To me, the answer is absolutely YES! :D Seriously, when we see live acts or listen to recordings, they're all played or sung through mics....the most mellow hollow body guitarists and most upright bassists, are miked or have pick ups and are almost always put through an amp....the recordings we lov...

Do you have a strong preference for acoustic or electric jazz groups/instruments? Are there electronic instruments you really appreciate or cannot tolerate? Acoustic ones? Due to several factors, some instruments used in jazz expression are usually heard in their acoustic version only — reeds, doubl...

"A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous! Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years!" ― Cannonball Adderley "Hipness is not a state of mind, it’s a fact of life.&...

Our son, Darren, called us from his cabin last night, where he was working, and told us about the NPR tribute, which he was listening to at the time. Imagine that, a son who isn't a jazz fan, calling his parents from a remote log cabin on a lake in Alaska to alert them to a special program celebrati...

Great list, jaka.

Lots of my favorites on there. Bruford and Levin have been among them for years, and my sons hipped me to Talk Talk in the 80s.

It's so easy to overlook or forget an incredibly important person, but here goes:

Gerald Wilson
Jack DeJohnette
Roy Haynes
Jimmy Cobb
Gary Burton
Chick Corea
Keith Jarrett


... among many more.

“There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one guy supporting the others, and it's all for one purpose, and there's no flies in the ointment, for a while. And nobody condu...

I don't recall my parents playing records. I remember listening to the radio a lot, with sounds of pop and big band, mostly. Among my earliest recollections are hits from Teresa Brewer, Patti Page, Gisele MacKenzie, Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra, plus big bands such as Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey a...

This is a very nostalgic, if sad video I discovered today, thanks to Pete Cherches.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfQQBIgNDkQ

“I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with it … Interviewers have said, you like jazz, don’t you? Because we can hear it in your writing. And I thought that was a compliment.” ― Elmore Leonard “What is my definition of ja...

For a long time, I believed it was normal and accepted to eat hot dogs with mayonnaise. I still do eat them that way regardless of the consensus. Man, even though I'm a real fan of mayonnaise, I've never done that ! :? There are only two brands worth eating, Hellmann's/Best Foods & Kraft. No, I...

Randalljazz, you're a man after my own heart with that superb lineup in post #239.

Do you own other Pepper recordings?

Art Blakey on Thelonious Monk: "I have yet to meet the man who can beat him at chess, or even checkers, or ping-pong. Monk had all the drummers, everybody was so happy to work with Monk. I joined the Giants of Jazz just because Monk was in there, and I had a chance to be around Dizzy and the ca...

http://news.brynmawr.edu/files/2011/03/new-york-times-masthead.jpg Marian McPartland, Jazz Pianist and NPR Radio Staple, Dies at 95 By PETER KEEPNEWS Published: August 21, 2013 Marian McPartland, the genteel Englishwoman who became a fixture of the American jazz scene as a pianist and, later in lif...

This news really saddens me. I knew that she wouldn't live forever but hoped I could always hear Marian's insightful commentary and warm words, not to mention her stylish piano interpretations. I listened to Piano Jazz for decades, always feeling as if I was in her living room, a silent observer. Wh...

Thanks to a Good Samaritan, Van Dyke escaped injury yesterday. His sense of humor is also intact.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouKZr9cgcvo

Terrible - A feeling engendered annually in Pamplona, Spain.

WKCR is featuring a Memorial Broadcast in honor of Cedar Walton until noon tomorrow, August 20th.




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I was just about to start a thread when I found this one. What a shame. He was, without question, a shining example of good taste, and a jazz ambassador. http://jazztimes.com/images/ui/logo_jt.gif 08/19/13 Cedar Walton Dies at 79 Good taste and elegant power defined veteran pianist's style By JazzTi...

I'm not surprised to read your superlatives, Peter. I also love Chucho Valdes and his strong band. I had never made the Chucho/McCoy connection, but can certainly see how you arrived at that comparison.

Thanks for causing me to dig into my wallet once again.

So, how was the show at Yoshi's, Brooks?

If you want to do a review, we have a place for that, too.

Steve, I think this very sparse trio recording of Horace Silver from 1952 might appeal to you.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWMJi8emvic


Does it?

Is there actually a site called doofus dot com?

Oh, nevermind.