Ken Dryden

If anyone is interested, I wrote a cover story about Toots Thielemans for the April issue of the New York City Jazz Record and an extended feature on Steve Kuhn for Hot House. The latter is already posted on line at www.hothousejazz.com.

Although this CD was slated for a January release, DL Media told me that it has been postponed to June.

I've got one somewhere that lists Mark Egan as a second tenor saxophonist, but not playing bass.

Both were issued on cassette, but to my knowledge, they weren't issued on CD.

I think both artists and labels out to spend more time proofreading. I reviewed a CD a couple of years ago where one track was listed as Thelonious Monk's "Locomotion." I'd never heard of this "Monk" song though I knew his "Locomotive" well. It turns out it was John Coltrane's composition, played on his famous Blue Trane album. But the one that takes the cake is Will Calhoun: Live at the Blue Note. The last track was listed as Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance," but it was McCoy Tyner's "Passion Dance." The guy reviewing it for JT couldn't tell the difference.

I'm interested. Let me know. Ken

Looking forward to the Jazz Version of 200 Motels...

Jim Carlton is on Facebook, maybe you could find out from him if he has an extra copy of the mag for sale. He's married to an old neighbor of mine from many decades ago.

I bet they don't honor the gift card I have...

I can't imagine any 2 CD Stan Kenton set being worth $800+... My link

It is sad news that George Shearing has passed away. I feel fortunate that I got the opportunity to hear him in person, both in a duo with Neil Swainson and with his quintet a few years later. He was a delightful interview subject, always ready with a quip, with a gift for impromptu puns. He will be missed.

I learned that I was eligible to join NARAS and vote on Grammies, since I have written a sufficient number of liner notes, but aside from the Jazz categories, most of them of are of absolutely no interest to me. Jazz doesn't even merit being part of the main event, so there would be no point in attending the ceremony, so I've got better ways to spend my money. I will say that Grammy voters have done a better job than usual with nominations in some categories, particularly the vocalists. All too often, it's the same old names over and over...

This list was compiled from submissions by NPR listeners. One expecting anything aside from the best known tracks will be disappointed. Although some of the artists might have made my top ten, it wouldn't be for their greatest hit or hits. There's no way would that the monotonous song "Birdland" reach my top 1000, or 10,000, for that matter.

The ad with Kenny G would have been better if he had been a prisoner, sans saxophone. I hit the mute as soon as one character announced to play his "music." As for the pop acts, I headed to the basement as soon as the undercooked peas took the stage.

I don't even designate Kenny G's music "smooth," I call it "hairdo music." This clown focuses so much on packaging himself that he can't be taken seriously.

Your subject line looked funny in the organissimo preview window, showing "Actress Maria Schneider dies by Brownie."

I ordered it and enjoyed it immensely. Thanks for working to make it available, Ted.

Not all that many, depending on what you call major anymore. Blue Note, Sony/Columbia/RCA and Verve release relatively little new jazz compared to a few years ago.

I remember finding Morganna's dreadful recording of "Human Nature" and left it on a saxophonist's answering machine. The response was, "What in the heck was that? It was awful!"

I'd like to get: Tiny Grimes with Jerome Richardson – Tiny in Swingville Jimmy Heath – The Quota James Moody – Wail Moody Wail

I'm guessing that this is the same Anne Phillips: http://allmusic.com/album/ballet-time-r1410348

I guess I could go through my log of new releases received or purchased to figure that out, but it would be time-consuming, plus there are titles I didn't hear until after I compiled my list. Between new arrivals and purchases of new releases, I received around 700 titles. I have no idea how many of them that I found time to hear.

Blues Bag was reissued by Koch on CD in 2000, though it is surely out of print. It replaced the LP I had.

Allen: John Murph is on Facebook. I'm not sure if any of the others are JJA members.

Anytime one puts Yoko Ono on a stereo system, it is a mistake, except in this case: [