Truth be told I just mixed the Tuesday night February 23rd 2010 jazz jam session with a young man named Ben Newsome on tenor sax I'm going to have him every month at some point because he is reliable when I give him a call for a gig he calls me back and that’s business that what I like so stay tuned it's a must see show personnel Marvin Bugalu Smith (Drums), Ben Newsome (Sax) Chris Pasin Mark Hagan (Bass) Plus: Bugalu’s Drum Crew and other special guests I want to talk a little about compassion, that’s the name of my company that I have at the present time, but ten years ago when I moved up here from New Jersey it was a different story I knew many musicians that lived up here, but I did not know any young people this was a move that would change my life 100 percent for the better and it also won me a record company with full staff to run all my stuff eight long years ago I found Andrew Greeney and started to teach him jazz drumming, before long Andrew got his friend kesai Riddick to come and start studying also Many young drummers in that time have come and gone but to make a long story short today I am CEO of Bumar records in association with compassionate sound and motion productions It was the act of compassion that help me win This group of young men that are now compassionate sound and motion productions So what looked like a no win position now looks like a big win position for me. About tonight’s players Ben Newsome on tenor sax there are no words to describe Ben Newsome on tenor sax he has a big determination to play better, and better, He comes to my house and plays with Kesai Riddick every day even with out a bass player I really like his spirit to win he has a vast wisdom of the horn, and the cords and the way he try’s is second to non I’m going to have him every month at the Terrace Lounge, he is truly A young master Mark Hagan bass is pound for pound the best bass player in the world today just check out what he doze with his bow Mr.Steve Habib wrote: on the performance of February 23rd,2010 Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith Series 26 songs 1,2,3,4 The Truth Be Told, "Better than Hollywood". Comments by Mr. STEVE HABIB also note Mr. Steve Habib on: stevehabib.blogspot.com Beneath the Multitudinous and even conflicting desires of men we can see the one desire which gives UNITY and MEANING,FORCE AND DECISION to all human desires. All men seek what they seek for one reason: THEY THINK IT WILL SATISFY THEM. They believe that the accomplishment of their desires will make them happy. We all know that happiness is the goal of all our activity, it is FREE FLOWING and we deliberately want others to feel our joy but some folks are SELFISH and when that SELF ISH enters it means ONLY ABOUT SELF, even when a musician trys to copy the good of another musician, he endangers himself by being so influenced because of EGO that he risks never learning enough about his own life to be able to communicate that which is truly him to others both musicians that he performs with and the listeners that never get to see the real him. A good example is when a musician practices to learn technique but falls into the TRAP of wanting to become exactly like an ELVIN RAY JONES, ART BLAKEY or MARVIN BU GA LU SMITH. When a person finds out that the inner power of each of those masters lie in the knowledge they have within themselves and who they are and how UNIQUE they are, then and only then can the player communicate that individualism that is the gift given to them. Losing the ego and becoming a servant to both the other musicians and the listener who is feeling all of the artist's emotions, becomes TRUE UNITY,TRUE HAPPINESS AND TRUE SATISFACTION. We have then learned to BE A GIVER and GIVE WITH COMPASSION. THAT IS WHAT IS BEING DONE HERE TONIGHT in Marvin's concert through these four songs. It is documented and is available for all to study including those who performed. Tonight I have been absolutely AMAZED at the gifts and talent of the young,25 year old Sax Player Mr. BEN NEWSOME. I see a sensitive man serving all his brother musicians and the listeners and doing it with beautiful tones of INNER EXPRESSIONS so easy to relate to as he lays down harmonics in the simplest most easy to understand way and takes each one of us on a journey,adding to the basic simplicity, colors and more colors and more colors and even more colors of expression, to the HEIGHTS OF PASSION WITHIN HIMSELF then GIVING THIS JOY TO ALL. He is one of those SPECIAL MUSICIANS THAT COME ALONG WITHIN ONE GENERATION. HE IS LIKE A YOUNG JOHN COLTRANE OR "PREZ" or SONNY STITT or WAYNE SHORTER OR DEXTER GORDON or JONNY GRIFFIN or GEORGE COLEMAN or ON and ON. I can say that because John Coltrand,George Coleman and many many others were my early on friends. I grew up on Long Island and went to John Coltrane's Dix Hills, Huntington home many,many times. I tell you now, you will be hearing much about this young talent, BEN NEWSOME because I will personally se