CD compilation “Jazz Divas - Studio” (1992, Verve) includes the Charlie Haden/Abbey Lincoln track “First Song”, on which my father plays bass. Originally from Ms. Lincoln’s 1990 The World Is Falling Down LP.
Thanks Marty, today we’re featuring a song named after one of the seven wonders of the world.
And that would be “Colossus”, named after the Colossus of Rhodes, which is appropriate because on the NJHB album, “Colossus”, I’m playing a Fender Rhodes.
“Colossus” was first recorded on December 29, 2012, and released on the “Circular Logic” album. The album “Colossus” was our third album recorded on February 2, 2013.
Now I’m bringing back some of the NJHB songs from over 10 years ago and Bebop Beatniks played “Colossus” at KASU New Jazz In Jonesboro on May 24, 2025. The band included the incomparable Paul Lessard on alto sax. Every time I get to play with him it’s a treat.
