Thanks for a reason to think of Ron. RIP Mr. Tyner.

It's just a matter or perspective. Two months ago, I was in China. Businesses were closing, streets were deserted, parks schools and libraries were closing, the government was actively warning everyone to take precautions. So no change for me as I pass (briefly) through the United States.

I don't have a "home", I'm a perpetual traveler. But I'm out of Greater China. (Nothing particular wrong with the place, other than coronavirus, at the moment.)

Yes, I just finished my quarantine period, in Guangdongsheng. While the outbreak is centered in the People's Republic of China, the effects on travel - lodging, air flights, et cetera - are global. (I'm not suggesting that this is not appropriate, just observing.)

I don't know where all y'all are, but is coronavirus messing with anyone's life or head (other than mine)? I won't go on about it, unless it's meaningful to anyone else. But, briefly, I travel perpetually and

I'm seldom in places where SiriusXM is available. Real Jazz is a fine channel, if not exactly to my tastes today. When I was younger, less curmudgeonly, I think I would have liked it a lot. I was blessed in my youth to have broadcast radio stations - AM and FM - that played mainstream jazz, much lik...

I've spent most of the last few decades with only intermittent internet access. As a result, I'm hard-pressed to identify what might be missing or in need of improvement. ...but I would like to see this place survive and thrive. I'm hoping that a change in my living situation will enable me to be a ...

Having worked too much on the periphery of Silicon Valley, I'm not on Facebook. Or Twitter. Or Instagram. Or whatever else. I would love to see this place host lively dialogue...not necessarily like JazzCentralStation, the BlueNote BB or any other place. This is a different and unique spot. I spend ...

I stop by when I have internet access. It's no so much looking for new content (though that would be swell); I'm just thinking of Ron and his efforts to build this. When I settle into a life where there is reliable, omnipresent internet access, I would love to have a place like this to participate i...

I'm glad to hear everyone is okay. I've been through a two "big ones" (relatively speaking), Loma Prieta and Northridge, CA and know how disruptive they can be even for those who come through okay.

The final of a half-dozen times I had the pleasure, I heard Randy Weston as part of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Marcus Garvey Park, late August 2016. He was ninety. Inspired and inspiring, still. Thanks.

Welcome all you new people! Stick around, have some fun. Ron is a great host, and he sometimes posts nice pictures.

Jazzooo wrote:Thanks, JTX! That was clear and informative. if I can ask you one other question--are there online stores where you find yourself checking and/or buying new music more often than others?

I'm still doing CDBaby for a lot of stuff.

One of the places I visit in the United States from time to time is the Bay Area. For jazz, among other things, I found this cool map: https://yaymusicmap.com/location/sfbay. Created by a person named/using the handle Kyle Pennell. There's still come jazz at Yoshi's in Oakland https://eventbritesite...

Audiophile? No. I started buying listening-oriented equipment back in the mid-1970s - Audio Research, conrad-johnson, Linn, Acoustat... It all became pretty interesting to me, so I started working in the high-end stores, mostly in sales, but doing some repair work on valve electronics too. (Day job,...

I've got clients in Los Angeles proper these days, so I'm spending a lot more time in DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles). The place to go for that "jazz" stuff, if you're into that, is the Blue Whale, http://www.bluewhalemusic.com/. Vincent Herring, Eric Revis, David Binney, Dan Weiss/Ben Monder/...

I don't get around (the Internet) much anymore, but my thoughts are with you, Ron. I hope the improvements are rapid and you're back at it here regularly.

I've used the same name at rec.music.bluenote, Jazz Central Station, Jazz Corner, the Blue Note bulletin boards, the Steve Hoffman forums (where I was banned before my first post), saxontheweb.com, Jazz West Coast Yahoo! Group, the Amazon jazz discussion forum and many other places. This makes it ea...

http://www.grandhotel.com/specials/september/labor-day-jazz-weekend/ - Mackinac Island, MI (with Tuck and Patti and Arturo Sandoval) http://www.vailjazz.org/performances/vail-jazz-festival/vail-jazz-party/ - Vail, CO http://www.coltranejazzfest.com/ - High Point, NC (where 'Trane grew up) http://jaz...

Wardell Gray 34
Jimmy Blanton 23(!)
Bubber Miley 29
Clifford Brown 25 - duplicate, but worth highlighting
Bunny Berigan 33
Bix Beiderbecke 28
Herschel Evans 30

How about December 18, 1959, Theatre des Champs Elysees.
Art Blakey with Wayne Shorter and Barney Wilen and Lee Morgan, Walter Davis, Jymie Merritt..and Bud Powell.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Jam_Session

Climb aboard. Set a date and destination. Let us know where you're headed. November 9, 1936 Chicago, IL Recording sessions for: Jones-Smith Incorporated Count Basie (piano), Lester Young (tenor sax), Walter Page (bass), Jo Jones (drums), Carl Smith (trumpet) Count Basie And His Orchestra Count Basie...

2015 Summerfest is this weekend. It looks good enough that I'll probably slip out of work and catch a couple of sets. http://summerfest.sanjosejazz.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SJZ_SF15_web-program_final.pdf Hint: don't focus exclusively on the headliners. Full lineup here: http://summerfest.sanjo...

Wow, the board looks different today? New software? or are my eyes and mind failing me?

It was a beautiful day for many of my friends, and I share their reflected joy. And just a few days after the decision on Affordable Care Act...which, after a little direct experience, I couldn't help but support. I wish my wife had been with me to share this week. She would have been overjoyed.