Chick and Bela will be great!

I love seeing Chick and Gary play duets, too.

...modern masters all of them guys...

Having seen him play in a number of groups and instrumental configurations over the years, I almost passed on seeing Chick Corea last night. But he performed solo, in a glorious ornate theatre which has fairly recently been restored. So I went. I witnessed a delightful show by a performer with nothi...

Gobble-Tov, y'all!

I live in America, Tom. My son got salmonella on a school trip - from a bird as it turns out... And while most of us are indeed either paranoid, psychotic or both (I resemble that remark), one doesn't have to be either to be really really careful with Turkey. Sadly, one reason is the wretched condit...

After living with it for 4 days, I can report no complaints whatsoever and many benefits. And it's free. The new phone came with it (I upgraded from a 4 so that's a big and very pleasant change) but I also updated the os on my iPad and that works well too. It's very simple to make the transition, bu...

We just watched the first season of Orange is the new Black (with the performer and singer Lea Delaria in a supporting role - I only have one album of hers, but it's really top shelf). Then we watched a Season of George Gently mysteries which I think are very good. Right up there with Foyle's War. N...

I've just finished this. It's remarkable, because it addresses so many issues. Not only does it provide a narrative of Gary's life, it discusses the creative process, music education, changing cultural values, and how Jazz fits in. It's also in great measure about making the decisions which leading ...

Great post, Preacher. You make a good point, too, Scott. Sinatra's and Woody Allen are but two examples of douchebags who's work shines through, despite their assoholic natures. That's why I went to the Branford gig and skipped the second meet & greet. With any Marsalis though, there's an added ...

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Because a thread which makes me spit coffee on my iPad deserves it.

Branford's a fine musician. World class, even. But when he came a few years ago, I asked him "You travel a lot and play festivals all over the world; what have you heard lately that you found interesting?" Hi immediately and seemingly proudly said "Nothing!". I asked him if he'd ...

Gary's such a badass. I look forward to reading this.

...and seeing him in Lake George this weekend.

This one's been a Really fun part of my yearly calendar for a long while. It's free. It's booked by Paul Pines who used to have a club in NYC called The Tin Palace, and it's a breathtakingly beautiful setting in a charming little Adirondack honky-tonk of a town called Lake George Village. The drive ...

Count me among those who think it's very valuable to have political threads here. But whoever creates a bbs like this has the right to run it in ways I find regretable. I think we can discuss most things like adults. ...unless (insert name of loathsome troll here) shows up; in which case I reserve t...

Where's the Retweet button on this thing?

Bingo!

Birds of a feather, ain't we?

My first "stereo" system ...was mono. It was a green metal clam-shell piece of luggage, essentially, with a handle. It spent most of it's time open and lying flat. It had a turntable and a speaker. I played an LP of Souza Marches on it. And a Danny Kaye LP called, if memory serves "Tu...

I'm as big a gadget freak as the next guy. But one of my biggest annoyances is that cars have gotten so full of gadgetry they require the driver to have an engineering degree to tune the radio. For example, I'm on my third Audi. The first one had two giant knobs to turn for temperture and fan and a ...

My favorite singer singwriter is touring the East coast to ...sing songs he wrote. His name is Declan Patrick Aloisius MacManus or some such. But he's known as (among other things) Elvis Costello. He's got a new one coming out with The Roots soon. But this show offers a chance to see him SOLO. I cou...

By the way - I didn't know this until last Sunday when Ze Mauricio - The Poet of The Pandiero - let me buy them from him, but The CHORO Ensemble has TWO recordings made prior to Nosso Tempo. They're absolutely wonderful, naturally. They have a website. Thank goodness I was able to get to that CHORO ...

Hi Jimmy! I'd love to know what DD does to it's water at thier stores if you can tell me after you see my post here... Best, David (The poster formerly known as Chaz Longue) That's an interesting question, David. As far as I know they don't do anything to the water. I'll have to give my bro-in-law ...

So I was looking for a video featuring Paquito playing with Anat Cohen's Choro Ensemble (could've sworn I saw one awhile back but....) and came across this one instead. It's not Choro but.....dayum, it's good!;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6V030_WP78&feature=player_detailpage I'm sure that ...

So I was looking for a video featuring Paquito playing with Anat Cohen's Choro Ensemble (could've sworn I saw one awhile back but....) and came across this one instead. It's not Choro but.....dayum, it's good!;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6V030_WP78&feature=player_detailpage I'm sure that ...

This has been a really important and FUN part of the Jazz Festival Season for me for many many years.

This year's thier 30th annivarsary, just as it was for The Burlington Discover Jazz Festival...

Lake George Jazz Weekend:

http://www.lakegeorgearts.org/lakegeorge-jazz.htm

ECM puts out more great music than any label there is. Period. The only other outfit which comes close, imho, licenses it's music. They still put out bushels of great stiff, but are of a different ilk entirely than ECM for the simple reason that ECM creates the music. Even those few of us who aren't...

Thanks Bluenoter ...and thanks for putting that clip here. Ain't it grand? I wish I had those Braziliance recordings here right now... If you like those, you like Choro is my guess. I saw Bud Shank just a few years ago and he was having a lot of fun. I think there are a couple of Choro pieces on tho...