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| Si Perkoff (2003) | |
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| Si was born July 25, 1937, in St. Louis, MO. At the age of seven he started classical piano lessons (1944-51), and then studied keyboard harmony (jazz) with Hall Overton 1957-58.
Since the early 1960's he has been a performing pianist (jazz and related styles of music) on the Bay Area Jazz scene, beginning with two years as house pianist at the legendary Bop City. Through the years he has been a leader of combos featuring many of the finest local musicians (Paul Breslin, Frank Passantino, Puzz Firth, Vince Lateano, Tony Johnson, Steve Mitchell, George Marsh, Mel Martin, Gerry Gilmore, Al Molino, Noel Jewkes) as well as sideman in groups including national stars of Jazz music (Art Pepper, Buddy Collette, Pepper Adams, Frank Rehak, Julien Priester, Harry 'Sweets' Edison). |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
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| # 1 | Charlie Parker with Bud Powell (and Fats Navarro?) | Bird Flies High (LP) | Ornithology | (Les Jazz Cool) |
| # 2 | Meade "Lux" Lewis | unknown | "Whistling Blues" | unknown |
| # 3 | Thelonious Monk | Monk's Moods | Sweet and Lovely | (OJC) |
| # 4 | Montana Taylor | Complete Recorded Works (1929-1946) | I Can't Sleep | (Document Records) |
| # 5 | Horace Silver | The Best of Horace Silver | Opus de Funk | (Blue Note) |
| # 6 | Keith Jarrett | Facing You | Ritooria | (ECM) |
| # 7 | Charlie Parker | Ken Burns Jazz | Embraceable You | (Columbia) |
| # 8 | Pete Johnson | Boogie-Woogie Mood | Just for You | (MCA) |
| Book | Stuart Z. Perkoff, "Voices of the Lady: Collected Poems" | |||
| Luxury Item | A piano | |||
| Alternate Picks/Not Broadcast | ||||
| Alt 1 | Bud Powell | Jazz Giant | So Sorry Please | (Verve) |
| Alt 2 | Bud Powell | The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 | 52nd Street Theme | (Blue Note) |
| Alt 3 | John Coltrane | Soultrane | Theme for Ernie | (OJC) |
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26 Apr Nolan Gasser 14 Jun Ben Goldberg 01 Mar Lua Hadar 08 Mar | Molly Holm
19 Apr Remy Le Boeuf 15 Mar Michael Manring 31 May Stephanie Nakasian 18 Jan | Marlena Shaw
29 Mar Ben Sidran 12 Apr |