Ken Dryden

I wrote the liner notes for the 80th Birthday limited edition 2 LP set. Supposedly the label was only going to press the number of copies that were purchased in advance. I was sent two bonus tracks that were to be included, but only one ended up being included. I am not a fan of bashing the Marsalis family, although I think the patriarch’s compositions stick in mind more than any of his sons’s songs. I have seen both Branford and Wynton in concert and they played diverse, enjoyable sets.

Is Ray Drummond still active? I can't remember the last time I saw him on a recording.

Andre 3000’s piano playing should be taken about as seriously as Hunter Biden’s paintings. Andre 3000 sounds like the name of a low budget sci-fi flick.

Andre3000’s piano playing should be taken about as seriously as Hunter Biden’s paintings.

The difference is that Charles Mingus could both play piano and compose, he chose to focus on the bass. Many artists played piano as a second instrument, including Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, Stephane Grappelli, Phil Woods and Dizzy Gillespie, for starters. Mulligan played piano exclusively when he appeared on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, while Grappelli, Woods and Gillespie doubled on it when they were guests on the show. Phil Woods appeared on Piano Jazz twice, though he only played piano on some selections on his second visit, which was a special fundraising edition.

Reading labels and counting carbs through measuring or following the package guidelines help a lot. Eating more fiber slows down glucose entering the bloodstream. When you eating out, there are online apps for many restaurant menus. I pretty much avoid fried food except for the rare Chik-Fil-A sandwich, I'm trying to phase out bread unless it is high fiber.

I will pass on Andre 3000 without sampling him. Just the name reminds me of someone who is trying to get attention who isn't deserving of my time.

Your liver produces glucose if you don't consume enough carbs, maybe okay in the short run, but it isn't good for the liver to be overtaxed like that on a regular basis. I'm going to wait and see what happens. Certain types of exercise are a bit hard due to arthritis and issues with both shoulders, which means any weight lifting has to remain at lower weights, when I do go to the gym. But I agree with Pim, trying to magically use pills or even shots to take off weight doesn't seem to be a great long term solution. It's better to watch what you eat, get moving and burn it off. After a high A1c a few years ago, I dropped my weight from around 240 to 192, though I felt that weight left me consistently hungry, all I did was cut down on carbs, eat more fiber and stay active. My doctor agreed around 210 was a healthy weight for me at my age.

This past week I saw a dietician, who gave me a lot more insight into how the body reacts to food intake. I learned that if you skimp too much on carbohydrates at dinner, you can end up with a higher glucose reading in the morning, due to the liver putting out glucose if not enough carbs were consumed. At least my preference for filet mignon over ribeyes and frequent meals of grilled salmon work in my favor. As for hunger pangs, try snacking on high fiber vegetables, like celery, carrots and almonds. You can add peanut butter to the celery, but watch for added sugars, best are natural varieties, though they are a pain to stir.

Most public radio stations lack the storage space for donations of large music collections, they would likely sell it off. If my station received one and sold it, the university would get the proceeds, not the station, they would consider it a surplus equipment sale. Maybe the Institute Fir Jazz Studies at Rutgers or East Stroudsberg University would be interested in donations.

He walked me through the menu then suggested unplugging the HDMI cables connecting the tv and blu-ray to the receiver. Then try hooking each one separately to test it. So far, no issues.

I called the Denon support line and the tech was very helpful with suggestions. So far, I've had the receiver on for several hours without incident.

I don't remember if it has been mentioned, but there are numerous misspelled names in the recent Art Tatum biography published last fall. If the index creator had known jazz, he or she would have likely caught most of them. In house editors who know jazz at publishers seem to be rare these days. Stuart Nicholson's books have also been full of spelling mistakes, especially his bio of Ella Fitzgerald. Raymond Horricks' book had a real howler. He was starting a pice on someone born in Lynchburg, Virginia, then threw in "Home of Jack Daniels." I guess this British author's drink was scotch.

Bill Evans never claimed to have written “Nardis,” though he recorded it with Cannonball Adderley and made it a staple of his repertoire. It seems to have started being credited as the pianist’s composition on bootleg LPs of the seventies, sometimes as well on later legitimate releases. I’ve caught a number of liner note errors by Mark Gardner over the years, the worst being confusing John Coltrane’s “Locomotion” with being written by Thelonious Monk, who wrote an unrelated piece called “Locomotive.” I previously read Lewis Porter’s account of labels assigning Miles credit for works he didn’t write and it depends who is doing the research at the label for a release. Even Resonance has messed up on a few song titles and composer credits, as we have seen. Clark Terry was credited with writing “Wham” on one release and he confirmed to me that it was not his work.