Ken Dryden

I saw the Dave Brubeck Quartet with Bill Smith several times, including a set in 1992 where an oud player sat in with them for several tracks. I think that Smith was the last surviving member of the Brubeck Octet.

From publicist Lydia Liebman: Dot Time Records will be releasing Lennie Tristano: The Duo Sessions, a collection of exciting never-before-heard duo recordings by the jazz luminary, on March 19th. These particularly momentous recordings highlight the pianist's stellar creative output after his final public appearance in 1968. The Duo Sessions features Tristano in duet with tenor saxophonist Lenny Popkin, pianist Connie Crothers (the only piano duo ever recorded by Tristano) and drummer Roger Mancuso. Tristano presents original compositions as well as standards of the jazz idiom, documenting the further sonic exploration of one of the architects of the artform of jazz.

Sorry, but I haven't had a very clear head this month, for reasons I don't want to share here. I don't have the Philip Clark book and won't be reviewing it. I confused it with another book on Brubeck that focuses on Time Out. I have deleted the earlier posts to try to clean up my mess.

I will have to look up the publication date. I either covered it for the local newspaper or Cadence. In any case, it is not worth buying. As I understand from people who have had access to it, it ended up being more of a journal instead of giving background to landmarks in Dave's career, inside stories, etc. There were also things that Dave and Iola would discuss with friends, like issues with Desmond, Mulligan and Morello, but not with journalists, unless they chose to keep the information to themselves. It is a shame that the public won't get a finished book, as there was plenty of potential, given the many facets to Brubeck's career and Iola's excellence as a writer.

Hall's book was a joke, it was a fan's idea of a bio. Dave and Iola were working on their own book, which will not be published, according to their family, but they knew he would publish his whether or not they co-operated. They did but asked for the galley proofs to review. They were never sent and Hall's book is a disaster. There are numerous mistakes by Hall, many of which I cited in the review I did at the time, probably for the local paper. Professor Clark, on the other hand, was covering a much narrower period in Brubeck's career and he seems to have checked his work very closely.

More Jimmy Heath will air on February 2, including dates as a sideman, guest and leader, along with excerpts from my September 2011 interview with him.

Kenny Barron Quintet at Spivey Hall tonight. Meeting up with HutchFan. Great show with Michael Rodriguez, Dayna Stephens, Kiyoshi Kitagawa and Johnathan Blake. One the biggest surprises was Richie Beirach’s “Elm.”

19 Crimes 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon.

I have collected broadcasts of live shows for a long time and have frequently offered copies to artists whom I have interviewed. Dick Hyman enjoyed a BBC show of his 1998 Brecon Jazz Festival concert enough that he has been trying to find the source tape. Sadly I only had one of the two broadcasts and one song was joined in progress.

The one that I owned was Big and Warm.

I recall that Sonny Rollins was selling downloads of some Harkit bootlegs.

Years ago I was given a copy of an LP by Big Nick made for India Navigation. I didn’t care for it at the time and I wonder if I should have held onto it.

The St. Louis club you mentioned was called Just Jazz around 1991-1992 and we briefly carried a live series recorded ther around that time. I made it there twice with friends who had a private plane and we heard George Shearing with Neil Swainson and the McCoy Tyner Trio there. i think the name has changed since then.

It happened to my Sonny Stitt and one of the Basie sets is peeling.

After learning of Jimmy Heath’s death, I decided to honor him next week. I hope to include excerpts of my interviews with him, so that may require a second program on the following week. Timeless Jazz streams live at WUTC.org on Sunday from 3-5 pm ET and repeats on the HD2 station the following Wednesday from 10am to noon.

After learning of Jimmy Heath’s death, I decided to honor him next week. I hope to include excerpts of my interviews with him, so that may require a second program on the following week. Timeless Jazz streams live at WUTC.org on Sunday from 3-5 pm ET and repeats on the HD2 station the following Wednesday from 10am to noon.

That is sad news. I did wrote one of my first Hot House features about him and he was one of the first artists that I met at the NEA Jazz Masters reception. He was a real gentleman and a lot of fun, while his music and teaching touched many lives.

I only got to see the Phil Woods Quintet once, with Brian Lynch, Bill Charlap and Steve Gilmore. Bill Goodwin had a better paying gig that night, so Pete Sims spelled him. The ERM material was interesting but I wonder if Phil possibly felt more at home returning to bop.

My memory was fuzzy. He studied math and psychology at Columbia beginning in 1964, then spent a few years working in computer programming at NYU after graduating. He did teach later in life.

Is Amazon sells a cdr without you knowing about it, ask for a refund. I think the last one I bought wasn’t very well labeled on their site and they refunded in full and provided a mailing label.

Since my focus was on Hod O'Brien as a leader rather than sideman, I didn't include any of his recordings as a sideman. I included tracks from several CDs that were either rare imports from Japan, the German Blue Jack label and the long gone JazzMania label, in addition to the better known music issued on Reservoir and Criss Cross. He was a math professor for a number of years, so I don't think he spent much time in the studios and likely played sporadic gigs.

The show is already recorded. Normally when I have done tributes, I have focused on an artist's work as a leader, though I do make exceptions. I don't think I have that Kirk album.

I'm a long time State Farm customer and I wouldn't dream of going elsewhere. I despise the Progressive commercials, yet I'm a stockholder and it's doing well... I love the Allstate commercials, but I've known too many people who've been dropped after filing a claim with them.

Sunday, January 19th's program will honor the birthdays of two pianists, Horace Parlan (born January 19, 1931, died February 24, 2017) in hour 1 and Hod O'Brien (born January 19, 1936, died November 20, 2016). A number of the selections played are from European, Japanese or long unavailable CDs or box sets. Here are the playlists for both hours, streaming live at WUTC.org on Sunday, January 19 (3-5 pm ET) and on the HD2 station on Wednesday, January 22 (10 am to 12 noon ET): Hour 1: Horace Parlan Birthday Salute (born 1/19/1931, died 2/24/2017) Horace Parlan Trio The Complete Horace Parlan Blue Note Sessions Up In Cynthia’s Room - Horace Parlan Trio The Complete Horace Parlan Blue Note Sessions Us Three - Horace Parlan with Stanley & Tommy Turrentine The Complete Horace Parlan Blue Note Sessions Wadin’ - Horace Parlan with Stanley & Tommy Turrentine The Complete Horace Parlan Blue Note Sessions On The Spur Of The Moment (master) - Horace Parlan with Booker Ervin & Grant Green The Complete Horace Parlan Blue Note Sessions Up And Down - Horace Parlan with Johnny Coles, Booker Ervin & Grant Green The Complete Horace Parlan Blue Note Sessions Back From The Gig - Horace Parlan & Jan Kaspersen Piano Duo Joining Forces Broken Promises - Horace Parlan with Doug Raney & Wilbur Little Hi-Fly West Coast Blues (master) - Horace Parlan (solo) Jazz Buhne Berlin ’83 Nardis - Horace Parlan Quintet with Frank Strozier & Frank Foster Frank-Ly Speaking Frank-Ly Speaking - Hour 2: Hod O’Brien Birthday Salute (born 1/19/1936, died 11/20/2016) Hod O’Brien Quintet with Tom Harrell & Pepper Adams Opalessence Bits And Pieces - Hod O’Brien Quartet featuring Ted Brown I Hear A Rhapsody Trane’s Slo Blues - Hod O’Brien Quintet with Tony Purrone Hod & Cole In The Still Of The Night - Hod O’Brien (trio) Ridin’ High Portrait Of Stephanie - Hod O’Brien Trio with Barry Harris Hod Meets Barry Moose The Mooche - Hod O’Brien (trio) So That’s How It Is Forecast - Hod O’Brien (trio) Live at Blues Alley - First Set Tangerine - Hod O’Brien Solo For Chet Line For Lyons - Hod O’Brien (trio) Live at Blues Alley - Second Set Pent-Up House

I enjoyed my phone interview with George Shesring, he was also a quick wit. Glad to have seen him perform, with his quintet and also a duo with Neil Swainson.