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"Names"...
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with
Michael Imperioli, formerly "Christopher" in Sopranos on HBO.
He is now one of the lead characters in ABC TV Series "Life
On Mars",
read my
poem about it!!!
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Garth made me laugh just in time for this shot... More
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So I asked this guy "What's your name?".
He said "I am Phil...". Later on I was told that this guy,
Phil, was Phil
Ramone! |
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Susan
Lucci, Opening Night of Tommy
Tune's "White Tie and Tales".... |
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Joan
Rivers, was at that Opening Night too. A Show Biz "pro",
with "one of the guys" vibe! |
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at a fundraiser, Dr.
Ruth bought my CD. She did that 3 years in a row! Finally,
after she paid me for the 3rd one, I couldn't resist asking her
if she realized that it was the same Arkady, "The
Other Side" CD! She told me that she knew that, and she
was simply trying to set a good example for the other people at the
party! How sweet is that?! |
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he could have been talking about ... Arkady...
as a baby:) |
Life's Moments...
Arkady never leaves home without his
camera...
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view from Staten Island Ferry, Summer 2001 |
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driving on Brooklyn-Queens Expressway... September
24, 2001... |
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driving under Brooklyn Heights Promenade on
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway... September 24, 2001... |
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life goes on... |
"Furry Cookie"..., Dinah!
Musicians...
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Amazing player, and "people"
too, Vinnie
Colaiuta, subbing for Dave
Weckl, and me, subbing for Ronnie
Cuber. Lew
Soloff in the background. |
Jonathan
Butler, subbing for Jon
Secada:) ... "West
Side Story", in NYC's Carnegie
Hall, a "Subs
Story" !!! |
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L-R: Sammy
Figueroa (did not send in a sub:), me, Vinnie
Colaiuta (he and Frank Wess liked my poetry...) |
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Maestro, Dave
Grusin! |
Jon
Faddis... Tall, ha? Need a Lead Trumpet !?! |
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George Young! |
L-R: Ralph
LaLama, Dick
Oatts (always inspires me!) |
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Jerry
Dodgion, sax! As a kid, back in Kiev,
Ukraine,
I was lucky to get his autogrpaph, as he passed through USSR with Thad
Jones & Mel Lewis Big Band! See
his photo at a
jam session with my brother, Alex, in Moscow! Then I got to
work with Jerry in NYC, including this Carnegie Hall job! Who
knew?! Can't Make This Up! Sometimes dreams do come true...
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At the rehearsal, I asked this guy: "What's
your name? What do you do here"? Like no big deal, he answered
something like: "I'm Phil... just helping out..." So
I told him my name, and went back to play. Then I asked Bill
Evans: "Who is that Phil guy"? Amazed, Bill
asked me: "You don't know who Phil
Ramone is"?! I said: "No!" - Funny, right?
I guess, sometimes it's best not to know... Hey, that was before iPhone,
so I couldn't Google
him..:)!
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Randy
Brecker...!!! |
John
Patitucci...!!! We were the first ones arriving for the 10
AM rehearsal!!! |
A lot more content coming: "Names",
Musicians, Travel, variety of topics, etc.
-- work in progress, time permitting! |
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