Ken Dryden

For all of the praise that the Atlanta Braves president/general manager received for his trade deadline acquisitions, it will be all for naught if Freddie Freeman is lost to free agency. They should have signed him to a long term contract before the 2021 season got underway. It was foolish to let him get available on the open market, given that he lives in California. The Dodgers will likely make a sizable offer.

That's a thoughtful way to honor your wife's grandparents! I bet it was fun putting together the show.

I won't bother, I never have found slate to be a useful website, pretty much as useless as the Milquetoast Maestro...

I don't buy compilations of previously issued material, unless it is a Mosaic boxed set or a similar package that is comprehensive instead of being a scattershot single compilation of tracks from many albums. I also detest downloads, CDs are always the better option for me.

My copy is the 2 CD set, found here: https://www.discogs.com/release/9504935-Dave-Frishberg-Oklahoma-Toad

At least the goalie hasn’t been credited as a jazz journalist there yet…

I used the Japanese 2 CD reissue, which included the original mix and the later remix requested by Creed Taylor. I can’t believe that I forgot to include the brilliant “I Was Ready.”

This reminds me of some of the contributors on Discogs, who go ballistic if you dare add album to a release without citing a “reliable” source. Somehow allmusic.com isn’t considered reliable yet fan websites and others are.

Wikipedia is a waste of time. Some complete idiot wrote an article about the public radio station where I worked for 26 years. I removed the erroneous material and added the true history of the station. I later found that an editor had restored some of the false information. like the mention of another local station that was booted by NPR for not following its carriage agreement, instead it read that they had agreed to give up the programming. I had the info because another station manager in our university system was on the panel that booted them.

I agree that some of the newer Broadway musicals are less than memorable. I hated Chicago - The Musical, mostly annoyning characters and none of the songs stuck with me. If you aren't humming at least one song as you leave, it was a waste of time and money. My wife and I wrote a parody we called "Send in the Crowns" around 20 years ago when we were facing unplanned dental expenses. We've sung it a few times for people and her dentist has the text framed in his office.

No stealing thunder implied.

I heard about it, but haven’t gotten around to hearing it. I miss Fresh Air when Terri focused on longer interviews with artists and having them perform.

My Timeless Jazz program featuring the music of Dave Frishberg, an underrated pianist, composer, lyricist and arranger, will be webcast at WUTC.org. Since most people don't drop what they are doing on Sunday afternoons to listen to radio, here is a link for streaming or downloading at your leisure: https://archive.org/details/timeless-jazz-11-28-2021-dave-frishberg

I recorded the concert from an NPR broadcast we carried. I have never been to Rochester. I heard Dave Frishberg one year at the Triangle Jazz Party in Kingsport, Tennessee. I am recording a Dave Frishberg tribute tomorrow that will air on 11-28-21.

I’d rather hear a vocal on a mostly instrumental album than a cover of a forgettable tune like “Feelings,” with or without its moronic lyric, it’s one of the worst songs of all time.

Here is the link to Dave Frishberg concert at the Rochester Jewish Community Center. The satellite feed was April 1, 1989, so it was likely recorded in 1988 or January 1989. Sorry that the tracks aren't indexed, as I didn't do so when dubbing it from the cassette that I had recorded it onto back in 1989. https://archive.org/details/dave-frishberg-rochester-jewish-community-center-circa-1988-1989

I enjoyed his music and his autobiography. The only time I heard him in person was at the Triangle Jazz Party back in the 1990s. I will try to upload a broadcast or two featuring Dave Frishberg to archive.org when I can locate them. Hoping that they are already dubbed from cassettes to indexed CDRs... Solo concert at the Rochester Jewish Community Center. Date unknown, satellite feed April 1, 1989. Four Queens Jazz Night From Las Vegas October 23, 1989

I’ve never heard of her and I think that I was getting serviced with Muse CDs when hers was issued. It looks like something that I would have kept.

Thanks for including me in your post about public radio. I always treasured my programming freedom during both the first run of Timeless Jazz on WUTC (10/1987 through 12/2002) and the current period (since February 2019), something that is only possible on a public radio station. I also appreciate those who make an effort to support the station with gifts, as during my nearly 26 years there as development director (10/3/89 to 6/30/15) I heard from far too many people who whined about cancelled programs or demanded that we carry certain programs without giving a dime. In many university settings, there are faculty and stuff who push to drop any funding of their public radio station, though few of them realized that it is often the first contact for people in the community who are not university alumni nor have children attending the college. Some of those public radio gifts have the potential to open doors for other gifts, including scholarships and bequests.

Here's an April Fool's review from 2019: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/playin-it-straight-kenny-g-poisson-davril-review-by-ken-dryden.php

I reviewed the hairdo artist’s classics in the key of g (lower case is deliberate) for allmusic.com, got paid, but it wasn’t published. Instead a glowing review from one of the editors appeared in its place, so I guess they couldn’t afford to offend the record label. It was that kind of crap and editors lowering star ratings on some reviews without consulting the writer that damaged their credibility for many of us freelancers. At least the money was good for a time, before the business was sold a second or third time.

I may have some of the out of print Verve CDs from the radio station sale, if anyone is interested, let me know.

A musical obscenity, for sure… I wonder what Stan’s daughter thinks about this release from the Duke of Puke?