kenny weir

I'd love to know what your hometown print media jazz coverage is like - anything in daily mainstream papers, local entertainment freebies, lifestyle magazines etc. Are there writers who cover the local scene in your area? Are they knowledgeable and well informed? Or are they a laughing stock? Does your local press just cover the likes of Norah and Diana and so on? Feel free to quote examples!

Impossible, that's exactly what I meant. Interesting responses, though. Re Santana: I think their Borbolotta album is a "lost classic". Re the Grateful Dead: I'm reading Dennis McNally's book at the moment and spent a while trawling various Dead-related sites yesterday. I wasn't appalled to find the band is going on the road, following a few gigs late last year, as the Dead. I am a little disturbed by the fact they're taking Joan Osborne with them. She joins Lesh, the two drummers, Weir and two or three others. I have nothing but respect for the likes of Little Feat, who also went with the female vox thing after a short post-Lowell George stint with Craig Fuller, and the Allmans for just keepin' going. But it seems a little sad the post-Garcia Dead may be going the same route. I'd still love to see/hear one of the shows, though!

I suspect a lot of folks here are like me - when they listen to non-jazz arists they are often, but not always, looking to get a similar buzz from the music. My faves: Bing Crosby (could pass as jazz anyhow) Van Morrison The Grateful Dead Others that come to mind: Steely Dan John Martyn Joni Mitchell Frank Zappa Wynton Marsalis

Lou Donaldson - The natural Soul Donald Byrd - Byrd In hand John Bell Trio - Spirals Whatisname - Hot 5s & 7s Edmond Hall - Profoundly Blue Various - The Blue Note Jazzmen Various - Hot Jazz On Blue Note Mark Simmonds Freeboppers - Fire Jackie McLean - Jacknife Van Morrison - Period Of Transition Bunk Johnson - Bunk's Brass Band

Hear Me Talkin' To ya A Long Strange Trip - Dennis McNally The Complete Stories - Bernard Malamud

Billie Holiday - Columbia box Donald Byrd - Byrd In Hand Horace Silver - Finger Poppin' Jackie Mclean - Jackie's Bag Stefon Harris - The Grand Theory Of Writing Wacko CD Essays Stan getz - The Sound, Proper box Jackie McLean - Jacknife Wardell Gray - Proper box Allan Browne - Collected Works Andrew Robson - On

Good deal! Have you heard his Joe Henderson album?

About 4-5 years ago, Doug Lawrence released a very good organ album - High Heel Sneakers. It was on the Fable Records label, which I think is no more. I think it's now available on another label. Amazon lists it. This isn't a funky organ album, but a really hard-swinging one, with John Webber on bass and Adam Scone on organ, Peter Berstein on guitar. His previous album, a non-organ date called Soul Carnival, was also pretty good.

Heathens!

Big Wheel, Yeah I've wondered about that , too. The numbers of people involved are small, but there's a lot of radio folks involved. Certainly, there's no one else in Australia who plays the same high percentage of BN stuff - old and new - that I do. About one in four shows is nothing but BN. I have no intention of changing my programming because of all this, though. Then, and again the numbers are small but so what?, there were a lot of BNBBers who were/are zealots who seemingly took whatever opportunities offered themselves to turn on rellies, friends, work mates and so on. But to echo other posters on various threads and boards, it's bridge under the water now. It' already a memory. And it seems to me we're all better off.

Hey, I can only vote once! Is this the American way?

Used to be that multi-cultural Melbourne meant I could gobble all kinds of interesting digestibles. Now we're in a new neighborhood I feel like it's more like the real deal - Chinese on one side, Italian on the other. The Chinese folks are gonna take a while to get to know; Maria on the other side is somethin' else. She's already showering us with fresh basil, oregano and tomatoes and even fish stew last night. I figure it's only a matter of a few weeks/days before I can sweet talk her out of her tomato sauce recipe. So how's your neighbors? Good? Bad? Does anyone have folks they can yak jazz with over the fence?

I'm a big fan of Steal Away, a Verve album of duets with Charlie Haden, mostly old spirituals and so on, but also Danny Boy. I have very little of Hank under his own name, but adore what he does on Somethin' Else, especially Autumn Leaves.

Anybody have any predictions/hopes for the new Soulive album, their third for Blue Note and their first live one? I loved their first, Turn It Out; liked just a few bits of the second (Doin' Something on BN); hated the third (also for BN, and the name of which I can't even remember). Turn It Out had some monster grooves. The new, live album is just the trio - so could be it'll be a return to some sort of greasy form.

Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny Can't have too many Kennys!

(There were a couple of threads back you know where, but I'd like to re-start the discussion). I'm listening to this for the first time, on the phones in-office, and I like it. Once more his intro essay makes be brace for a really solemn, ponderous project. I think the best thing to do is read what he has to say and then forget about it and enjoy the music. So far it seems both enjoyable and challenging, with even some pretty decent grooves going on. Interesting instrument lineup, too.

Thanks for the replies. Donald Clarke's Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music was a mainstay for me for many years. I hardly use it these days - I used to have it in the office but took it home a few weeks back, as I now use AMG online for work purposes, as do other work mates. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music is a rarity in terms of general popular music books - it's very strong on jazz (unlike the Virgin equivalent), and also has entries for music styles, record labels and (I think) magazines and so on. Well worth picking up if you see a copy! Chuck, thanks for the online tip for The Rise and Fall of Popular Music.

My ongoing Prez binge has led, inevitably led to a mini-Billie binge. So I dusted off my copy of Billie Holiday by Stuart Nicholson. I bought it years ago and only read a few pages, finding it rather bland. I'm enjoying it this time 'round, all the info is there, I guess - but I'd love to read a bio that really sings in terms of writing style. Anyone read Donald Clarke's Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon? Any others?

Hi you all. Posting here for the first time. Looks great. Been outta the loop for a few days and it seems like there's a lot to digest! (Here and elsewhere). I don't feel obliged to "vote" one way or the other - I'll be cruising around. Let's look on the very bright side - out here in cyber jazz land it seems like we're spoilt for choices. Thanks B3-er for your work setting this up. Sad as it may be to say seeyalater to BNBB, things are moving on and evolving. 'Sfar as I can see AAJ and here and JC will all benefit from all this commotion - as will we all.