Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, we have something special down here at Birdland this evening, a recording for Blue Note records.

When you applaud for the different passages, your hands go right over the records there.

So when they play them over and over throughout the country, you may be someplace and say, well, that's my hand on one of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records.

And this week, we are pleased to have with us on the show legendary bass player, jazz educator, and blue note recording artist Larry Ridley.

Larry has played and recorded with the likes of John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk, and many, many, many more. Today, Larry's going to talk to us about his time playing with these legends, making records for Blue Note back in the day, what it was like to record in Rudy Van Gelder's studio, what it takes to be a jazz musician with improvisational skills, and heaps more. Larry's appearance today is brought to you by the new movie

I Called Him Morgan, a brilliant new jazz documentary on the life, music, and tragic end to beloved

trumpeteer Lee Morgan. I Called Him Morgan is out this week in theaters across the USA. Go to I

called him Morgan.com for the trailer and to check out your local session times. And we're also

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details and with that let's get into our conversation with legendary jazz recording artist

Larry Ridley do you listen to and collect vinyl records well you're in luck welcome to the

vinyl guide the podcast made for record nerds like yourself here's your your host, the biggest record nerd of them all,

Nate Goyer. Well, thank you for that, John Boy. Hi, everyone. I hope you're well. I hope everyone

is staying warm and dry, and I know there's a lot of crazy weather happening around the world

these days, so whatever you've been doing, I hope you've been well. Welcome to this week's episode of the

Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records. Thanks for tuning in. Thanks for

downloading. Thanks for telling your friends in advance. I do appreciate that. We're always

trying to spread the word and find new listeners here for the Vinyl Guide podcast. And I really

appreciate those of you who are helping do that. Today's show is going

to be a great one and particularly interesting for folks who enjoy jazz and especially Blue Note

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