Chico Hamilton Quintet - The Robert Gordon/Mosaic Records Notes
A Tribute to Robert Gordon
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.
Robert “Bob” Gordon is an authority on what he prefers to label “Jazz on the West Coast.” Bob is also a friend of mine and an all-around good guy.
Not surprisingly, then, when Michael Cuscuna, the owner-operator of Mosaic Records needed a professional to write the notes for the insert booklet to the Mosaic boxed set The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Chico Hamilton Quintet [MD6-175] he turned to Bob.
And when we asked Bob if we could use said Mosaic insert booklet notes for a feature on these pages, he said: “Of course.”
Did I say that Bob Gordon is a nice guy? Michael Cuscuna is one, too.
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