Ken Dryden

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.

I had the exact same problem with the first copy I received, both of the last two tracks were unplayable. But the second one worked perfectly. The matrix / runout looks identical for both copies, so maybe some of them were damaged in the packing process.

I have never streamed music through mine, only DVDs, CDs and LPs.

This receiver has always been plugged into a surge protector and we haven't had any major surges according to our Ting monitor, which runs 24/7.

I I edited the original post and didn't see a reply at the time. The unit is in use, not at a particularly high volume, then it suddenly cuts off. I was trying to see if it was in sleep mode, but not sure if it was or not. I did turn off the ECO mode.

I have been experiencing sudden power loss from my Denon receiver, the model number on the remote is AVR-S760H. Any ideas as to what might cause it? Research on line hasn't provided any help. It is well ventilated in a cool room and vacuumed for dust. All the plugs have been checked.

I am sure that few artists worry about their billing at any festival if the money's good. But there's that story about how Mel Torme was given top billing over Duke Ellington in an extended booking at a club, even though it was in Torme's contract. Duke's band played without him until the singer caved and asked that the billing be changed.

I haven't found any versions under "Charlotte Russe," but there are some: Johnny Hodges April 7, 1959 Mosaic MD7-200 Duke Ellington Trio March 2, 1961 Piano in the Foreground Columbia 87042-2 Duke Ellington January 23, 1967 (DVD) Image DVD 9551 W. E. Timmer's excellent discography Ellingtonia (Fourth Edition) was of great help. He lists another one or two, but they evidently hadn't been released anywhere when his work was published.

For speaking to some of them, I got the idea that many of them had weekday careers and traveled on the weekends. The guy who hosted the Atlanta Jazz Party had a mix of styles, but nothing later than swing. He booked Howard Alden one year and he was complaining about his lines like a moldy fig. Usually there were rotating mixes of bands with the stipulation that no song be repeated all weekend long. Ernie Carson was the exception for a few years and he grew old in a hurry, though that was my introduction to Cynthia Sayer, who played drums with him and was occasionally featured on banjo. The party always ended with a jam on "Just A Closer Walk With Thee." He had a few of the acts recorded and gathered musicians at times to record in the studio. I was invited to two of them and enjoyed it immensely, though seeing Kenny Davern go into an extended stream of obscenities about something we couldn't figure out was a bit odd. He was never invited back to join Bob Wilber again.

I was one of those who actually got into Eric Dolphy before John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and a few others. Thanks to Frank Zappa for his "Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue," which peaked my interest in checking him out. I think Last Date and Outward Bound were my first two LPs. It's like the CD stacks on the floor or middle shelves, by the time I have shifted all the new acquisitions that I've heard in alphabetical order, they seem to pile up. By the time I get to Bob Zurke, the stacks approach 300-400 typically. I may have to hire a part time library assistant to help with filing.

There used to be a number of Trad Jazz Parties and often many of the same retirees. The problem is that most of the hosts and attendees have either died or are no longer able to travel. I attended the Choo Choo Festival for several years courtesy of its founder, but hearing several different bands playing “Shake That Thing” in a single day got a bit tiresome.

Can’t say I was very impressed with it either.