Ken Dryden

I have up mowing my lawn the year after we moved into our current house and donated my mower. But we have a lot of stuff after 45 years together, even without the music. What the heck, possessions are only temporary, they end up in others’ hands or in the landfill. Off to Goodwill and the used book/music store soon.

I once told a dentist that if I got any more porcelain in my mouth, I would have to rinse with Ty-D-Bol. The big challenge is when to stop acquiring stuff, I don't want to leave my heirs with too much stuff to dispose of after I'm gone.

That would be terrific! I did get to see Benny Carter perform once some time in the late 1980s or early 1990s, he seemed ageless. Too bad I wasn't yet on the Scarecrow Press publicity list when the two Benny Carter volumes were first published. They put out a lot of great jazz books.

I found volume 1 for like $5 in the past couple of years. Wish Volume 2 had been in the same store.

I bought this DVD awhile back and need to get around to watching it. The original French film is supposed to be far better than the US remake "Sorcerer," which probably would have benefited from keeping the original title, instead of using the name of one of the two rickety tracks used in the remake.

Since my wife and are bringing Fred Hersch in for a solo piano benefit concert in Chattanooga on April 21st, I interviewed him recently for Timeless Jazz, which is scheduled to air on Sunday, April 19th from 6 to 8 PM ET. It will also stream live at WUTC.org, I have encouraged the station to have a podcast available by the next day on their home page, we'll see if they can do it, as it would be helpful for ticket sales, since they will receive the net revenue from them. Beginning April 26th, my show moves to a 7 PM ET start time. https://www.wutc.org/2026-03-25/wutc-presents-fred-hersch-at-utc-fine-arts-center

If they still have kangaroo courts in clubhouses, players will be fining those who lose ABS challenges in good fun.

Triple Play: Chris Brubeck, Joel Brown and Peter "Madcat" Ruth. They are always a lot of fun.

If you’re an artist and fake music supposedly by you is streaming, you have a right to be pissed off. The other thing is that these fake tracks are being programmed by bots to be played repeatedly in order to increase their share of the overall royalty pool.

Bassoonist Michael Rabinowitz with bassist Steve LaSpina plus a guitarist and drummer.

Alan Broadbent loved working with her. She died far too young, but left some great recordings.

The official release date is April 24, 2026.

I have owned the following for some time: Benny Goodman Jazz Mission to Moscow - Colpix LP 50064 Zoot Sims - Live in Louisville - Gambit CD 69335 Zoot Sims et Henri Renaud (many other musicians) - Gitanes 440 013 037-2 Zoot Sims - In Paris (Quartet) - Liberty CD (J) 5408 Zoot Sims Zoot Sims' Party Choice LP 1006 Zoot Sims Plays 4 Altos LP MCA/Impulse! 29069 Zoot Sims Passion Flower LP Pablo 2312 120 Eldridge-Kamuca - Pumpkin 107 It seems like I owned a copy of Pumpkin 108 but it was defective.

Just acquired this gem from Dusty Groove.

I miss the days when Fantasy owned the OC catalog and I took great advantage of the $5 per CD media price, including boxed sets. I still missed a few before Concord Jazz bought Fantasy and proceeded to delete what seemed to be 80% of the OJC catalog.

I saw Geri Allen leading a trio at the Village Vanguard in October 1998 and at the Atlanta Jazz Festival as part of a Detroit All-Star Ensemble, year unknown.

I have no use for Spotify, period. They need to be sued into bankruptcy for false labeling of bad music that is likely AI-created slop. The fact that they don't require sufficient data to verify the music made available is legitimate is inexcusable.

Finally solved, I found an Apple program that was interfering with accepting the password and I disabled it.

I am. I was able to change the password in January when this happened previously, but no luck today.

I accidentally set up two user accounts when I bought it but never use the other one. Not sure I could find that password now.

My iMac computer is repeatedly failing to accept my password. It also offers the option of a recovery key, though I don’t remember setting one up. Any tips to resolve this issue? The website is of no help.

I got to hear Benny Carter in the late 1980s and he put on a great set. He is well represented in my collection.

Did I see Jon Gordon mentioned? Phil Woods mentored him.

Turtle Island Quartet in Chattanooga. I enjoyed dinner with the band last night and they have a new CD out in April, Island Prayers, downloads should be out now.