Kalo

The best Jazz show I saw all year was the Mingus Big Band, at the Regattabar in Cambridge, MA. I got to meet Sue Mingus, too! A close second was the sparsely attended yet still smoking Pandelis Karayorgis/Jef Charland/Eric Rosenthal Trio at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, MA, (bad weather). Pianist Karayorgis is a deep student of Monk, Tristano, Cecil Taylor, Misha Mengelberg, and others. Charland is a talent to watch on bass.

I've always had the sneaking suspicion that Lateef's reputation as a flautist obscured his prowess as a tenor player. Does anyone have a recommendation for an entry-point to Lateef's recordings?

Exactly why I need to check it out more frequently!

I can hardly wait for Ruben Studdard's Sam Cooke tribute...

No, it's actually rather fun to look this up. Village Vanguard--Stan Getz Quartet Jazz Gallery--Kenny Dorham Village Gate--Randy Weston Half Note--Zoot Sims and Al Cohn Five Spot--Yusef Lateef and Cecil Taylor. Cool! Not a bad week! I pretty much dig all of those guys. Randy Weston is a personal favorite. And Getz, Taylor and Sims are giants. Based on this result, perhaps I should be checking out Lateef, whom I have hitherto ignored (as I'm not a big fan of jazz flute). Thank you! Imagine who else was playing in venues that the New Yorker didn't list! Not to mention the recording sessions on that day!

New recipe tonight. Nothing fancy, but tasty nevertheless. I got the recipe from Joyce Goldstein's book Solo. Polenta with peas and spinach; a bit of butter and hand-grated Parmigiano-Reggiano finish it off. My personal improvisation was adding some crumbled bacon. A mighty tasty one-dish meal. Goldstein says she eats it right out of the saucepan she cooked it in. This one goes into the repertoire.

I check out JerryJazzMusician about every two months. And I get e-mails asking me to check out All About Jazz. I need to check out board-member Nate Dorward's site more frequently.

If you're not already sick of this, kh1958, could you see who was playing on June 6, 1961? Thanks in advance. I should get me that complete New Yorker -- sounds like you could mine that sucker for years!

Glad it worked out despite the scare and inconvenience. Happy Birthday, Jazzshrink!

This is one of my favorite movies, and Criterion truely gave it the royal treatment. Enjoy!! It made a huge impression on me back in high school (circa 1979). I saw it again when it was recently re-released and it held up beautifully. I'm really looking forward to digging into this exhaustive and meaty Criterion presentation of the title.

Finally we can hear the man's un-alloyed genius!

Best live show I saw all year, without a doubt, was the Mingus Big Band at the Regattabar in Cambridge, MA. And the Pandelis Karayorgis/Jef Charland/Eric Rosenthal trio at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge was another highlight for me.

I've been listening to the Andrew Hill Mosaic Select, having recently received it, and there's no doubt in my mind that this would have been the "vault issue" of the year but for the unbelievable finds of the Bird/Diz and Monk/Coltrane. I wonder what will emerge from the vaults in 2006? There's got to be some more amazing stuff in those "Voice of America" tapes at the LOC.

I'll have to check these out , Nate, given that it was your eloquent recommendation that turned me on to Sandke.

Having a Criterion Christmas. Friday night my buddy gave me the 3-disc Criterion Battle of Algiers which we first saw in high school. Amazing movie, still remarkably timely.

I have the un-Enrighted Kilmartin revision of Moncrieff, though would pick up the Enrighted version if I was buying it today, as that seems to be the best available translation according to my research. I do the same thing with poetry as you do, ejp626. It has occurred to me that the same approach might be beneficial when reading novels, as well: different "angles" on the book, so to speak. I read the Constance Garnett Crime and Punishment years ago, but I'll read the recent Pevear & Volokhonsky translation next time around. I read the Ciardi translation as my first Dante as well. It seems to be out of favor at the moment. When my book group read the Pinsky translation of The Inferno, I re-read the Ciardi alongside it (whatever you think of the translation, the Ciardi has great footnotes). Which new translation of Dante are you referring to? Seemingly every time I go into a bookstore, I see yet another new translation of Dante.

Frank Hewitt Gary McFarland Willie "The Lion" Smith Hasaan Ibn Ali ("The Legendary") Randy Sandke Cymande and Organissimo! Pretty much all because of this board.

You mean you like High and Low more than The Seven Samurai? Seven Samurai's great, but on the whole I do like the modern-dress flicks better. I loved High and Low since I first saw it on the big screen in a sparkling, new-minted print. Never seen The Seven Samurai with a better than ok print, and then there's the issue of bathroom breaks...

So you bought THREE Selects, but the regular Mosaics are "way too spendy"?? Hey, that should be perfectly logical for readers of this board! Makes sense to me, ya gotta spend a lot now to save $15 later! Or something like that! Hey, I got three different sets from three different artists for the price of one regular Mosaic, plus I saved that hypothetical $15! It's not logical, I know, but it just seems more satisfying...

I've read Powell's Dance to the Music of Time twice now, and I have mixed feelings about it. It'll be interesting to read your take on the books. I would compare the writing more to Waugh instead of Trollope or Galsworthy, Powell has that cynical touch about characters and situations that reminds me of EW. I've been meaning to get to Powell's Dance to the Music of Time for a while, but I'm waiting at least until I finish Proust (I'm actually almost 2/3rds done, but it could be another year or so before I finish). Matthew, your feelings about Powell are unmixed enough for you to have read the Dance to the Music of Time sequence twice, so I'll take that as a recommendation.

Looks like I'll have to check this one out, Stefan, as I'm one of the few people I know who prefer Kurosawa's films set in contemporary times to the Samurai films (though, of course, I like those too).

Used to be one of my favorite movies, though I haven't seen it for years. The reviews I've seen on this DVD are glowing. Apparently it's a top-notch digital transfer with amazing sound. I might have to get this. I just scored a couple of used Criterions the other day: Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes and Lubitsch's Heaven Can Wait. And I couldn't resist springing for a brand-spanking-new (though discounted) Le Samourai.

I received the Reece Select in the mail today! Just finished listening to disc 2. Now listening to Andrew Hill Select, Disc 2. This set came in the same package. As did the Art Pepper Select, disc 2 of which will be up next.

By the way, I just got the Andrew Hill, Art Pepper, and Dizzy Reece Selects in the mail today.