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ABS made a big difference in Bosox game ... inning ending strikeout turned into inning-extending walk, followed immediately by two RBI singles that turned 1-0 game into 3-0 game. I was actually surprised that Cincinnati had challenges left in their half of the 9th, as the strikezone box suggested at least two bad strike calls by the ump. Did they hold off because none of them were strike 3 or on a 3 ball count? Chapman got 3 flyouts and I don't think he got to 3 balls. New world.

Hi Zakk, I applaud your effort to elevate Bickert and document his career ... I can't help you there but I have spent 5 years or so documenting and elevating tenorist Percy France so I can relate. Hopefully there are people here who can help - the one thing I can say is that FB and google were the key elements of my efforts regarding Percy. If you haven't already I would identify musicians who knew Bickert and try to find them on FB. I also found simple searches of "Percy France" brought up posts that led to information about him or Remembrances that I was able to add to the website. And on Google, image and text searches led to a lot of information about festivals and gigs. (And you won't run into the problem that "Percy France" was also an important city during WWII which led to many unhelpful hits!) The interwebs is a pretty remarkable thing. Good luck.

Hope to work my way through this set in the next few days - starting with these 2 discs

On to a long time favorite. Duke Ellington “Jazz Party” Columbia mono LP

Nice

Starting the day with SFJazz Collective “Music of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions: Live in New York 2011 - Season 8” 3 cd set, disc 3. This was a great ensemble, and a great listen.

March 27 Miriam Klein - 1937

This biography and chronology of Johnny Guarnieri became unnoticed to me when it was published in 2019: Review in Syncopated Times: https://syncopatedtimes.com/superstride-a-biography-and-discography-of-johnny-guarnieri/

I have this set--it's a very nice set! Great price.

I saw that first ABS challenge today and didn't mind it. This time.

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Hi everyone, My name is Zakk Jones. I’m a professional jazz guitarist and educator based in Ohio, and I’ve been doing an extensive research project on the life and music of Ed Bickert. A big part of my work is a deep dive into his playing, recordings, and influence—some of which I share on my YouTube channel “Beyond The Frets,” where I’ve posted detailed analyses, transcriptions, and breakdown videos focused specifically on Ed. As part of this project, I’ve conducted many interviews with some of Ed’s closest collaborators and colleagues, but I’m always looking to speak with more people who knew him, worked with him, or heard him regularly. I’m very happy to receive recommendations or introductions to others I should talk to. I’m currently looking to connect with anyone who has personal anecdotes or memories of Ed (on or off the bandstand), photographs, rare or private recordings, radio/TV captures, video, gig posters, or any other related ephemera from across his career. This could include club dates in Canada, tour stops, festival performances, studio sessions, or informal/home recordings. If you’re open to sharing anything—or even just pointing me toward someone who might have materials or stories—I would be very grateful. I’m happy to properly credit any contributions and to discuss how any audio or visual materials might be used or archived. Feel free to reply here, or contact me directly at: edbickertresearch@gmail.com And if you’d like to get a sense of my work and approach, you can find my Ed Bickert content here: https://www.youtube.com/@beyondthefrets/featured Thank you for helping preserve and document Ed’s legacy. —Zakk

Too many shows the last few days / about 7 nights over the past 10 days or so highlights among many: Maria Valencia with Sylvie Courvousier & Chris Corsano Maria with Matt Moran & Brandon Lopez Bill Orcutt trio including Steve Shelley William Winant & Zeena Parkins Brandon Lopez, Mat Maneri & Sun Mi Hong Michael Foster, John Blum, Brandon Lopez & Sun Mi Hong Nate Wooley, Laura Cocks, Brandon Lopez, Hans Young Binter & Carlo Costa Chuck Roth solo

For those curious about the contents of the CD, I dug around and found the track-listing… https://www.discogs.com/release/36500956-Various-100-Miles-The-Classic-Sounds-Of-Miles-Davis-Friends

Here in Europe its night now. 03:40, normal time for me. Played a gig, great gig, people love what they hear and see, and you drive back home. Got my headphones now since my sweethearts became tired and needs some sleep. Have this great thing blastering in my weak ears, and you really FEEL IT. I Mean it feels so great and they all so great. This might be „simple stuff” but there is tons to „learn” from it, even for advanced musicians like me. I think I saw Blakey sittin down at a piano somewhere and he also sang ”For All We Know”. Sure, I have the greatest singer in my band I can imagine, just a dream that girl, but you also love stuff like that, no ?

I have no idea if this is from the same collection but the Ed Hall/James Johnson/Vic Dickenson Mosaic LP box is available on Discogs right now for $25+shipping: https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/4091092210?utm_campaign=sell_email_v4&utm_source=relationship&utm_medium=notif&ev=wh_new&utm_content=feed&utm_aud=0

Rudolph Johnson The Second Coming Kirk Lightsey on keys here.