This is exciting news! Michael Brecker and the Finnish UMO Jazz Orchestra sounds like a good match. Thanks, Mike and Rita. “This is Michael Brecker and UMO at their very best. You can tell Mike is having a blast and is being pushed to his limit at the same time… Listen to the trading with Manuel Du...

I recently stumbled upon a quirky but wonderful show on PBS — The Great Britsh Baking Show . After reading this article and seeing a clip, if you enjoy good food and food shows, you may get hooked, too. https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/bixelexchange/pages/52/attachments/original/1384823699/LA_...

Happy Birthday ... http://misterguitar.us/news/images/klughtouch.jpg Earl Klugh September 16, 1953 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3613/3621491637_aed66351d3.jpg Hamiet Bluiett September 16, 1940 http://jazztimes.com/images/content/articles/0008/6559/JonHendricks_byFrankStewart_02-BW_span9.jpg?13148...

Happy Birthday ... http://patty-farmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bobby-short.jpg Bobby Short September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005 http://www.cannonball-adderley.com/article/interw01.jpg Julian "Cannonball" Adderley September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975

Happy Birthday ... http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640x360/p031gynw.jpg Chu Berry September 13, 1908, – October 30, 1941 http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/01/31/mel-torme_wide-2e78d3e8226eff1e235d6aacfc875132f3c1ae83.jpg?s=1400 http://www.rayanthonyband.com/images/Mel%20Torme/Mel%20Torme%2008....

Happy Birthday ... http://abel.hive.no/trumpet/cat_anderson/cat_photo.jpg Cat Anderson September 12, 1916 – April 29, 1981 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/2010/scotthamilton_bytomehrlich_2012.jpg Scott Hamilton September 12, 1954 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/9/b/5/0274186ffa432e37bcf9...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.nga.ch/img/Lugano%20JF%202006/The%20Randy%20Brecker%20and%20Bill%20Evans%20SB/Hiram%20Bullock960-01.jpg Hiram Bullock September 11, 1955 – July 25, 2008 http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/babyface_willette.jpg Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette Septem...

Happy Birthday ... http://revive-music.com/wp-content/uploads/image.jpeg Roy Ayers September 10, 1940 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/5851428036_168fff45b7.jpg http://s2.standaardcdn.be/Assets/Images_Upload/2014/02/25/a44e0bfe-9e20-11e3-96a8-53d18bced0bb_original.jpg?maxheight=416&maxwidth=...

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Cabin-On-The-Lake — 2015 Last Tuesday, as we do each year, we headed north to our son Darren's cabin to see the progress he's made, and to just relax. The weather was perfect — 65° and sunny. It's a 130 mile drive, mostly on the Parks Highway, before heading into some less-than-perfect ...

Happy Birthday ... http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la6hogW1Kt1qbkjbto1_500.jpg George Mraz September 9, 1944 http://www.robertburnsphotography.co.uk/images/Elvin-Jones-1992.jpg http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com/images/features/50-greatest-drummers/elvin-jones-corbis-530-85.jpg Elvin Jones September 9...

Happy Birthday ... https://creekfm-kzfr.s3.amazonaws.com/image/large/butch.jpg Butch Warren September 8, 1939 – October 5, 2013 http://discog.piezoelektric.org/marionbrown/small/marion_brown_goettingen_1992b.jpg http://www.city46.de/uploads/tx_templavoila/marion-brown-20111117165530_01.jpg Marion B...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/thumbs/50a2f8f06f792.jpg http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kmuw/files/201411/11.3_rollins.jpg http://www.flynncenter.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Sonny-Rollins-9462811-1-402.jpg Sonny Rollins September 7, 1930 http://www.mkmjazz....

Happy Birthday ... http://jazztourdatabase.com/sites/jazztourdatabase.com/files/charles%20moffett.jpg http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/thumb.php?src=mceuploads/artists/andrewcyrille_p.jpg&w=322 Charles Moffett September 6, 1929 – February 14, 1997 http://wartos.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/apr_ch...

Thanks for this thread topic and your thoughts, Tom I was thrilled as a neophyte, teenage jazz fan and musician when I discovered the Jazztet with Art Farmer & Benny Golson. What a perfect union. That group also propelled a few other player's careers, including pianist McCoy Tyner. I also loved ...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/e/7/e/736ea5c8c8480d8fdadf0f1fa54bc.jpg Gene Harris September 1, 1933 – January 16, 2000 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8qFSM83sPUQ/UM47YvSZrvI/AAAAAAAAATE/B55U6dYWMsQ/s1600/Buffet-Promo_crop2.gif Art Pepper September 1, 1925 - June 15, 1982

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5655/20923553928_73e5093b97_o.jpg Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love http://jazzforum.com.pl/news-duze/news666.jpg Thursday, September 10, 8pm PONCHO Concert Hall (710 E Roy St, Capitol Hill) BUY TICKETS In the wake of their newly released Extended Duos, Earshot Ja...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.ecomusicologies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/paul_winter.jpg Paul Winter August 31, 1939 http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/10/27/6265467013_f23636ebf7_b_wide-d6a23f04fc11dea3ed32439c121cd0033c5c3071.jpg?s=1400 Wilton Felder August 31, 1940

https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/3925232/thenewyorktimes.png Yale Students Campaign for All That Jazz By PHILLIP LUTZ   AUG. 28, 2015 http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/08/30/nyregion/30ARTSCT1/30ARTSCT1-master675.jpg A jam session on the Old Campus by members of the Yale Undergraduat...