Ken Dryden

PM sent Ind, Peter & Reid, Rufus Alone Together Wave 10

Keezer worked in Art Blakey's final band as a teenager. He first recorded for Sunnyside and has a number of CDs out on Blue Note and a few other labels. Check out recent CDs like Aurea (ArtistShare), Wildcrafted and Falling Up (both on Mazjazz). He also served as music director for both of vocalist Denise Donatelli's Savant CDs.

Here's a small portion of my jazz collection: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30659141&l=75dbd3073e&id=1333624715

What would you expect from Letterman, since his bandleader and second banana is the musical lightweight Paul Schaefer? Ever hear Schaefer's appearance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz? Marian told me that he was familiar with format of the show, yet when he came, he was unprepared and managed to only play a duet or so while she ended up playing most of the songs by herself. Easily one of the worst guests in the history of Piano Jazz.

There's no danger of me subscribing to Fanfare...and I like classical music.

So much for the wall of separation between the advertising and editorial departments. Let me know of this outfit so I'll be sure to avoid it. They probably loved Nigel Kennedy's attempt to play jazz.

Jimmy Raney Visits Paris

PM sent: Live at Sweet Basil. Doc Cheatham. 6.00 Hank Jones & Tyree Glenn Quintet & Sextet-Complete Recordings. 2 CDs w/ Mary Osborne, Shorty Baker. 9.00

I look forward to hearing a jazz interpretation of "Ionization."

Still available.

Cremation eliminates the need for tying up real estate or the expense of a headstone.

I have a near mint copy of the Frank Capp/Nat Pierce Juggernaut with Ernestine Anderson: Live at the Alley Cat available. $8 with free 1st class shipping in the U.S only. I have other CDs and LPs listed in an earlier thread available if you PM me with your email address.

I submitted an April Fool's review and got H. P. Lovecraft. I'm not reading a lot into this analysis. I submitted a second one and got Stephen KIng. Whee....

Well, Bill Evans is missing from the Smithsonian box as well, so I don't think it was personal on Williams' part to omit Jamal.

My recent travels led me to hear: 6/10 Bobby Watson & Curtis Lundy Two days later I was in NYC: 6/12 Dave Brubeck Quartet 6/13 Junior Mance 6/14 Ayako Shirasaki at the JJA Awards (I left to go to dinner, so I missed the remaining acts following the awards) The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra 6/15 Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band (featuring Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Heath and Roberta Gambarini, among others) Now its back to months of no live jazz...

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Too bad this Ellington set never appeared (this amusing piece first appeared on Bret Primack's Bird Lives site, for those of you who don't like AAJ). http://www.allaboutjazz.com/birdlives/bl-33.htm

I worked in a "fine dining" restaurant where the cheapskate owner tried to put bread returned from tables back into the warming bin. We would trash it when his back was turned. He also bought a Kenny G live cassette to play over the sound system, but I would hide it any time I heard it. The only thing worse was his Liberace live cassette. He was very white, but I won't get into his specific ethnic background....though he did have a hilarious combover. Perhaps that will offend someone on the board!

I enjoyed hearing two sets by Randy Weston at Birdland in 2007. He's very articulate and it is a shame he is not recording regularly these days (though he is very interested in doing so). BTW, his new autobiography African Rhythms (in collaboration with veteran jazz journalist Willard Jenkins) is due out this fall from Duke University Press.

I'm definitely not in favor of the packaging of this series. I do not care for open top cardboard sleeves as I think that the discs will get scuffed. That said, all of them have good liner notes. The Cole only had a couple of alternate takes that were new, otherwise, I already owned all of the music within it.

A little different twist. One of the artists who appeared on a veteran producer's last label, told me that it was odd that he didn't put much marketing effort behind them, other than sending out review and radio copies. After his death, it was discovered that he had sold over 100% of the profits from the operation to investors, causing the label to fold immediately. It was surmised that he just wanted to record people he enjoyed near the end of his life. I don't feel comfortable publicizing the name of the artist or label, for obvious reasons--no written proof.

Brubeck told me about a live date recorded in India (probably for Columbia), though it ended up being unreleasable because of a series of brownouts during the concert. The Great Concerts is a compilation from several live LPs, with only one track otherwise unissued. I think Wilshire-Abel is one of those shows recorded by Fantasy on the sly without Brubeck's knowledge. Jazz Impresssions of Antartica remains unissued, frozen in time.

As unheard review copies pile up (I'm planning to make a photo soon) and purchases also add to my 36+ year old collection, I'm still interested in acquiring additional music, though I'm still trying to find suitable shelving for the overflow. I'm sure by the time I put another 3000 CDs on new shelves, my wife will say it is time for a new house. I still have interest in bluegrass, classical and blues, though I rarely buy rock anymore, as few artists interest me these days.

Anthony Barnett recently sent out a letter to his customers that the bootlegging and copying of his releases may curtail his investment in future AB Fable CDs. He puts a lot of expense in acquiring, restoring and researching each of his CDs, so this would be a great disappointment for fans of jazz violin.