Song Of The Day – Remembering Greg Ham

Yamaha YAS-25 Alto Saxophone

 

For those of you who know my blog, I do tributes to recently departed musicians.  As of this posting, I will be integrating these tributes into the Song Of The Day format that I have been using.  This should reduce some of my spamming in your in-boxes.

As most of you now know, one of the original members of Men At Work, Greg Ham, passed away on April 19.  Exceptionally talented, he played saxophone, flute, organ, synthesizer and piano.  He also contributed with his songwriting skills to the success of 80’s favorite, Men At Work.  One of their most enduring songs is “Who Can It Be Now“, which featured Greg Ham on saxophone.

“Who Can It Be Now”

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Remembering Teddy Charles

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Jazz vibraphone legend Teddy Charles (Photo credit: NewYorkBrass)

Jazz vibraphonist, Teddy Charles passed away on April 16.  He was 84.  Dion, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis are some of the people he played and recorded with in his career.  His main period of creating was the 1950’s.  In his later years, he was captain of a Caribbean charter vessel, and had returned to music over the last few years, releasing an album as recently as 2009.  I have attached two videos here, the first is off a 1956 album, the second is an interview done in relation to his 2009 release.

Just One Of Those Things

Teddy Charles

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