Happy Birthday ... http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/e/4/7/22b39cd552688557324fb3cd487a4.jpg Al Grey June 6, 1925 – March 24, 2000 https://jazzinphoto.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/grant-green-1961-3.jpg Grant Green June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979 https://repeatingislands.files.wordpress.com/20...

http://occupydemocrat.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/logo.png Legendary Journalist Dan Rather Just Declared War On Trump & The Media That Enables Him By Grant Stern Posted on June 2, 2016 Iconic reporter Dan Rather spoke out on Facebook today, encouraging political journalists to use t...

Happy Birthday ... http://highlineballroom.com/assets/Jerry-Gonzalez-2.jpg Jerry Gonzalez June 5, 1949 http://www.jazzpodium.nl/images/mischamengelberg.jpg Misha Mengelberg June 5, 1935 http://upopjazz.music.coocan.jp/img/blues643.jpg Pete Jolly June 5, 1932 – November 6, 2004 http://www.firchie.co...

In one of today's (Saturday's) photos you can see some of the protective mesh we've used to protect our Rhododendron from moose. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7319/26858229713_745a8b5e63_b.jpg New foliage is visible on each side of this flower cluster. It's very healthy. htt...

I'm not a boxing fan, but I was a fan of this man for decades. Muhammad was one for the ages. R.I.P. http://app.nytimes.com/images/full-images/NYTLogoLarge.png Muhammad Ali Dies at 74: Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century By ROBERT LIPSYTE JUNE 4, 2016 http://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dc...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.metaljazz.com/braxton14.jpg Anthony Braxton June 4, 1945 http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kuvo/files/styles/medium/public/201509/oliver-nelson.jpg Oliver Nelson June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975 http://www.theuntappedsource.com/image.php?id=43460 Paquito D'Rivera J...

I'm thrilled ... really thrilled that our Rhododendron in the front yard has 4 large bloom heads bursting at the seams. Nice new foliage is opening, too. It's been a couple of years since it has bloomed, and it should look spectacular in a week or so. It's changing daily. What a vibrant...

Happy Birthday ... http://neon.pictura-hosting.nl/sfa/sfa_mrx_bld/thumbs/500x500/upload/upload_243/SFA002004314.jpg Dakota Staton June 3, 1930 – April 10, 2007 http://www.purojazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/515dc3d024424.jpg Grachan Moncur III June 3, 1937

Happy Belated Birthday ... http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02153/holloway_2153304b.jpg Red Holloway May 31, 1927 – February 25, 2012 https://kuumbwajazz.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/LouisHayes640x360.jpg Louis Hayes May 31, 1937 http://www.jazzitalia.net/articoli/Immagini/ChrisMcBride...

Happy Belated Birthday ... http://www.radioopensource.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/McKenna_with_inscription_72dpi.jpg Dave McKenna May 30, 1930 – October 18, 2008 http://www.hardlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Benny-Goodman.jpg Benny Goodman May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986

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Eugene Wright
May 29, 1923




Kenny Washington
May 29, 1958

Happy Birthday ... http://mentalitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/9209169_f520.jpg Ramsey Lewis May 27, 1935 https://a3-images.myspacecdn.com/images04/9/710c3dfb340d49d3a9623e9641ab1514/600x600.jpg Dee Dee Bridgewater May 27, 1950 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f2/00/fa/f200fa5946bcfdd...

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Miles Davis
May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991

Happy Birthday ... http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/00Images%202014-2/CHEARLAND-Nice2.jpg Charles Earland May 24, 1941 – December 11, 1999 http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/UserFiles/Image/November%202013/london-2013-archie-shepp-001-jazzcamera%20websize.jpg Archie Shepp May 24, 1937

Happy Birthday ... http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I4gpAHfF-uA/UkxaG2CNGzI/AAAAAAAA2iU/mvY-F06xESM/s1600/DSC_0012.jpg Ken Peplowski May 23, 1959 http://bilder.augsburger-allgemeine.de/img/augsburg/crop30945532/1937213080-ctopTeaser/Copy-20of-2014A041-049-2600.jpg Richie Beirach May 23, 1947 http://www.al...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/e52b71b147de06d387af8aa6f7d783659d5e8935/c=0-59-1436-1974&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2016/02/04/Rochester/Rochester/635902031461947377-Holman-01-4-.jpg Bill Holman May 21, 1927 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6e/60/f9/6e60f...

It took me almost two years to find this, but ... http://cdn.twentytwowords.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwo/images/header/logo.png?c351dc Alaskans Sick of Being Put in a Box Draw Their Own U.S. Map Sep 9, 2014 • By Abraham • Almost every map of the United States features Alaska in a box at the bott...

Happy Birthday ... http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1080750.1337368232!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/jazz20f-3-web.jpg Ralph Peterson May 20, 1962 http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/victor-lewis-drums-vladimir-kholostykh.jpg Victor Lewis May 20, 1...

This is such sad news. Patti and I watched the 60 Minutes special on Sunday and were so happy for Morley and his retirement. Wow. 60 Minutes' Morley Safer dies at 84 Longtime CBS newsman Morley Safer of "60 Minutes" and Vietnam War reporting fame dies at 84 May 19, 2016 http://cbsnews2.cb...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/9/b/8/35fe22c4ec3861e344d48ff7fb264.jpg Sonny Fortune May 19, 1939 http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wcsu/files/styles/medium/public/201410/cecil.mcbee_.JPG Cecil McBee May 19, 1935 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/5/b/7/225d4fb...

Here's a rare Charles Lloyd video from 1966, just a couple of years before my wife and I saw him. Unfortunately, Jarrett was no longer in the band, but it was still a magical evening. We spoke with Charles after the concert, and he was very cool, even stroking the head of our young son, Darren,...