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Solo piano by David Newton at a friend's house. Here's a clip of last month's gig at the same venue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0JI_z2Ytn0

Good!

Yes, Kelly's Monk biography. Wikipedia says that she permanently rented a suite at the Hotel Stanhope on Fifth Avenue, but that following Parker's death there, she was asked to leave by the hotel management and relocated to the Bolivar Hotel at 230 Central Park West. I'm not familiar with the Bolivar Hotel. Was it the basis for the title of Monk's "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are"? According to Wikipedia, yes. If things had played out differently, we might have had "Jumpin' at the Stanhope"!

The Rabbit The Kid The Brute

Jazz is a language which was once generally known, but is now known only by a few elderly survivors from an earlier era. The general public react to it as they do to other languages they don't know - with incomprehension, bewilderment and annoyance. Recently scholars have take an interest in this language and it will undoubtedly be preserved in academe and even learnt by a few scholar musicians in the future.

Probably listening to stuff that numbs their brains and senses so they don't have to feel or think. I have my earbuds in at the moment and I'm listening to Charlie Parker.

Yes, Kelly's Monk biography. Wikipedia says that she permanently rented a suite at the Hotel Stanhope on Fifth Avenue, but that following Parker's death there, she was asked to leave by the hotel management and relocated to the Bolivar Hotel at 230 Central Park West.

Not Wynton Marsalis in Caracas

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/12/us-jazz-musician-wynton-marsalis-cancels-concerts-venezuela

(My old school colleague) Arthur Brown The Firebird Ralph Burns

Very true, John L. (Just the same here.) The only young people getting a taste for jazz nowadays are the tiny handful who learn about it on music education courses in colleges and universities.

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In that case I probably account for 0.2% of Spotify listening.

Clyde Hart The Dear Leader John Doe

The more or less parallel figures the article quotes for jazz and classical music listening closely resemble those in a British article of a couple of years ago which went on to point out the enormous disparity in classical's favour of Arts Council funding for the two musics.

Must have been around that time that I saw him perform with Evans in a Frankfurt club ... I saw him in Feb 1978 with a 13 piece Evans orchestra (Ernie Royal, Hannibal Peterson, Pete Levin, John Clark, Dave Sanborn, Arthur Blythe, George Adams, Bob Stewart, Masambumi Kikuchi, Herb Bushler and Sue Evans). Perhaps you saw him with this smaller group in Oct 1978: Yes that was the band! George Adams and Don Pate were late, so Pete Levin played bass on his MiniMoog until Pate was ready to plug in. Very loose gig, Evans tinkling along at the piano, while Soloff made numerous jokes and grimaces with the other horn players. But Gerry Niewood was the man of the evening, he played his heart out. Thanks for bringing back the memories by posting that cover! They seemed very loose too in the large Evans orchestra in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, in contrast with far more disciplined outfits like the Basie New Testament band which I also saw there. Similarly, you can hear an Evans band getting going bit by bit in various places on the Live at Sweet Basil sessions.

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Happy Birthday, Paul!

Congratulations on making Jane's acquaintance. Additional pleasures await. I had a mind to read through her novels (it's been a while) after "Clarissa," since Austen was a fan of Samuel Richardson's writings, and I thought it would be fun to trace connections or influences. I may still do that, especially as I picked up a set of Austen's Oxford Illustrated pb edition of the novels at a library sale. I believe I've read 3: Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility (probably). I plan on reading or rereading all her novels, more or less in order, though I would recommend Northanger Abbey to be read first. It is in many ways her first novel, which she later re-edited and improved after the success of her intervening novels. I actually don't care that much for Northanger Abbey, and think the pleasures of the later novels far outweigh it, so you probably don't want that to be the last Austen novel you read. I have never read Austen for pleasure, but always on academic courses, both as learner and teacher. I recall that passages from her novels were masterpieces (if I can use that term in the context) of perfectly judged prose and it's at this level that I most appreciated her. As for her plots, I found it difficult to remember the tiny (trivial) details and only managed to teach her with the aid of a (carefully concealed) plot summary. I found some support for my misgiving from a university tutor of mine who pointed out that the biggest event to happen in Austen's oeuvre was a fall from a wall a few feet high. He also found her prissy and said that after reading her, he felt like "taking a bath in Rabelais." I much prefer her forerunners in the development of the English novel, in particular Fielding. Joseph Andrews is marvellous. I think there is room for all, especially Austen, but that quote about Rabelais is hilarious! I probably did not get around to Joseph Andrews, but I did read Tom Jones in my salad days. Would be nice to get through it again (and Joseph Andrews), but I'm not making any such commitments at the moment... A word of encouragement - Joseph Andrews is about a third of the length of Tom Jones.

Congratulations on making Jane's acquaintance. Additional pleasures await. I had a mind to read through her novels (it's been a while) after "Clarissa," since Austen was a fan of Samuel Richardson's writings, and I thought it would be fun to trace connections or influences. I may still do that, especially as I picked up a set of Austen's Oxford Illustrated pb edition of the novels at a library sale. I believe I've read 3: Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility (probably). I plan on reading or rereading all her novels, more or less in order, though I would recommend Northanger Abbey to be read first. It is in many ways her first novel, which she later re-edited and improved after the success of her intervening novels. I actually don't care that much for Northanger Abbey, and think the pleasures of the later novels far outweigh it, so you probably don't want that to be the last Austen novel you read. I have never read Austen for pleasure, but always on academic courses, both as learner and teacher. I recall that passages from her novels were masterpieces (if I can use that term in the context) of perfectly judged prose and it's at this level that I most appreciated her. As for her plots, I found it difficult to remember the tiny (trivial) details and only managed to teach her with the aid of a (carefully concealed) plot summary. I found some support for my misgiving from a university tutor of mine who pointed out that the biggest event to happen in Austen's oeuvre was a fall from a wall a few feet high. He also found her prissy and said that after reading her, he felt like "taking a bath in Rabelais." I much prefer her forerunners in the development of the English novel, in particular Fielding. Joseph Andrews is marvellous.

Must have been around that time that I saw him perform with Evans in a Frankfurt club ... I saw him in Feb 1978 with a 13 piece Evans orchestra (Ernie Royal, Hannibal Peterson, Pete Levin, John Clark, Dave Sanborn, Arthur Blythe, George Adams, Bob Stewart, Masambumi Kikuchi, Herb Bushler and Sue Evans). Perhaps you saw him with this smaller group in Oct 1978:

Let's pause a moment in this discussion to hear some music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0xzTTlX_a4

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