You suspect he will also "eviscerate" Social Security, for example the cuts he already offered in the ill-fated "Grand Bargain." I'm not so sure, since the budget the Dems have agreed to has spending at Republican-approved levels already. [font=Times New Roman][size=150]I'm not ...

There's a fair amount of questionable information in those comments, though. For example, one person says: "From what I gather, it will be those individuals just over 400% FPL who will likely be the most adversely impacted. IOW, many millions will not be able to afford the insurance, since they...

Obama has said he'll negotiate with the Republicans if they fund both the government and debt unconditionally first. He floated the idea that they could do so on a short-term basis. I suspect he has quietly told Boehner he will trade concessions on something in exchange for the Republicans backing d...

I learned how to drive on a Toyota Corolla with a manual transmission. I say "learned to drive" but I was not a good driver. Then I moved to France and my US driver's license lapsed. I decided I should have a license in France so I went the whole driving school route, which is obligatory. ...

In his apologetic clarification, Rosenwinkel says: "Critics should ask more musicians what their opinions are about whats going on in the scene." Actually, I'm sure critics do ask musicians what they think. But what Rosenwinkel doesn't seem to get is that musicians do not all agree, not an...

This troubling article in the New York Times reveals the cruel blow that the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act has delivered. While upholding the law, it gutted a vital part of it, namely obligatory expansion of Medicaid to provide coverage to larger numbers of the poor. http://www.n...

No, but seriously. Can we get a debate going here over the behavior of the Republican representatives, or do we all agree that they deserve loud condemnation?

Meanwhile, the jazz Internet is all abuzz with hatin' and defendin'. Vijay Iyer doesn't deserve it! Does too! Witness this article: http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/10/02/on-vijay-iyer-kurt-rosenwinkel-huffpo-greatness-prizes-and-hype/ In it one learns that Kurt Rosenwinkel said to his Facebook a...

Wish I could be there, too, Doug!

I don't see the attached image, though. There's a little "nothing here" icon. Is it just me?

There was some kind of double saxophone invented a few years ago... Here it is, the aulochrome. Fabrizio Cassol of the Belgian band Aka Moon played a commissioned piece with, Lovano started playing it, and it was going to be a big revolution. Now, if you already know about it, you can hunt for it on...

You should have just photoshopped him out. Put a big question mark instead of his head.

Yes. I'm more concerned that a lot of modern jazz doesn't move ME than that it doesn't move the masses. To point the thread back toward its original intention, I'm listening to a contemporary recording of old-fashioned New Orleans music, "Danza," by Tom McDermott (piano) and Evan Christoph...

Jason, you think jazz is getting rhythmically simpler ? So much of the modern jazz I hear seems to be going in the opposite direction. I think of drummers like Nasheet Waits, Marcus Gilmore, Eric McPherson, Eric Harland, Dan Weiss, all the Dave Holland drummers over the years... it seems like all of...

Congratulations!

Love that Indian video, lazarus!

Hey, Steve--Tyshawn Sorey just posted this an hour ago on Facebook:

"w/ Evan Parker, John Escreet, and John Hebert. We're making a record today. Thrilled, to say the least!"

I've seen Hebert a few times and always loved him. Especially in Andrew Hill's last band.

Thanks for that link, Rita. I love what Ellery says about older jazz. It absolutely echoes the LCJO slogan, "All jazz is modern," which I think is a great line. When, as a listener, I broke through the barrier of the so-called "modern" and heard early jazz simply as naturally exp...

Love your reviews, Steve. I would have liked to have seen this. Tyshawn Sorey is quite a phenomenon--the first time I saw him was with Steve Coleman and a rapper, and I was underwhelmed by the project. The second was Sorey's own group, including Escreet, Taylor Ho Bynum, a young tenor player whose n...

Thanks for the review, Mike. Hoping you get to see more and tell us about it!

Darbar 2013 I'm attending the Darbar Festival of Indian music, held at the Southbank Centre in London. This is the eighth annual Darbar and my first. Thursday, Sept. 19 1st part: Bernard Schimpelsberger, drums; sarod player whose name I didn't catch; Sukhad Munde, pakhawaj. The first concert feature...

Sad news. I loved Ponder's style, elegant and funky at the same time.

It seems Melissa Aldana is the winner... Sounds good here:

I think Doug summed things up nicely!

Meanwhile, I've been listening to Cary's solo CD and agree that it is very, very good. Doesn't remind me too much of Abbey Lincoln, though.