tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4805095272435181099.post3650118771982270458..comments2024-02-10T04:02:19.545-06:00Comments on Jazz Note SDP: The Dean of JazzKen Blanchardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09580209017016829598noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4805095272435181099.post-25075388280704616742008-05-22T21:54:00.000-05:002008-05-22T21:54:00.000-05:00Kudos to Jason for mentioning this article, which ...Kudos to Jason for mentioning this article, which I had planned to do. As chance had it, I read it on the plane back from New Orleans, with a new Lee Morgan disc in my bag. <BR/><BR/>The portrait of Phil Schaap is astounding reading. Here is someone who seems to remember every piece of jazz information that ever entered his consciousness. All the rest of us jazz nerds can only bow and whisper: "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"<BR/><BR/>The costs of such a high level of devotion are pretty obvious. The article notes that Schaap lives in house his parents lived in, and that he was married, once, briefly.Ken Blanchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09580209017016829598noreply@blogger.com