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I met Marc Cary once. He was a super-friendly guy, very gracious. Jimmy Owens was a trip. After playing his ass off in an after-hours jam session, he was nothing but smiles and laughter while hanging out afterwards. Dave Liebman is great too. Down to earth as could be.

Yes! Excellent pianist. I always enjoyed his work with Gerald Wilson's big band.

Good news. Thanks for the heads-up.

This Monterose record has been reissued in Japan. It came out just two days ago. See here. This Progressive reissue also caught my eye: Billy Hart, Walter Bishop, Jr., George Mraz - The Trio Anyone have any thoughts about these two records? I haven't heard either of them.

Wow. Great interview!

Yes!!! I really enjoy Lieb's take on "Lonely Woman" on this CD too:

Very cool! Thanks for the heads-up, Jeff. I'm not certain that I'll be able to make it -- May 21 is my wife's birthday -- but I'm going to try to be there.

Franz Schubert - Complete Songs, Vol. 21 / Edith Mathis (sop), Graham Johnson (p) (Hyperion) Lieder composed by Schubert during the years 1817 and 1818

Sorry again Ken. I just got my wires crossed. I'm not as young as I used to be, so I'm easily confused!!! BTW: The show in Athens was terrific. I'm excited that I get to see & hear them again tonight!

Sad news. R.I.P.

Hmm. I had a very different take on Dilsey's section. I wouldn't characterize it as Disney-like or Pollyannaish. After the unremitting bleakness of all that comes before, there's finally a character who recognizes that other people exist. All of the preceding characters live in a solipsistic world. Dilsey doesn't. Even though she's on the lowest rung of the social hierarchy, she's the only one who's admirable. Her hope in something greater may be foolish, but at least she's fighting for meaning. I think that gives her far more dimension and humanity than the others, all of whom are already defeated. Then again, one of my beefs with Faulkner is that all of his characters are close variations on the exact same character. They're all "Faulkner characters," rather than the myriad types of human beings that one recognizes in the world. For what it's worth...

For anyone who lives in or near Atlanta: The artists who will be performing at the Atlanta Jazz Festival have been announced. Looks like Benny Golson is the closer on Sunday night. The festival takes place in Piedmont Park. There's no cost to attend. The main site for the festival is here.

About 100 pages into this: The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty – by Caroline Alexander Picked this book up because I greatly enjoyed Alexander's The Endurance. Like that book, The Bounty is a very entertaining mixture of adventure and history.

Good deal, Ken. Maybe I'll see you there.

FYI to all who live in metro Atlanta: Dave Liebman's new group, Expansions, will be playing in Athens at Hendershot's Coffee House & Bar on Tuesday, 04/19. Details here. Two days later, on Thursday, 04/21, they'll be playing at the Red Clay Music Foundry in Duluth. Details here. I will definitely be at the performance in Duluth. I may go to the show in Athens too, depending on my work schedule. I'm looking forward to hearing Lieb again.

That's a lovely remembrance, paul.

Out April 15 on the Intuition label: Looking forward to this.

That would've been fun. Back in the 70s, when I was 9 years old, I bought Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights" on a 45. It's one of the first records I remember buying. The "William Tell Overture / 'Lone Ranger' Theme" was on the flip side. Good memories.

Such a great record. I think Rowles is especially inspired on the side with the Strayhorn compositions.

My bad, alankin. Thanks for catching that mistake and posting the correct list of honorees. I've deleted the link in my post.

With the recent talk about the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters, I thought I'd start a "Who Should Be Next Honored Next Year?" thread. But I did a quick search, and this thread was already here. So, rather than duplicate, I'm giving this one a bump. For me, the first person who came to mind is Andrew Cyrille. Looks like I'm far from alone in thinking this; several of you have already mentioned him. Who else is missing? An aside: It's sad to see how many artists mentioned at the beginning of this thread have already passed. Tempus fugit. EDIT: I just realized that neither Herbie Hancock nor Wayne Shorter has been honored yet. I think both of these guys are obvious candidates for inclusion. [Note: I was mistaken. They're in. See post below.]

So true. I love George Adams' music. The man made a GORGEOUS sound on the saxophone. I think Adams was at his best when he played with Don Pullen. Earth Beams is GA/DP Quartet record that I return to most frequently.

I have a duplicate version of Keith Jarrett's Death & the Flower on CD. It's the GRP/Impulse version. Free to anyone who would like it. PM me if interested. EDIT: No longer available.

I'm sad that Gato's gone. But I'm GRATEFUL for the wonderful music that he made. So much fire, so much life! R.I.P.