Suss!'s Scans!

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Suss!'s Family Snaps...

Angie-My Daughter                      The ATL/NYC- Family-Crew                     David/Angie's Hubby!

And then there's one of many kitchens in Atlanta & New York where food is prepared...

Oh yeah, 'got to have the food along with Family! 

I eat lightly at any one sitting, enjoy cooking and great cuisine: I’d just rather not have to cook it! LOL! 

Musical Photo Opps!

Suss! & Billy Cobham '03               Suss! & Pretty Purdie '98        Suss! & Zoro '02           Suss, Virgil Donati & Sean '04

Ralph MacDonald, Chris Parker, Valerie Simpson & Bernard Purdie w/guess who? 2003

Suss!, Nick Ashford & Bernard Purdie 2003                                          Suss!, Valarie Simpson & Bernard Purdie 2003

Bill Eaton, Bernard Purdie & Suss! 2003

Teddy White, Suss! & Sean Perry (ATL)              Ralph MacDonald & Suss!              Lil' Ricky (K.Thibidoeux) "I Love Lucy" TV

The Atlanta Crew for Cobham's JID Tour (2003)

The White House w/The First Lady, Hillary Clinton: 1997

Nassau , Bahamas with The Hon. Mayor Bill Campbell ( Atlanta , GA )

& Candi Staton: 1998

Milton Academy, Milton , MA ( USA ) - 2003

To Celebrate their 30th Anniversary of the Jazz Program under Bob Sinicrope

(Head of the Music Department & a great bass player)

(many artists have performed at the school, including the late Elvin Jones)

                            Aaron Goldberg & Suss!...           ...Among the Students...               ...& On Stage!

It's appropriate that I take a moment to thank the Faculty, Staff and Students at Milton Academy for their kind invitation to me to return to my boarding High School 15 miles south of Boston , MA . Yet I particularly want to thank Mr. Bob Sinicrope , along with his wife and family for their hospitality during that incredible five day event back in the Fall of 2003. Bob and I had been speaking for months - and during a business trip to NYC before then, went to see and meet Aaron playing at a club in Greenwich Village . So by then we all were familiar with each other. Unfortunately, Aaron got to the campus relatively late on the night of the concert, but said to me that I played Cannonball Adderley's "Gemini" like I was at the "Village Gate!" Aaahh... yeah, cause the students played their hearts out, and all I had to do was "sit in." And then there was the chapel talk that the faculty invited me to share in on Sunday Evening. It was a grand time to be sure. I hope you appreciate the talent of young adults these days as much as I do.

Suss! Over The Years

      "The Capstan Players," 1967           Suss!1969/Harvard               Slingerland Photo 1980              Oswestry , UK 1998

           Milton Academy Cohorts!            The Rhythm Method               Whew!-don't even ask!     Shropshire @ The Forge Studio

Ashford & Simpson Live! in NYC, 1978!

Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson

Ray Chew, Music Director & Acoustic Piano

Phillip Woo, Synthesizers

Sammy Figueroa, Percussion

Tinker Barfield, Bass Guitar

Lead Guitar (memory fails... my apologies)

Saxophone (again, please forgive me...)

Ray Simpson & Yolanda McCullough, Background Vocals

John Sussewell, Drums

CGI Records Photo (VP & Gen'l Mgr), 97

Watching a Wedding among Friends, 2002

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My Foremost Musical Mentor :

Mr. Billy Cobham

(while in Atlanta , GA w/the JID Tour)

This 'snap was after a marvelous performance here in Atlanta during the Fall of 2003... I guess you can tell Billy is still musing on it!

Among all that has been written about Mr. Cobham, I quote from his official biography:

"Only a few times in history has a musician been singled out as the world-class master of his instrument. Billy Cobham is one of those few artists. For over 30 years, he has received international acclaim as the total consummate percussionist...."

I know Boomer wouldn't mind me borrowing this text as quoted here because how better can it be said by anyone?

I count it a privilege to have known and shared with the man till today.  He changed my musical life back in the early 70's on more than one occasion: from hanging out when he was with Dreams ["Imagine My Surprise" – [Columbia Records] to playing on the same stage with him during his "Spectrum" tour - and me with the Average White Band (1975) during the "Pickin' Up The Pieces" rave (Atlantic Records). 

More than any other drummer (and there are many whom I respect), Billy Cobham put something tangible in my musical life that persists till today. Between his mentorship (beginning just before my senior year at college) and my subsequent tenure with the late Donny Hathaway, I believe the synergy was there toward a firm footing in the New York City , Los Angeles , et. al.,  - music scenes and professional endeavors. I guess that's why they call me Sasquatch!

That's my two cents anyway with heartfelt thanks to a Living Legend!

Thank you Billy Cobham!

My gratitude also to Donny Hathaway... though I know he is  asleep and cannot hear me.

More from Billy Cobham (a/k/a "Boomer") can be seen and heard at:

http://www.billycobham.com

In the meantime... I hope you folks and audiophiles have enjoyed some of my 'snaps!'

Agape All! From Suss!

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