Ken Dryden

I seem to remember when he was with the Braves he faced newbie Dodger ace Fernando Valenzuela. Not only did he beat him, but he got a hit, too. I am not holding my breath about the Braves re-signing Dansby Swanson. He should have fired his agent after this clown single-handedly blew Freddie Freeman’s return, which caused Freeman to fire him. But it is also possible that the Braves are playing cheapskate, as they should have signed him to a long term deal before now. Never underestimate the ability of ownership to alienate their fan base.

I just went to Eastwind Import and he is indeed closing his business. Remaining stock is now 75% off.

I think public submissions are accepted.

Welcome to the Organissimo board, Rob! You can discover all kinds of great music discussed by fellow members, no matter how long you've been listening. It's always fun to learn about a great recording that you missed and then track it down for your collection.

Howard Alden has been known to play a little bop, I guess some of his technique worked into a solo and pissed off the presenter. The Atlanta Jazz Party is no more and its founder is deceased.

I've done an interview or two with Howard Alden and he is a lot of fun. I caught him leading a trio in Bryant Park in NYC a decade or so ago, with guest Lew Tabackin on a few songs. He also played the Atlanta Jazz Party one year, though the founder didn't care for him, as he disliked any style after swing. His loss...

Howard Alden didn’t just play guitar for Sean Penn’s character but he taught him enough guitar that made it look like Penn was actually playing. Howard told me that Penn was still interested in guitar and was in touch about further lessons with him after shooting wrapped.

I first discovered Howard Alden with the release of the Alden-Barrett Quintet: Swing Street on Concord Jazz. It was an instant favorite and I've pursued Alden's many recordings evey since. He's a talented guitarist and banjo player with a strong discography. He wasn't active for a few years due to health issues, but he seems to be well now. In addition to the Concord Jazz CDs previously mentioned, all of his collaborations with Ken Peplowski, the late 7 string guitarist George Van Eps (who inspired him to get a custom built 7 strong for himself), Warren Vaché and others are well worth acquiring. Here is a link to a broadcast focused on his recordings that I aired in October 2022: https://archive.org/details/timeless-jazz-10-16-22-howard-alden Here are a few CDs of interest not already mentioned in this thread:

That book was a scream, I remember reading it when it was published.

I met HutchFan several years ago through this board when I mentioned doing a recent phone interview with David Liebman and possibly making a trip to Nashville to see the Dave Liebman Group live. He let me know that the band was appearing on an adjacent night just outside the Atlanta perimeter and that sounded like a less stressful trip. We met at the show any enjoyed it., most of the concert appears on the second disc of the Live Whaling City Sounds CD. We’ve hung out, gone to concerts and had a blast over the years. A great jazz guy and a true friend, his family has also been gracious for occasional overnight stays, as driving back from Atlanta after a concert late at night is much harder for me at my age.

Me, too.

$100 for Charles Lloyd? Pass…

I'll take: Sam Jones 12 Piece Band Something New (Japan/OBI) MYCJ-30372 $11

There is not two and half hours in either set. Here's the Discogs link I created for the 1963-1964 set: https://www.discogs.com/release/24945286-Ahmad-Jamal-Emerald-City-Nights-Live-At-The-Penthouse-1963-1964 The link for the 1965-1966 set: https://www.discogs.com/release/24945652-Ahmad-Jamal-Emerald-City-Nights-Live-At-The-Penthouse-1965-1966

One two CD set has ten tracks, the other one has nine. The final track of the second CD in both sets is faded out.

Quite good!

Nice stuff, they both arrived recently. One can only imagine what Jim Wilkie's tape archive must be like from the days of the Penthouse broadcasts.

From the press release, with typos corrected: 1 MOON RIVER (Henry Mancini) 9:05 2 CONTEMPLATION (Wayne Shorter) 6:23 3 LESTER LEFT TOWN (Wayne Shorter) 13:08 4 ‘ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (Thelonious Monk) 8:30 5 IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON (Harold Arlen) 15:06 6 ARABIA (Curtis Fuller) 16:21 7 BLUES MARCH (Benny Golson) 8:03 Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Jymie Merritt

A few months after Hot House editor Paul Blair died in late 2011, a memorial service was held at the jazz church in Manhattan, which I attended, since I had been a Hot House writer for a few years and a good friend of Paul's. I can't remember everyone who performed at the service, but Bill Mays, Scott Robinson and Bob Dorough were among the artists who played. Paul's widow had a video made and shared it with those of us who attended, I need to find it in my still packed boxes from our 2019 move. Pianist Cecilia Coleman, an artist whom Paul Blair championed, also performed with an ensemble.

If they're replacing it with syndicated jazz programming to save salary costs, it makes sense. My old station has been automated in the late evenings and all weekend for some time. Far too many public radio stations have replaced local jazz programming with pure crap talk reruns...like WGBH.

Dan, maybe you will catch the writing bug and join those of us getting bombarded with CDs for review. Hope you have a roomy house…

Dave Brubeck had a listed landline phone, though he wasn't necessarily the one to answer it when he was off the road. He shared a story that likely happened some time in the 1960s, when a woman called to book him for a wedding reception and she obviously didn't know who he was, as she got his number from the musician's union. What was funny is that he didn't let on about his fame and he was going to be off the road at the time and considering playing it for scale on a lark, when the woman suddenly, shrieked, "Oh, my god, you are the DAVE BRUBECK, I'm so sorry that I bothered you," then she hung up.

Thanks for the feedback. I have several thousand LPs, many of which were not reissued on CD, or the CD is out of print and I didn't replace it. I am not really interested in dubbing entire albums to CD, at this point, I already have that ability, since I own two Tascam CD recorders (CD-RW900SL + CD-RW901MKII), one hooked up to the stereo components, the other sitting next to my iMac.

Since my radio station no longer has turntables and I don’t see burning CDRs as useful to produce my show, which USB turntables are worth exploring?

Sunday nights were the true dead zone for us.