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Because reading the initial post was a strain on my old eyeballs: Almost two decades ago, Union Square Hospitality Group set out on a pioneering journey to marry authentic pit barbecue with great jazz in New York City with the opening of Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard in NYC’s Flatiron neighborhood. It is with great sadness that USHG shares that Blue Smoke Flatiron and Jazz Standard will not be reopening on 27th Street. While our physical doors may be shut, our passion to serve and entertain lives on and we are optimistic about the future and writing the next chapter of Jazz Standard. In the meantime, the club is hosting exclusive artist conversations and performances virtually. Thank you to our team members, our guests, and the city of New York for embracing Jazz Standard and supporting us throughout the years.

In a 2018 interview, Quincy Jones said that the work was based on an example in Nicolas Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns. Jones stated, "Everyone thinks Coltrane wrote that, he didn’t. It’s Slonimsky. That book started all the jazz guys improvising in 12-tone. Coltrane carried that book around till the pages fell off". Marchese, David (February 7, 2018). "In Conversation: Quincy Jones". Vulture.

J Morello (d) P Woods (as) G Burton (vib) J Bunch (p) G Cherico (b). On #1,5,7 & 9, add: N Travis, E Royal, D Severinsen, C Terry (tp) B Brookmeyer, U Green, R Hixson (tb) H Phillips (tub). 1962 RCA LSP-2486; 2014 RCA (J) SICP 4257.

The Jazz Foundation of America will continue its fundraising efforts on behalf of musicians affected by the pandemic with “BIRD CALLS,” on Thursday, December 10th, a livestream celebrating the centennial of saxophonist, composer, and legendary musical innovator Charlie “Yardbird” Parker. The two-hour all-star show – recorded at the Brooklyn Bowl in New York, Vibrato Grill in Los Angeles, and the New Orleans Jazz Museum observing strict health safety protocols – will benefit the JFA’s COVID-19 Musicians’ Emergency Fund , established in March to provide direct financial assistance to musicians and families affected by the pandemic to help cover basic living expenses like rent, groceries, and utility bills. BIRD CALLS - Thurs, Dec. 10, at 8 p.m. EST (Replay at 8 p.m. PST.) VIEW HERE

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Where I come from, the phrase is "from stem to stern".

Yeah well, I tried. Shows you how much a Berklee education is worth.

I certainly hear what you hear, but the chord progressions for both songs is very similar. Stompin' follows the traditional A-A-B-A form, while Cherokee is a modified A1-A2-B-A2 progression.

"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear." Edmund Burke

Happy Birthday, Lou! Someone here told me you might prefer this to a cake.

That's a helluva fluke you got there!

Political spreader event held in New Hampshire yesterday. Perhaps they should change the state motto to "live free or die (stupid)".

From the label's description: Neatly summing up the collection in an interview with Weeds, the band leader’s student and self-defined disciple Eric Alexander succinctly sums up The George Coleman Quintet in Baltimore: “It’s about the music and the music is f___ing great.”

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Universal Mask Wearing Could Save Some 130,000 Lives In The U.S., Study Suggests

with Joe Lovano, Tom Harrell, Drew Gress ...

This new reissue is vinyl only, so why does the Pure Pleasure website feature the cover of a CD release?

Free tacos!!!

This is a great Game 7.