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- March 15th, 2020, 9:08 am
- Forum: R.I.P. (Jazz)
- Topic: McCoy Tyner — R.I.P.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8497
Re: McCoy Tyner — R.I.P.
Thanks for a reason to think of Ron. RIP Mr. Tyner.
- March 15th, 2020, 9:04 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Coronavirus and You
- Replies: 9
- Views: 65500
Re: Coronavirus and You
It's just a matter or perspective. Two months ago, I was in China. Businesses were closing, streets were deserted, parks schools and libraries were closing, the government was actively warning everyone to take precautions. So no change for me as I pass (briefly) through the United States. ![wink ;-)](./images/smilies/Winking.png)
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- February 18th, 2020, 9:01 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Coronavirus and You
- Replies: 9
- Views: 65500
Re: Coronavirus and You
I don't have a "home", I'm a perpetual traveler. But I'm out of Greater China. (Nothing particular wrong with the place, other than coronavirus, at the moment.)
- February 14th, 2020, 7:24 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Coronavirus and You
- Replies: 9
- Views: 65500
Re: Coronavirus and You
Yes, I just finished my quarantine period, in Guangdongsheng. While the outbreak is centered in the People's Republic of China, the effects on travel - lodging, air flights, et cetera - are global. (I'm not suggesting that this is not appropriate, just observing.)
- February 13th, 2020, 7:33 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Coronavirus and You
- Replies: 9
- Views: 65500
Coronavirus and You
I don't know where all y'all are, but is coronavirus messing with anyone's life or head (other than mine)? I won't go on about it, unless it's meaningful to anyone else. But, briefly, I travel perpetually and ![confused :?](./images/smilies/Dizzy.png)
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- February 10th, 2020, 6:59 am
- Forum: Jazztalk Central
- Topic: SiriusXM Real Jazz Channel
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7493
Re: SiriusXM Real Jazz Channel
I'm seldom in places where SiriusXM is available. Real Jazz is a fine channel, if not exactly to my tastes today. When I was younger, less curmudgeonly, I think I would have liked it a lot. I was blessed in my youth to have broadcast radio stations - AM and FM - that played mainstream jazz, much lik...
- January 14th, 2020, 6:58 am
- Forum: Suggestions, Questions & Concerns
- Topic: Improve JT? Sound off!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10052
Re: Improve JT? Sound off!
I've spent most of the last few decades with only intermittent internet access. As a result, I'm hard-pressed to identify what might be missing or in need of improvement. ...but I would like to see this place survive and thrive. I'm hoping that a change in my living situation will enable me to be a ...
- January 12th, 2020, 9:45 am
- Forum: The Alley
- Topic: Stuff To Talk About
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7635
Re: Stuff To Talk About
Having worked too much on the periphery of Silicon Valley, I'm not on Facebook. Or Twitter. Or Instagram. Or whatever else. I would love to see this place host lively dialogue...not necessarily like JazzCentralStation, the BlueNote BB or any other place. This is a different and unique spot. I spend ...
- November 19th, 2019, 8:42 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Ron Thorne — R.I.P.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 81028
Re: Ron Thorne — R.I.P.
I stop by when I have internet access. It's no so much looking for new content (though that would be swell); I'm just thinking of Ron and his efforts to build this. When I settle into a life where there is reliable, omnipresent internet access, I would love to have a place like this to participate i...
- December 1st, 2018, 10:20 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Anchorage Earthquake
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12753
Re: Anchorage Earthquake
I'm glad to hear everyone is okay. I've been through a two "big ones" (relatively speaking), Loma Prieta and Northridge, CA and know how disruptive they can be even for those who come through okay.
- September 16th, 2018, 3:14 pm
- Forum: R.I.P. (Jazz)
- Topic: Randy Weston — R.I.P.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10797
Re: Randy Weston — R.I.P.
The final of a half-dozen times I had the pleasure, I heard Randy Weston as part of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Marcus Garvey Park, late August 2016. He was ninety. Inspired and inspiring, still. Thanks.
- July 6th, 2018, 6:09 pm
- Forum: Step right up and introduce yourself!
- Topic: Who I is.
- Replies: 237
- Views: 220225
Re: Who I is.
Welcome all you new people! Stick around, have some fun. Ron is a great host, and he sometimes posts nice pictures.
- June 13th, 2018, 10:44 am
- Forum: Jazztalk Central
- Topic: Do You Consider Yourself An Audiophile?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16344
Re: Do You Consider Yourself An Audiophile?
Jazzooo wrote:Thanks, JTX! That was clear and informative. if I can ask you one other question--are there online stores where you find yourself checking and/or buying new music more often than others?
I'm still doing CDBaby for a lot of stuff.
- June 8th, 2018, 6:12 pm
- Forum: Jazztalk Central
- Topic: Jazz in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Replies: 41
- Views: 27541
Re: Jazz in the San Francisco Bay Area
One of the places I visit in the United States from time to time is the Bay Area. For jazz, among other things, I found this cool map: https://yaymusicmap.com/location/sfbay. Created by a person named/using the handle Kyle Pennell. There's still come jazz at Yoshi's in Oakland https://eventbritesite...
- June 8th, 2018, 1:44 pm
- Forum: Jazztalk Central
- Topic: Do You Consider Yourself An Audiophile?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16344
Re: Do You Consider Yourself An Audiophile?
Audiophile? No. I started buying listening-oriented equipment back in the mid-1970s - Audio Research, conrad-johnson, Linn, Acoustat... It all became pretty interesting to me, so I started working in the high-end stores, mostly in sales, but doing some repair work on valve electronics too. (Day job,...
- June 7th, 2018, 7:19 am
- Forum: Jazztalk Central
- Topic: Jazz in Los Angeles
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9919
Re: Jazz in Los Angeles
I've got clients in Los Angeles proper these days, so I'm spending a lot more time in DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles). The place to go for that "jazz" stuff, if you're into that, is the Blue Whale, http://www.bluewhalemusic.com/. Vincent Herring, Eric Revis, David Binney, Dan Weiss/Ben Monder/...
- June 6th, 2018, 9:42 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: JT Slowing? Where's Ron?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9166
Re: JT Slowing? Where's Ron?
I don't get around (the Internet) much anymore, but my thoughts are with you, Ron. I hope the improvements are rapid and you're back at it here regularly.
- September 13th, 2017, 4:16 am
- Forum: The Alley
- Topic: Remember Jazz Central Station and Jazz Corner websites?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11132
Re: Remember Jazz Central Station and Jazz Corner websites?
I've used the same name at rec.music.bluenote, Jazz Central Station, Jazz Corner, the Blue Note bulletin boards, the Steve Hoffman forums (where I was banned before my first post), saxontheweb.com, Jazz West Coast Yahoo! Group, the Amazon jazz discussion forum and many other places. This makes it ea...
- August 10th, 2015, 7:07 am
- Forum: Festivals
- Topic: Jazz fests during Labor Day weekend 2015
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1203
Jazz fests during Labor Day weekend 2015
http://www.grandhotel.com/specials/september/labor-day-jazz-weekend/ - Mackinac Island, MI (with Tuck and Patti and Arturo Sandoval) http://www.vailjazz.org/performances/vail-jazz-festival/vail-jazz-party/ - Vail, CO http://www.coltranejazzfest.com/ - High Point, NC (where 'Trane grew up) http://jaz...
- August 8th, 2015, 4:25 pm
- Forum: Jazztalk Central
- Topic: Gone Too Soon
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8535
Re: Gone Too Soon
Wardell Gray 34
Jimmy Blanton 23(!)
Bubber Miley 29
Clifford Brown 25 - duplicate, but worth highlighting
Bunny Berigan 33
Bix Beiderbecke 28
Herschel Evans 30
Jimmy Blanton 23(!)
Bubber Miley 29
Clifford Brown 25 - duplicate, but worth highlighting
Bunny Berigan 33
Bix Beiderbecke 28
Herschel Evans 30
- August 8th, 2015, 9:41 am
- Forum: Jazztalk Central
- Topic: The Jazz Time Machine
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2277
Re: The Jazz Time Machine
How about December 18, 1959, Theatre des Champs Elysees.
Art Blakey with Wayne Shorter and Barney Wilen and Lee Morgan, Walter Davis, Jymie Merritt..and Bud Powell.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Jam_Session
Art Blakey with Wayne Shorter and Barney Wilen and Lee Morgan, Walter Davis, Jymie Merritt..and Bud Powell.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Jam_Session
- August 6th, 2015, 6:12 pm
- Forum: Jazztalk Central
- Topic: The Jazz Time Machine
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2277
The Jazz Time Machine
Climb aboard. Set a date and destination. Let us know where you're headed. November 9, 1936 Chicago, IL Recording sessions for: Jones-Smith Incorporated Count Basie (piano), Lester Young (tenor sax), Walter Page (bass), Jo Jones (drums), Carl Smith (trumpet) Count Basie And His Orchestra Count Basie...
- August 3rd, 2015, 6:11 pm
- Forum: Festivals
- Topic: San Jose Jazz Summer Fest | August 7–9, 2015
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1202
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest | August 7–9, 2015
2015 Summerfest is this weekend. It looks good enough that I'll probably slip out of work and catch a couple of sets. http://summerfest.sanjosejazz.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SJZ_SF15_web-program_final.pdf Hint: don't focus exclusively on the headliners. Full lineup here: http://summerfest.sanjo...
- June 29th, 2015, 7:20 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Jazztalk turns 2!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13515
Re: Jazztalk turns 2!
Wow, the board looks different today? New software? or are my eyes and mind failing me?
- June 28th, 2015, 7:54 am
- Forum: The Alley
- Topic: SCOTUS Gets it Right!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1773
Re: SCOTUS Gets it Right!
It was a beautiful day for many of my friends, and I share their reflected joy. And just a few days after the decision on Affordable Care Act...which, after a little direct experience, I couldn't help but support. I wish my wife had been with me to share this week. She would have been overjoyed.