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Yep, I totally agree. Watching Jeff Hamilton is just pure joy. And if you watch closely, they also have a lot of admiration for Krall - smiling and nodding at a lot of the stuff she plays. I like her CDs, all of them. The newest one btw, as announced for 2004, is supposed to be more soul/pop oriented. Would fit her career so far. Cheers!

Classic Jazz 2004 Calendar Cover: "A failure as a piano player after studying eight years, Chuck Stewart never lost his love of music. Through his skills in photography, Stewart has captured--in a forty-year-plus career--the mystique of the jazz musician. Raised in Tucson, Stewart earned a fine arts degree in photography from Ohio University; after graduating, he worked with Herman Leonard in New York, shooting portraits of the likes of Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, and Charlie Parker and hanging out at the jazz clubs. Each of Stewart's vibrant portraits, is accompanied by a biographical sketch of the musician. Among the musicians are Nat Adderley, Thelonious Monk, and Betty Carter. Birthdays of jazz greats are noted each month. 12 X 13" wall calendar; opens to 12 X 26"."

I can only add this - hope it helps: "Money Jungle" by Duke Ellington, Blue Note CDP 7 46398 2 [Duke Ellington (piano) Charles Mingus (bass) Max Roach (drums)], September 17, 1962, Sound Makers, New York City. Found the info while doing some research and remembered your post. Cheers!

I stumbled across this by accident when looking for some quick info on William P. Gottlieb for a news item on my site. Link to the index: J a z z - P a s s i o n This is a French site (just click on the blue links if confused ) - check out the scans (they're not earth-shaking, but a nice find all the same). Here are three of the many I like ...: Count Basie: Sonny Rollins: Monk: Cheers!

Great book. It is very detailed, but it wasn't Atlantic Monthly Best Book of 2001 for nothin'. Pick it up at powells.com (direct link to the book; select version on the right at the price you're willing to pay) for under $10 (new, sale). I buy most of my second-hand stuff there (and I live in Germany, and it's still cheap). I'm looking forward to the second volume. If it's anything as exhaustive as this one, we're in for a real treat.

Thanks AfricaBrass! It actually is a labor of love. I just have so much stuff flying around here (CDs, LPs, books, magazines, etc.), I could write up a storm if I had the time. deus62/jazz has only been around for a short while. Previously I ran a blog under that address which covered music in general (and got far too broad in scope to update in any serious manner). I do listen to lots of stuff (anything from Mussorgsky to Audioslave, from Seeed [Germany's, nay, Europe's best 'riddim' ... switch to English at the top right of their main page] to reissues of the 70s [universal Deluxe Editions], and much, much more]. But jazz music in all shapes and colors has always been my first love (well, exclude that headbanger phase end 70s, begining 80s). The only problem I have with my site at the moment is that some of the pages (the Thigpen profile and the timeline page you mentioned) easily exeed 100kb. I have no problems with that because most of my readers are geeks with Apple and PC powerhouses on/underneath their desks, but it might scare off the average user. Still, my CMS is easier to handle and the site much easier to update if I keep things the way they are. Oh, btw, I've quickly added a link to the organissimo forum to the link page anyway for now. That whole section will be redone whenever the next version of the CMS I use comes out (that would be pMachine by Rick Ellis, a wonderful program which is also available in a nearly unlimited free version ... check it out). Currently, I have to tweak around quite a bit to get the pages to look the way I want them to look, but the next version of pMachine will address many of the issues and I will be able to do a lot more (complicated) stuff. And, no, I'm not paid by Rick for the ad. I just love the program, as do many other users who have some great sites out there. Cheers!

If you ever do come to Europe, definetely add Germany to your list. Lots of jazz fans here and lots of good clubs all over the country, often run by very dedicated people. I live near a city called "Karlsruhe" which has several excellent clubs with both internationally renowned acts and up-and-coming bands. I know of several other clubs west and north of here which would be equally suitable. If you ever do plan to come to Europe, make sure to contact any European members of this board way in advance. The clubs I know here in Germany (I also know quite a bit in Scandinavia where I lived for some years) book way early (6 months and more prior to the show). Cheers! Just thought of this: Whenever I'm in Copenhagen, I check out this guy: Kjeld Lauritsen (Oops. Stupid frameset link doesn't work. Select Denmark on the left and you're almost there). He's just damn good, often teams up with Bob Rockwell (sax) and just does a cool live show. Last time I saw him he still had a band called "The Organizers" which frequently plays the circuit (f.ex. the LaFontaine jazz club and different venues at the annual Copenhagen Jazz Festival). Another image: Kjeld Lauritzen

Will do. The link page is temporary ... I'm redoing that part using a database. When I'm done, this forum will certainly be listed. Cheers!

Thanx! Shall do. I've been reading along here for quite a while already ... Cheers!

Hello everyone, I don't know if this is the right place, although it seems to fit, but I thought you might want to have a look at deus62/jazz, my own jazz site on the Net. The latest additions are a lengthy profile of Ed Thigpen and a longer review of the London House Sessions. This month's featured year on the timeline is 1929 (100+ kb and growing ...). You can also drop by via the homepage which provides links to other sections of the site. I hope you don't mind this post (advertising your own stuff is never really a good idea), but do drop by. Cheers!