[This is jtx posting on behalf of Ron Thorne] cds.png Update on the CD rip project: SUCCESS! Well over 1,000 CDs were scanned in as FLAC files, with all the track details and album covers, leaving only around 20 CDs which were having issues being correctly read in. Was able to listen at will to any...

What a huge loss!

I remember seeing Ira Gitler's name on my issues of Downbeat magazine, for which I had a subscription. He was a larger than life character, taking care of the most important jazz publications in America in the 50s already.

R.I.P. Ira Gitler ~

Interesting possibility. I dig Goldblum, and Patti and I just enjoyed him on Stephen Colbert's show last week. He's quite hip.
Thanks, Michael.

* EARTHQUAKE *

Those of us in Anchorage are OK. Patti (my wife) and I survived the 1964 Quake, so we're veterans.

It was excruciatingly loud, vicious, aggressive, and strong.
We were saved by its brief duration

Very sad. https://botw-pd.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/logo-thumbnail/s3/042013/variety_logo_black.png?itok=ieEk-XK7 https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/rexfeatures_9774146c.jpg?w=1000&h=563&crop=1 One of the most gifted jazz musicians of his generation, Roy Hargrove, has died at age ...

Thanks for the update on Art Blakey's 99th via Ralph Peterson.

Would love to hear the results..

One handed technique? It's two-handed playing throughout, you just can't see the right hand very often. 1. I don't think a two-handed technique is provable, Jazzooo/Doug. 2. Looks like Tony is using a Moeller Method. 3. Note a lack of movement in the upper arm/body on Williams' right side. ...

Fascinating. I Love Stanko.

I've been diligently extracting (ripping) our CD library, and it's been going well.I've purchased the Easy Audio Copy software (EAC) after a free 14-day trial. It's a simple-to-use piece, ... sometimes extremely fast, sometimes slow. At this point, I've extracted...

Randy Weston, Pianist Who Traced Roots of Jazz to Africa, Dies at 92 https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/09/03/obituaries/03WESTON-obit2/merlin_10800874_e7ad49e5-1c04-4eb4-8127-ec56a798a9c9-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&auto=webp Randy Weston performing in 1963. His playing and composing emphasized the...

I just began a process which I've thought about for the past 10-15 years ... digitizing our music library. What a daunting task! I'm utilizing WD (Western Digital) My Passport as the storage device, their 512 GB version. I'm using Easy Audio Copy to rip the files. So far, so goo...

I was lucky enough to see Aretha when we were each teenagers, when she was part of the opening act for the Miles Davis Sextet in 1962. What else can I say? Aretha Franklin Died Without a Will, and Estate Issues Loom https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/08/23/arts/23aretha-will/merlin_142539762_cae9f...

Great question BlueMonk! That's exactly the kind of content which made me happy to create this board. I can't confirm the truth with respect to Tony William's music reading abilities, but I'll share some observations and let members draw their own conclusions. The first time I saw T...

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/550efe0fe4b0567de641c08c/5536f868e4b0eb6a74adc728/5ad4dc0288251ba719e90817/1523900947872/npr.png?format=1000w Tomasz Stanko, A Trumpeter Whose Music Spoke To Freedom, Has Died July 30, 201812:03 PM ET David R. Adler https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjE3N...