ONE LP PORTRAITS: MUSICIANS: S - Z: VICTOR LEWIS: Victor Lewis: Musician

“ And so to the point in hand. If I could narrow it down - and believe me it’s hard to narrow it down, and so I just had to say ‘Hey man - just pick one within Boom Boom within how I was feeling at the time, and I’m still feeling it.I’m gonna say “Unity” - the Larry Young record.“Unity” with Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Elvin Jones - it’s a quartet record and I must have listened to that - as some would say - ‘Many many Hail Marys worth.’ (laughs out loud.)It was like people read the Bible every day - I played it every day - it was healing, it was inspiring,it was (to) give me a bar to try to reach you know. And the,n I was thinking of all that other stuff who is just good to listen to you know without trying to think it too much - that it was just great to just sit back and just listen to man - you know so I would have to say - ok, if you ask me again in say six months - if it’s summertime you know - it may fluctuate - it may ephemeral but right now - where I’m at now - that’s the one I’m choosin'.”Victor Lewis: Village Vanguard, New York City, 10th February 2019Larry Young: 'Unity' released 1966Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis: Musician, Larry Young: Unity

 

“ And so to the point in hand. If I could narrow it down - and believe me it’s hard to narrow it down, and so I just had to say ‘Hey man - just pick one within Boom Boom within how I was feeling at the time, and I’m still feeling it. 

I’m gonna say “Unity” - the Larry Young record. 

“Unity” with Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Elvin Jones - it’s a quartet record and I must have listened to that - as some would say - ‘Many many Hail Marys worth.’ (laughs out loud.) 

It was like people read the Bible every day - I played it every day - it was healing, it was inspiring, 

it was (to) give me a bar to try to reach you know. And the,n I was thinking of all that other stuff who is just good to listen to you know without trying to think it too much - that it was just great to just sit back and just listen to man - you know so I would have to say - ok, if you ask me again in say six months - if it’s summertime you know - it may fluctuate - it may ephemeral but right now - where I’m at now - that’s the one I’m choosin'.” 

Victor Lewis: Village Vanguard, New York City, 10th February 2019 

Larry Young: 'Unity' released 1966 

Victor Lewis