Ken Dryden

It is amazing how much he recorded in such a brief life and that several of his songs have long been jazz standards. There are plenty of veterans who are prolific songwriters where you could ask most jazz fans, name two compositions of the artist and you would get no answer.

Too bad we can’t witness Aaron Judge battling Mickey Mantle in a home run derby for distance. With his height advantage, Judge would likely win, but Mantle loved hitting distance shots. He came the closest to hitting one out of the old Yankee Stadium, hitting the upper facade in right field.

A little twisted music for this morning... I didn't realize that the actor who played Sweeny Todd has been playing the former police commissioner and patriarch of the Reagan family in the CBS series "Blue Bloods."

That happens when a label thinks a shorter version of a song might have a better shot at airplay for a new release. I remember even Telarc Jazz creating some for a Dave Brubeck CD that was sent out separate from the regular CD, although they do appear on regular CDs as well. I don’t make a big deal about songs being too long for my show, if I want to play it, it fits and I don’t resort to fade-outs to do so.

Cline Pinot Noir 2019 with my bride…

I think that I recorded the movie on a VHS, though I'm not sure where it is and if it would still play. My wife periodically purged VHS tapes without asking me.

Yoko Ono would be the perfect choice for a torture chamber soundtrack.

I loved the music for the film, particularly the slowed down opening number “Truth.” I heard that the film was briefly available on dvd.

Track 1 on this CD is mislabled, it is actually "Steeplechase" by Charlie Parker. Nearly every writer who reviewed it at the time of release caught this error.

Fortunately, I bought them when as they were issued and there was a discount, maybe 20%, for volume three if you bought the first two. I'd have to look at my old catalogs to be sure. I seem to recall a volume three set selling for $199 on ebay a few years ago, though they've tended to be priced high a lot of the time, each set was a limited edition of 2,500. I value them though I don't play them as often as I should. Some tracks obviously stand the test of time than others, but overall, Harry Lim had pretty good taste in the musicians he chose for these record dates. I agree that the third set is a bit underrated. I think that I first became aware of the Commodore label through the 2 LP release of The Town Hall Concert by Atlantic, it was already out of print by 1974-5. I was jealous of my college dorm neighbor for having that set, that is also the first time I likely heard Stuff Smith or Don Byas. Fortunately, within a year of entering the working world in 1978, I snagged a brand new cutout copy of it for a whopping $2.47 plus tax. I had all five of the Commodore sets Atlantic released until the Mosaic sets were issued.

I can't think of any jazz box set that I have regretted purchasing. I've griped about the poor design of several of them already, but the music contents and generally, the liner notes and photos have been excellent. At least no one I can think of hired Stanley Crouch or Thom Jurek to write the notes for any of them...

I have never been a fan of Cohen's vocals or "Suzanne," which many jazz vocalists can't resist, for some reason.

I probably haven't played it since dubbing it to CDR and wasn't looking at the playlist when I did that.

Trying to fix that, but only the wav file has been possible to edit.

It is listed in the description that I posted on archive.org: A broadcast of Four Queens Jazz Night From Las Vegas, first aired on May 21, 1992. Recorded on March 16, 1992. Featuring Horace Tapscott: piano, Robert Miranda: bass, Fritz Wise: drums. I probably got the personnel from listening to the show, though I've discovered that during those pre-internet days I wasn't always accurate with spellings of unfamiliar names. Even worse, Alan Grant sometimes wasn't paying attention when he did voiceovers and he would misidentify song titles.

Donors fund it, it is a non-profit. They solicited me for a donation and since they provide storage for my broadcasts, that's the least I could do, not to mention the broadcasts that I have downloaded through the website. I think they even emailed me a receipt for tax purposes.

I just uploaded this Horace Tapscott broadcast I dubbed from a satellite feed back in 1992 of the series Four Queens Jazz Night From Las Vegas. I wished I had strived to record more of these shows while we carried it, though I detested the pompousness of host Alan Grant and frequently edited him out of the broadcast as much as possible. https://archive.org/details/Hoarce-Tapscott-Trio-Four-Queens-Hotel-Las-Vegas-March-16-1992

My father came up with a brilliant solution to the rusty Bill Evans Verve box: clean it with Bon Ami. It removed the rust and it seems to have stabilzed it.

My mail issues have include: a padded envelope with a Discogs order returned to me torn open and empty after two plus months, ridiculous delays with orders placed or packages sent of up to 8+ weeks, a carrier who leaves packages on the edge of our steps exposed to direct sunlight and rain (an issue if we are gone for a few hours) and an inability to track missing packages state of origin from the tracking number, so I have no way to guess who sent the stolen package. Today I received a box of CDs that obviously had sat in the rain, possibly in a puddle at the bottom of the bin on an uncovered loading dock. When the carrier rang the bell she handed it to me and it was still damp and coming apart. Included was a cd I had returned because of water damage, this one was far worse.

I have uploaded the Four Queens Jazz Night From Las Vegas broadcast of Horace Tapscott to archive. org. I made a typo in the link and I am trying to fix it.

Eric Gregg was easily one of the worst umpires, particularly during the Braves-Marlins playoff game. Practically every outside pitch was called a strike, no matter how far off the plate it was. A no win situation for Braves batters. Fortunately he was not rehired after an umpire strike.

I remember when Newvelle screwed up an order and sent me LPs for a customer in Europe. In the mean time, my correct order shipped from New England went to California before eventually arriving in Tennesssee. It is almost like workers are tossing boxes in random bins.

R.I.P. to a valuable and underrated musician.

Mine were noticeable black clumps, they had to go.