This came up when browsing eMusic. Not quite sure what they were after here:

http://cf-images.emusic.com/music/images/album/157/656/15765601/600x600.jpg http://cf-images.emusic.com/music/images/album/158/690/15869077/600x600.jpg http://cf-images.emusic.com/music/images/album/158/812/15881243/600x600.jpg A few recent additions that I have been enjoying. I think Bird Calls is...

Some pretty interesting insights into Mark Turner from the perspective of other musicians. http://www.musicandliterature.org/features/2015/7/15/every-single-tree-in-the-forest-mark-turner-as-seen-by-his-peers-part-one http://www.musicandliterature.org/features/2015/7/18/every-single-tree-in-the-fore...

Thanks for the heads up.

As for my transcription project, the beauty of being a hack hobbyist is that nobody has any expectations. I plan to go at this a little at a time and try to enjoy the process. No rush for me.

I'm about to attempy something that I haven't done before, that is transcribing a solo from a recording. I am going to attempt to transcribe Frank Foster's solo from Monk's We See on the 1954 album "Monk". So, I am at the point of listening to the tune over and over. I already have the tun...

I had to laugh today, Phil Dwyer who is one of the top saxophonists in Canada, posted in Facebook "get me a young Joey Alexander!". He followed that with, that's all great until you need someone to co-sign on the rental van agreement.

I don't know how an 11 year old can play like this, but he seems like the real deal.

Those who care probably already know but hatOLOGY / The Orchard is now up to 135 selections. I just took Joe Maneri Quartet's "Tenderly." Next is likely Max Nagl, Steven Bernstein, Noël Akchoté, Bradley Jones - "Big Four." They seem to be adding more, up to 179. I'm filling ...

An interesting discussion with Chris Potter, touching on practice routines, performance etc.

Thanks for that Ellery. Hope to someday hear you play in person.

We're up here in a city that probably has less population than one building in NYC, so it all seems a bit scary to us. I'm sure it won't be an issue.

Ben posted on facebook that his mother isn't well and that he needs to attend to that.

Here's a question for Ellery and/or anyone else who may know. I see that Harris Eisenstadt has a residency at the Stone for the first week of September, just wondering if you will be one of the "special guests" listed for later in the week? He lists two trio dates with the other two trio m...

Dave Liebman posted this on facebook:

New post on Ellery's blog


I know I'm a bit of a fan-boy with our friend Ellery, so be it. Here's the latest from his blog, some interesting perspectives on evolving personal reactions to music:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sxK6BwUCSpc/VK3w71a4IzI/AAAAAAAAAZg/mtc3CeDkSSY/s1600/Hannaford.jpg Marc Hannaford - piano Scott Tinkler - Trumpet Ellery Eskelin - Sax Tom Rainey - Drums I missed this release last year, but caught onto it from Ellery's blog http://elleryeskelin.blogspot.ca/ . This is som...

I love Harris Eisenstadt, have you heard his trio with Ellery Eskelin and Angelica Sanchez - the September Trio? The most recent release, "The Destructive Element" was one of my favourite releases of 2014.

Some interesting additions for you Tom, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the heads up Chazro, just got the album and am enjoying it right now.

A blast from the 80s - The Lounge Lizards!

Congrats Ron!! Looks like a grand way to celebrate.

Yeah, I should've guessed as much. On the other hand, I'm not so sure that the Daily Show is really the genesis of that problem. Network News was becoming overly concerned with ratings long before Jon Stewart went on the air. Mainstream journalism is really a joke.

Looks like an interesting project:

I don't know Mr. Stephens, but I've heard his music. Apparently, he has a rare kidney disorder and needs a transplant. As a result his gigging income has been seriously curtailed and he is having some financial difficulties. Here is a crowdfunding initiative that I heard about from Oran Etkins Faceb...

Ben Goldberg's Orphic Machine from 2012. An album is set to be released later this month. On notable difference between this band and the one on the album is that Nels Cline will be on guitar on the album.

If journalists can't tell the difference between journalism and comedy I'm not sure how that's Jon Stewart's fault.