Ken Dryden

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.

Several memorable groups recorded for Windham Hill Jazz, the Denny Zeitlin Trio and Turtle Island String Quartet both come to mind. But I've yet to hear any smooth jazz that held my interest, especially Bob James and Kenny G.

Please hold these CDs for me: Koller, Hans Minor Meetings 1958 $8 Koller ,Hans/Bernard Konrad Unit Phonolith $6 HatOLOGY Kenny Wheeler

I never knew the depth of Don Schlitten’s background, he will be missed.

I run into that from time to time, wondering whether I put the CD other than its assigned spot or if I mixed up the stacks as I shifted CDs around the room after so many new acquisitions. I've got a missing Misha Mengelberg and a Jim McNeely for starters that I need to find. It's not like either CD left the room. Denny Zeitlin's latest CD also turned up missing.

It was not that Paul Desmond was prevented from using a pianist, he had a special appreciation for Dave Brubeck’s way of playing with him.

My show for this Sunday features the music of Turtle Island Quartet and my interview with its founder, violinist and composer David Balakrishnan. I will be happy to share the files with anyone interested.

Horrible rewrite of the book, inventing characters that weren't present and David Niven's character was an American in the Alistair MacLean novel.