Ron, thanks a lot for recommending A Chef's Life . I wasn't sure at first because Vivian got on my nerves a bit, but that wore off and can't wait for Season 3 now (September 1st on PBS, IIRC). Have been watching the documentary Human Planet on Netflix. It's several gorgeous episodes and really has ...

Happy Birthday ... http://truefire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Eddie-Costa1.jpg Eddie Costa August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TflTU865Dz8/hqdefault.jpg Lorez Alexandria August 14, 1929 – May 22, 2001 http://www.purojazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/c9634e84ef1a6e7e410e...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.nga.ch/img/JPG%202004/JAZZ%20Web%20jpg/Benny%20Bailey%20Quintet.JPG%2004/Benny%20Bailey_0011.jpg Benny Bailey August 13, 1925 - April 14, 2005 http://www.purojazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Mulgrew-Miller.jpg Mulgrew Miller August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013 http://res...

In September, ECM will release another outstanding highlight: 'Hommage à Eberhard Weber' In January 2015 musicians and listeners converged upon Stuttgart’s Theaterhaus for two consecutive nights to celebrate the 75th birthday of Eberhard Weber. The concerts centered around a specially commissioned 3...

It's time for me to blow off a little steam. Here are two of my pet peeves. 1. Baseball fields with artificial turf instead of grass. Toronto and Tampa are the final two holdouts, though each team is working on changing from artificial turf to grass, finally providing the safe, natural playing ...

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Pat Metheny
August 12, 1954

A Leica camera commercial this morning sparked an idea for a new topic here. I'll begin at the beginning. :) Old School meets New School ... cutting edge technology in a vintage-looking camera body. More companies are jumping on this bandwagon. https://www.classicdriver.com/sites/default/fi...

Happy Birthday ... http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/files/2010/06/Claude-Thornhill-1947.jpg Claude Thornhill August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965 http://chuckisraelsjazzorchestra.com/Welcome_files/shapeimage_1.png Chuck Israels August 10, 1936 http://jipiblog.jipiz.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/...

Happy 100th Birthday, Anchorage! We're a young city with humble beginnings, and an article in this morning's newspaper touches on many of our unique qualities and some of its characters. There is also a slideshow tucked in. The quiz is mostly for residents (and past ones), of course...

I've always known that far too many jazz musicians and singers died at an alarmingly young age. However, while tending to the Jazz Birthdays thread on Jazztalk, it's become even more painfully obvious that so many were gone too soon ... far too soon. For the purpose of this thread, I'm ...

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Benny Carter
August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003

Last night's final show was quite amazing! John's moment of zen was perfect.

You can see the final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as well as full episodes of 17 other recent shows on Comedy Central's website.

Happy Birthday ... http://jazztimes.com/images/content/articles/0011/3853/Marcus_Roberts_byJohnDouglas_depth1.jpeg?1349467394 Marcus Roberts August 7, 1963 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Mansur_Scott_Harlem_Quartet_feat_Howard_Johnson_-_INNt%C3%B6ne_Jazzfestival_2013_25.jp...

Sad to say that tonight brings the end of an era ... the final Daily Show with Jon Stewart . :cry: Tonight's show will be :50 mins. in length and should not be missed. Patti & I, along with many family members, have been loyal fans of this funny, irreverent, insightful & smart show sinc...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.trbimg.com/img-5133a459/turbine/la-buddy-collette1998_dm4i5sgw/600/600x338 Buddy Collette August 6, 1921 – September 19, 2010 http://static.agendaculturel.fr/im/art_org/2/2-kulp.jpg Ravi Coltrane August 6, 1965 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/6/9/7/f9bbd48c2d0e...

Thanks very much, Jimmy!

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Airto Moreira
August 5, 1941

Thanks, Clint & Jimmy! Somehow I thought that San Marzanos would rise to this occasion. ;) I've also heard very good things about Classico sauces, though I prefer to make things from scratch whenever possible. Garlic must make its way onto whatever happens, without fail. http://www.bona...

BeBop (and others), if you catch the festival on Saturday, I think you might dig a Bay Area guitarist who's a friend of mine, David Haskell. If you do, and have a chance, please say Hi for me. Thanks. http://summerfest.sanjosejazz.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dave-haskell1_credit-Davi...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.doobeedoobeedoo.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Simmons_Burrell.jpg Sonny Simmons August 4, 1933 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/b/f/f/e3dd963d2c30b6f328adee8aa2d60.jpg Jeff Hamilton August 4, 1953 http://oregonmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/PDXJazzAC...

Happy Birthday ... http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zozDXm-XEeE/hqdefault.jpg Charlie Shavers August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971 http://api.ning.com/files/seooBU4quee93vbeXOfkc6hUyp74KOKx9G4Tmw87NZuhFERVNRiktSns3-kbGIq73q8yT6MCa3AbTjbT399s8SSlwPDtaj-k/eddieJefferson.jpg Eddie Jefferson August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979...