of the psychological power and mystery powering Miles’s creative imagination. Here is the artist unmasked, brow furrowed, caught in intense mid-thought, his hands framing both his face and the force of the brilliant ideation shining through his eyes.

Miles Outside - June 1969

Miles Davis
ICON-MDA-10057
Photo by Don Hunstein
When photographer Don Hunstein shot this portrait of Miles outside Davis’s home on West 77th Street in June 1969, the jazz legend was at the midpoint between the sessions which would produce his two revolutionary jazz-fusion masterpieces: “In A Silent Way” (recorded in February ‘69) and “Bitches Brew” (recorded in August ‘69). Davis’s recent move to electrified instruments is echoed in his futurist fashion sensibility. The button-down black & white cool of bebop Miles has made way for a psychedelic patchwork vest and custom-made wrap-around shades.

Santana On Stage, 1981

Carlos Santana
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Photo by Art Malliett
By 1981, Carlos Santana — one of the most influential and immediately recognizable guitarists of all-time — had achieved and sustained international success for his patented blend of rock, jazz & blues with his distinct Latin-flavored sound. Whether working as a solo artist, collaborating with musical legends like Alice Coltrane or John McLaughlin, or powering hits for his eponymous multi-platinum band, Santana has always brought qualities of spiritual truth and beauty to his music. This on-stage portrait of Carlos, snapped by photograph Art Maillett during a Dr. Pepper Festival performance in 1981, is classic vintage Santana, the young master channeling enlightenment on the fretboard of his battered signature six-string to the delight of an unseen audience off-camera, sharing the inner mounting rapture of the guitarist.

I kinda like the “furrowed brow” Miles. He looks somewhat like an ordinary person, rather than the brilliant jazz musician & powerful celebrity we all think we know.

What else? I’ve been doing some spiritual visualization lately. Twice a week I walk by the Ferrari dealership and visualize myself driving away in this…

What do you think? There’s only one little thing which seems to block my visualization. Everytime, I visualize myself behind the wheel - it’s not me - it’s Sam Gomez, sitting behind the wheel & he’s eating a sandwich! I can’t make out what kind of sandwich. He looks pretty cool. I don’t know what to think. Any suggestions or insights would be most welcome.

Stay well & safe & look both ways. It could be Sam or me tooling down up Madison in that red Ferrari.

Steve

Just in time for summer, the entire catalog of The Freddy Jones Band will finally be for sale digitally. Compared to The Dave Matthews Band and The Allman Brothers Band, The Freddy Jones Band is a blues rock jam band that broke on the scene in a big way in 1994 with their hit single “In A Daydream”. If you’re looking for some fun summer music to play at this season’s barbecue’s, this is a welcome addition to your collection. If you’re in college, this is a must have. Look for all 5 albums on 6/24. Enjoy!

Golden    4:39    My Morning Jacket    It Still Moves
Saint Simon    4:25    The Shins    Chutes Too Narrow
Truth Serum    7:28    Smog    Supper
Could Well Be In    4:21    The Streets    A Grand Don’t Come for Free (Bonus Track Version)
Black and White Town    4:15    Doves    Some Cities
Turn to Stone    3:47    Electric Light Orchestra    The Essential Electric Light Orchestra
Gotta Get Up (Demo Version)    5:06    Harry Nilsson    Nilsson Schmilsson (Remastered)
Medley: Life/Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee/It Should Have Been Me    7:39    James Booker    Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah
Raisans    3:50    Dinosaur Jr.    You’re Living All Over Me
No One Knows    4:38    Queens of the Stone Age    Songs for the Deaf
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