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Daniel Gould

I came to Jazz after rejecting the pop music of the 1980s - just in time for the CD reissue boom.

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While Jazz was the focus of my music listening from about 1988 on, I became an amateur researcher when in late 2019 I began a seemingly simple project: To acquire all known recordings of tenor saxophonist Percy France. That ultimately became a deep dive into the Leonard Gaskin Papers held by the Smithsonian, as well as the recordings bequeathed by Phil Schaap to Vanderbilt, and countless conversations on social media with musicians who worked with and knew France. This culminated in the creation of a website dedicated to documenting Percy France's career, as well as aiding in the creation of two radio programs dedicated to his music.

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The best show I ever attended was the Ray Brown Trio (with Gene Harris and Jeff Hamilton) at the Blue Note in NYC in 1988. Gene played "Summertime" as his feature, as captured on the BAM BAM BAM CD, but turned up to 11. Or maybe to 99. When the house settled down finally, Ray Brown said "You keep playing that piano like that, its gonna follow you home!" and brought the house down again.