I've always been an early adopter. I'm currently waiting for this to arrive, due in April: http://www.amazon.com/oc/echo/ref_=ods_dp_ae The internet-of-things is going to be huge, and Amazon will be one of the biggest players in this space. They are so far ahead of all cloud companies - like they're...

Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana have a 2014 release titled Mehliana: Taming The Dragon Review by Thom Jurek Mehliana is the recording and performing project of pianist and composer Brad Mehldau and drummer, composer, and electronic musician Mark Guiliana. The former is one of the most highly regard...

I like the LLBean stuff and was considering the Men's Storm Chasers, Lace-Up Boot LLBean boots are similar in style and material as my last set, which was made by Coleman. I know Coleman is a much lower quality brand than LLBean so I should give this consideration. LLBean is back in style with the y...

My winter boots are about shot. I've been looking for a new pair and was about to make a purchase when I realized that this is the exact type of topic that could generate a bunch of replies at jt. I'm open to suggestions and am hopeful someone has an equally good but cheaper recommendation on what t...

Hi all, This web site is banned at where I work so I hardly ever find time to post. Add to that my raid drive failed and the backup restoration took forever. Sigh. I'm about back online. So...dance and trance... I bet Jaga Jazzist - Live with Britten Sinfona would work. is Nils Petter Molvaer's Babo...

Yes, I have music on all the time. I figure I get about 10 CDs per week and listen about 10 hours a day. On average that gives me about 7 listens per CD before it hit's the collection pile. Mind you I'm also doing other things during the ten hours so I can't say that I always listen intently. I'm an...

I have a difficult time with this each year. Like most everyone I find that my favorites shift over time. And I can't listen to everything that's out there - it's simply overwhelming to keep pace with what's released each year. Here's all the new jazz releases from 2014 that I've listened to: https:...

I pre-ordered this book at least 9 months ago. The release date keeps getting pushed out, now set for Feb 2015 in the US. http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/.a/6a00df351e888f883401b7c7191cd1970b-800wi Review on Amazon Within the canon of European photography books it would be difficult to find...

Here's a new one out that I just ordered: http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/thumbs/542b18a928dc8.jpg Authored by Richard Havers, the new Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression book is the first official illustrated history of Blue Note Records. Commemorating the storied label’s 75th anniversary, ...

Thank you BRrank! That was taken with one of the sigma cameras, I think it's the DP3M. I just sent my Fuji X100 to LifePixel. http://www.lifepixel.com/?gclid=CJHho9vLoMACFahj7AodzCkA1w I'm converting it to a Super Color IR camera. I should have it back in late September. I'm looking forward to this ...

and certainly wasn't trying to challenge your knowledge or equipment. I'm sorry Ron, I didn't intend for my reply to carry a tone that is anything other than positive to your observations. I never felt as if you were challenging me and certainly didn't take your comments that way. I was sharing my ...

Unfortunately, Coda lost many of his images due to a malfunction of some kind. However, his comments below are useful, so I'm leaving them intact. Sure hope Coda will return with some new photos and share them with us. - Ron _________________________________________ I'm glad you are all enjoyin...

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This is a good local site to get listings that are usually not widely published. http://www.jazzboston.org/ The calendar lists shows by night. In the 'Scene' tab there is a listing of venues in the greater Boston area. Charlie Kohlhase plays on July 18th. He's playing at a place I've never been http...

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Very enjoyable. Clean Feed Records

I love both of these recordings but the Ellis is knocking my socks off good.

Carlos Barbosa-Lima

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I hear from a musician I follow on Twitter that Spike and Mitch are celebrating 20 years of ownership of Smalls. That's very impressive in any business and extraordinary for a jazz club.

Kurt Elling did fantastic on this clip. Everyone was awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUE-x0ZHeyc

Trilok Gurtu Quartet feat. Nils Petter Molvaer - Festival Jazz en Baie 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwiavoodcs

You'll need to turn the volume up for the music and down for the ads.

This is news to me. I want to express thanks to Scott for taking the initiative and investing his time into getting this site to this point. He's left this in real good hands. I hope the journey forward is fun and full of new music. From one set of good hands and into two. JT2.0

Excellent CD. The arrangements are fun and inventive. Love this one.

Ron, those are amazing photos. You live in such a beautiful part of the world.