This is one of those situations in which I think I'd prefer that the trees do not talk.

The acoustics in this audience recorded video do not do a great job of letting the bass shine through, but the Jeremy Pelt Quintet still sound good here.

Dominique Vantomme feat. Tony Levin, Michel Delville, Maxime Lenssens
Vegir

I think you are on to something. FB and their ilk are much better suited as content collectors than as content originators, with the added echo factor of millions of users. Aside from that, and the (un)ease with which you can locate people from your past, they do not serve a particularly meaningful ...

Excerpt from “Polish composer's lost wartime concerto brought to life” (The Guardian) Ewa Wyszogrodzka is grateful for the unknown builders who, after discovering a suitcase in the garden of a destroyed house in Warsaw at the end of the second world war, handed it ...

I've thought the same thing, that sometimes a simple like is the best response, compared to no response at all. It is something we certainly could try, but may have to be after upgrading to the newest version of phpBB. I have thought the same thing about “liking”, always thought it was too much like...

Jumping on the bandwagon here...


Syntony
White Fly

Two things I thought might be of interest: ⋅ @mentioning of usernames ⋅ ability to like posts Both of the above should be supported with extensions available for phpBB 3.2, which will require updating the current 3.1 installation. If there is interest, we can likely figure out a ...

President Trump has made 12,019 false or misleading claims over 928 days > Washington Post
Note: This article was published August 12th, 2019, so if the average holds up, add 1,852 to the total.

http://jazztalk.net/styles/elegancejt/theme/images/sound-off.png As we consider keeping this site up and running, what are the enhancements that you'd most like to see made to Jazztalk? Are there features missing that you'd like to see? Are there existing features you'd like to see impr...

https://pdxjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PDXJazz_logo_2018.png The Portland Jazz Festival, known this year as the 2020 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival, will be a 12-day affair (February 19 through March 1). Lineup: ⋅ Mark de Clive-Lowe ⋅ Jaimie Branch ⋅ Ghost-Note ⋅...

Those poor, poor chorus members. Shunted into the shadows, and having to witness Alla's twirls at the same time.

She does duets, too, though!

Musician Jack Sheldon, veteran of 'Merv Griffin Show' and 'Schoolhouse Rock!,' dies at 88 Lynn Elber The Associated Press https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2020/01/01/USAT/7331bd44-0ef1-4263-90f5-551a89e1d284-GettyImages-567394091.jpg?crop=1080,1639,x0,y0&width=300&height=4...

In the spirit of the new year, let's all aspire to be the best version of ourselves. Perhaps even to become like our favorite hero.

Or an unreasonable facsimile.



Happy New Year!

http://www.purojazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/brookmeyer-obit-articleLarge.jpg Received today from Ryan Truesdell. If you are in NYC January 7 or 8, head over to Jazz Standard for the musical celebration Ryan is directing. Dear Ron, As today (12/19/2019) marks what would have been Bob's 90th b...

I committed to not coming onto Jazztalk for a month, and upon my return I found this thread, which is at once heartening and saddening, as I notice all of the R.I.P. threads posted by the man this thread is now eulogizing in the same way. It is great to hear from all of you on the passing of my dad...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ric-Ocasek.jpg/400px-Ric-Ocasek.jpg Richard Theodore Otcasek (March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019) September 15, 2019 marked the passing of music legend Ric Ocasek, who was finally inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame along with his ...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Cokie_Roberts.jpg/500px-Cokie_Roberts.jpg Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne "Cokie" Roberts (née Boggs) December 27, 1943 – September 17, 2019 Veteran media trailblazer and ABC/NPR fixture Cokie Roberts passed away this week a...

Happy Birthday ... https://suntimesmedia.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/maurice_brown_3_large.jpg?w=612 Maurice Brown January 6, 1981 https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/don-sickler-and-his-band-performing-in-kenny-dorham-75th-birthday-at-picture-id537494497?k=6&m=537494497&s=612x612&w=0&...

Politifact is up to 215 falsehoods on their site, which I suspect is just a sampling.

https://www.politifact.com/personalitie ... ing/false/

I love Grado headphones, Ron. Even their lower end products are wonderful. Ok, so...what format do you find yourself buying these days? LPs? SACDs or regular CDs? High resolution downloads? If the latter, from where? I am perfectly happy with FLAC at CD standard 44.1/16, or the next step up at 48/2...

Just a quick note to let everyone know that everyone involved with jazztalk.net located in Anchorage is physically fine, despite the severe earthquake which struck just 7 miles north of the city. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-earthquake-today-anchorage-tsunami-alert-issued-live-updates/ Lots o...

ECM 2440, released May 18, 2018, features one of my favorite vocalists in the electronica genre, Anneli Drecker. Nice to see that she is continuing to do very interesting work. https://img.discogs.com/yH7yHf_CBRoukfb3X8ElmQJ5hck=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)...