Dmitry

Are you Pete C[herches] from the Jazz Corner? Then yes, absoultely, I remember. How are you? I've got to browse the schedule. It kinda slipped my mind. Any particular recommendations? Yesterday's Ornette Coleman tribute at the Merkin Hall was incredible. I wish you guys were there. Roswell Rudd Scott Robinson Greg Cohen Herlin Riley and in the 2nd half a special guest - Wynton Marsalis I'm no fan of Winnie, but holy smokes, it was good. Photos are coming up.

It sounds almost anti-climactic. Sunday, you say? I've got to make my reservation. Is your missis coming to? In that case I'll have to bring mine.

Watch out. That's a head-hunter territory. Buy a good quality keris blade when you land. Don't part with it. Don't trust anyone.

Flea and Keidis of RedHotChiliPeppers went to Borneo for some off-beaten track fun. The first night in the jungle an indigenous [i.e. blood-sucking malaria-carrying]insect crawled in Keidis's ear and that was the end of that trip.

My bad.

I can't fathom what the music'll sound like tomorrow. Ornette must've played some dixie in his New Orleans days for sure.

So does this one -

A dream? More light a nightmare. 20+ minutes of it.

Boy, you guys are jaded... Perhaps The traditional Dixieland jazz band means the instrumentation, not the personel..

Yep, I've had that announcement on the wall in my so-called private office for more than a month now. Guess I'm going. Will write an amateur review after I come back. Along with some amateur photos.

Uh-oh. I've been "outed". Spinning the BST 84175 -- Empyrean Isles. Sounds great!

Wow, you got one of those double-deckers. I heard about those.

Thank you, lads. I forgot about the AAJ. It is indeed more or less comprehensive.

AMG provides concert listings? Since when?

I used to check jazznewyork.org, and it was very reliable and informative. Unfortunately that site hasn't been updated since February, so now I'm on the lookout for another site. What's a good place to check for gigs nowadays?

D, good for her. I wish I still had my grandparents, cherish the time with her my friend. Ain't that the truth. She lost her first husband in June of 1941, he was an artillery officer, went mia on the 3rd day of the war. My mom was born in September of 41 on a train, under the German bombs. Luckly she married again; her 2nd husband died in in 1983 from an old war wound. She now lives with her older[!] sister, across the street from me. There's something about these people...after all that they persevered I always remind myself of how insignificant all my daily bull-s@#t problems really are.

That's funny. I picked up a Stuff Smith box there last week, with nothing inside. Yeah, did you stuff the box with other OOP LPs? I wish I had the time. In these situations one must move really fast.

That's funny. I picked up a Stuff Smith box there last week, with nothing inside.

My grandma took her US citizenship test when she was 81 y.o. She came to this country when she was in her mid-70s, never spoke a word of English before, studied on her own for a year to become a US citizen. She's going to be 90 next year. Her name is Ida Guzman and her mind is as clear as it ever been. Pray for her.

That's very good. I might be tempted [heck, I AM tempted], but what does the music sound like? Indo-Jazz or Abstract?

Randy Weston. Hands down. I'll be there.

Yes on all counts. I took my then teenage cousin to see Mike Stern and Bob Berg, ordered a Sprite for him. A glass of fucking Sprite cost $5. Beers are at least $8, and I'm talking Miller Lite here. Sets usually run only about 50 min. or so and then the staff is eager to kick everybody out to shove in the next crowd of the Japanese tourists. I hate that friggin place, plain and simple. New York institution my ass.

I selectively listend to it for about 20 minutes in a record store about a month ago. Nicely recorded blowing session. I can see that it will apppeal to some, but nothing wowlicious, imo.

I don't know about CDs, but CD booklets sure are affected by age. I have noticed that paper in few of mine has gotten yellower and lost some of its lustre, especially the glossy paper. Nothing really terrible, but since we are having this conversation..