Charles McPherson plays at Anthology Club in San Diego

[@ezerarias]

I've been lucky to take lessons with Charles. :)

[@lpsling]

Charles Mcpherson....a real alto player!!

[@mikefarmer7238]

Great playing by all on this. Piano really grooving along.

[@kellysalmans9650]

Miss'n Anthology! Great jazz!

[@michellstar]

Burnin'! Y'all turned it out! :-)

[@cj33ward]

What an awesome Dinner/Music Venue.

[@dhouchi]

Thanks!

[@bigeman25]

Turned way up!

[@raefblack7906]

No worries, it takes time to hear the words of a master

[@Jazzamatazable]

MacPherson does clinics at colleges of jazz. He's a professional musician at a level you can't even begin to scratch.

[@BrucknerMotet]

Took a lesson from him once in San Diego. Wife teaches piano too. Great family and quality mentors.

[@Mcboooof]

we saw him today.... jazz field trip

[@dimitriskaraganis]

nice!

[@snapshotsfoundation]

@TheMovieEditor This from a sports fan, but not a music lover.

[@Adelemo16]

@RobZiak Jeff Littleton on bass...I forget the pianists name : /

[@RobZiak]

Anybody know the other players?

[@TheMovieEditor]

@SnapshotsMusic I play sax professionally bud

[@coolraceralex]

That's not what Clint Eastwood thought when he chose him for the music for Bird.

[@vincentlavorgna2867]

He sounds like a solid regional player who is struggling a bit with the tempo. He doesn't have enough weapons in his arsenal to keep things moving along i.e. he runs out of things to play early on in his solo. His live concert in Japan (70's) where he stuck to standards is way better.

[@jonp4846]

Vincent LaVorgna Can't recall who said it but wasn't there a famous jazz musician who said something like "Your solo should only be as long as you've got something to say and not one note longer" or "when you've run out of things to say in the solo, it's time for the solo to end" ?

[@raefblack7906]

lol , Regional.. you gotta be joking right? Struggling? You must be Dopey from the 7 dwarfs.

[@vincentlavorgna2867]

No I'm Cranky the 8th dwarf! I studdied with Charles in the seventies. It's not what I expected from him. He's still a great player.

[@raefblack7906]

well, on that note . He didn't make the transition like Jackie Mclean.

[@dawanmuhammad9356]

The spirituality of Charles' sound allows him to play one note many different ways, he is long past the running out of things to play stage. Creativity conceptualized in that manner usually omits feeling as part of the process. There's a difference between phrasing real "hard bop" and just running a lot of technical lines. Charles is a recognized master of phrasing!

[@TheMovieEditor]

nice scales! No wonder jazz is dead. Just because you can do it, doesnt mean you should.

[@Buszu00]

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