Carolyn Cassady R.I.P.

Carolyn Cassady passed away on sept 20th.

Quite some articles and obituaries have been published :

Washington Post

New York Times 

Literary Kicks 

The Daily Beat

The Guardian

Pocket Book Cover Art : Elmore Leonard - The Law At Randado

Film Poster : Henri Decoin - La Chatte [1958]

Improvised Armoured Cars from the Spanish Civil War

Very interesting link showing lots of improvised armoured cards used during the Spanish Civil War.

Pocket Book Cover Art : Jim Thompson - The Getaway

Film Poster Art : Richard Fleischer - Follow Me Quietly [1949]

Pocket Book Cover Art : Jim Thompson - The Transgressors

Kris Goessens R.I.P.

Kris Goessens passed away on Wednesday August 21st, aged 46.  He apparently made an end to his life.

He studied with Kenny Werner and Gary Peacock and worked with Bob Brookmeyer, Lee Konitz, Gary Peacock, Adam Nussbaum, Joe Lovano & Jim Hall.

More about his work can be read here and here. 

Here's a fine appreciation by Bob Brookmeyer  from his liner notes for his (Brookmeyer's) Grammy-nominated 2004 Album Get Well Soon :

"Kris Goessens is one of the world's best kept secrets, something he and I hope to alter soon, playing duo concert tours. He has a depth of feeling and touch that I find unequaled by anyone I have heard. He also has a quiet daring, use of space and register that break accepted barriers AND, patience, to allow an idea to unfold and fully speak. His language is his and he feels almost painfully the act of creation. I am unashamedly biased... My bias, however, is well founded and rarely given". 

You can check him out here in a solo from a concert in Korea.

R.I.P. Kris Goessens

Pocket Book Cover Art : Elmore Leonard - Hombre

Film Poster : Don Chaffey - Charley One Eye [1973]