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Renee Rosnes and many other musicians donated, so I joined them. Someone on a jazz guitar forum I take part in looked up Katherine Burrell's address, and it's the same as Kenny's. Even if it's a fake, I owe him too much to not donate.

One of his greatest achievements was his reign as Station Manager of WBAI, the Pacifica station in NYC. During his tenure, it was the leading cultural institution in the arts, sciences and politics, and he brought many of the greatest minds of the times to the airwaves of its listening area. RIP, Chris.

All I know is that every time I post in the Misc. Music section, all the recordings I posted of myself playing in a pianist's quartet get bundled with whatever I'm posting, and I can't erase them like I could easily do with text. One member accused me of being a publicity hound because of this. Another member dismissed the same post (on Trane's size) as being 'crass'. I can only assume that he thought I was referring to the size of something other than Trane's height... As much as ORG is a goldmine of misunderstanding, I was recently invited by DISCOG to participate as an expert in a database discussion of jazz pianist Bob Harris, due to posts I made here concerning him. How could you not be fascinated by a pianist who worshiped Ray Charles, went on the road with him for a few years (and probably shot up with him), yet still referred to him as 'that genius n-word"...

I don't think so, because it happens weeks or months after I've made a post on another subject. All my posts get bundled together, for no reason I can think of.

Every time I post something in the 'Miscellaneous Music' category, a bunch of my previous posts get melded into one big post, like the OP posted about. Is there any way to edit out the old posts (which contain links to youtube) and delete them?

He had a huge painting of a dollar bill on his living room wall, it is said...

He was mentioned in the Big Band/Swing episode of Ken Burns' Jazz documentary. I mean, if Ken Burns, Wynton and Stanley Crouch called him Swing, he must be Swing, right?

This should probably go under this topic: https://dailybonnet.com/jazz-festival-accidentally-books-jazz-artist/

There's a strong triggering effect of some words that really turn people off. I was just banned for a week from another music forum, because I wanted to start a discussion about the Firesign Theater. I thought of the funniest thing I could think of for the title of my post, and I came up with "Commie Martyrs High School". The A-hole moderators thought I was trying to start a political thread!

Sad to hear, RIP...

Yeah, sounds good to me...

It's Mingus' birthday today. They just played the 1964 Town hall Concert w/ Dolphy,Coles, Jordan, Byard, Richmond and CM. Great stuff!!!!

Horrible tragedy. Many statues were off-site undergoing restoration. The cathedral itself was undergoing renovation.

The trio performances will be at 7:00pm.

Tune into 99.5 FM to hear the 6th annual jazz piano competition, open to pianists 18-25 years old. From 2:00pm to ?. Some great young pianists, like Michael Orenstein from Berkeley (who opened the show) playing first in solo performances, and then trio performances backed by Adam Nussbaum and Mike Richmond.

I just finished "Intermission" by Owen Martell, a Welsh novelist, who wrote a short (168 pages) novel about Bill Evans. It takes place in the time (1961) immediately after Scott La Faro was killed in that car accident in upstate NY. Evans is in mourning throughout the entire book, and barely speaks a word. It's told from the viewpoints of four different people; Harry Evans Jr., Bill's brother, Mary Evans, Bill's mother, Harry Evans Sr., Bill's father, and finally a short coda featuring Bill Evans. The writing is very good, but it mostly involves the life of Evans' father, a Welsh immigrant, and the lives of Bill's brother Harry. The parts concerning Bill Evans mainly center on his interior life, not his music. Paul Motian and Chuck Israels are briefly mentioned, but don't expect much about Evans' career in this poetic, introspective novel.

Recorded in the pianist's living room: Straight from the pianist's living room Here's another thing we recorded in the pianist's living room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NgpHC1FGpc&feature=youtu.be I finally convinced the pianist to check out some of the great tunes that Raksin wrote in some of the films he scored. This one isn't as well known as "Laura", but is more sophisticated melodically, harmonically and rhythmically. A casual listener might think it's a cocktail piano tune, but a more attentive listener might appreciate the unorthodox contour of the melody, the irregular harmonic rhythm, and the skillful use of counterpoint. In Raksin's autobiography (available only in electronic form), he relates the time he played it for Andre Previn, before it was scored for the film. Previn reacted very negatively to it, saying something like, "What the hell is that? You're not going to use that for the film, are you?" When the film came out, Previn heard the melody again, and fell in love with it. Raksin told him it was the same tune he played for him that day in his house. It's been recorded by a number of people, Charlie Haden, Barry Galbraith, Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Evans, and others, but it's never really caught on as a 'standard'. It was sung by Mark Murphy and Finestein, but I'd rather not think about that now... Hopefully, can get it together enough to make an album of Raksin's tunes(instead of the same old standards our fearless leader insists on playing) I've transcribed from the films, and some other rarities by film composers like Goldsmith and Williams, but it's his Yamaha Grand and recording equipment, so we're pretty much at his mercy.

Glad you fixed that post. The Grasso Brothers are total mothers.I was listening to Luigi on Small's Live, and got so excited by his playing, I had fantasies of going down to Smalls and shoving $20 bills down the bell of his alto as he was playing. I wound up making the only donation to Small's I ever made. I love Pasquale's solo guitar bag. He's like a combination of Bud Powell and Art Tatum on that thing.

I just heard from a friend of his that he passed away April 2. He was the pianist/arranger/composer for Woody Herman back in the mid 80s, and was Rosemary Clooney's accompanist/musical director for nineteen years. He appears on a bunch of Concord records with Scott Hamilton, also. Both he and a pianist friend of mine played in Jimmy Giuffre's band at NYU, and studied with Don Friedman. RIP...

Agreed. I just saw "Shoplifters", another excellent Asian film. Korea and Japan seem to have been making the best films for quite a while. I can't even count the number of great Korean films I've seen in the last four years. From "The Wailing" to "Memories of Murder' to "A Tale of Two Sisters", it just goes on and on. In Japan, my favorite filmmaker is Shion Sono. I've seen almost every film he's made, and I have yet to see one that is even mediocre.

I saw him play "Zee Zee" with the Gil Evans Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in the early 70s. An unforgettable, powerful experience. A good example of how much more powerful the experience of live music is than recordings. I picked up the Richard Davis LP he played on, and then his orchestra album. I remember seeing Tom Harrell and Jerry Tillitz play at a club in LI, when they had both just been released from Pilgrim State Hospital. TH was burning back then. I started talking to him about trumpet players on the break, and I mentioned all the standard guys, Brownie, Hubbard, Farmer etc..., and he just kept looking down, not saying anything. Then, when I mentioned Hannibal, he got all excited, and started raving about him.

The Master and Margerita

As if all his vocal recordings weren't enough, he also scored three feature films with some extraordinary music:

Very sad to hear. You never knew what he was going to do next. From a session bass player, to a top 40 teen idol, to a jazz record producer, to a Jacques Brel interpreter, to a powerful singer of imaginative contemporary songs with wild orchestral arrangements, to expressionistic, avant garde art song creations; he never stopped changing. My last memory of him will be whacking a dead piece of meat in a freezer for one of his later pieces in the documentary on him. He was so supportive of the jazz musicians that worked with him, that his guitarist/ MD, Terry Smith, got a phone call one day in 1967 to show up at a studio in a few days, and was greeted by a big band of top UK jazz session players, gathered to record Smith's first jazz LP for Phillips Records, "Fallout"- produced and paid for by Walker! RIP, Mr. Walker...

Yeah. I don't know why, but this board lumps all of my posts together. I got confused when I looked at it, and it's my post!