Brad

Fat City is a great one. I received that as part of the Club. Stoner is also great. My favorites are the books by Stefan Zweig, especially Beware of Pity. I have them all. Under appreciated classics are the books by Alfred Hayes. They’ve also published some great WWI books, some fictional, some non fiction. My introduction to Russian literature came through their publication of Pushkin’s The Captain’s Daughter.

The singer James Brown looking over a copy of his record “Cold Sweat” in an undated photograph.

A favorite of mine. Recorded in 1966 but not released until 1985. Marc Myers wrote an article on it. Jazz Wax - The Rajah

I'm a huge fan of the NYRB Classics catalogue. Each month they publish a new book. I belong to their book club, which sends you a new book every month. You're never sure what you'll receive and I've read some books I probably wouldn't have read otherwise. The cost is only $150 for 12 books and it's well worth it, in my opinion. Usually, when I go to a used book store, the first thing I'm looking for are books with the Classics logo.

If you’re interested in Edward R Murrow — and he was a God in our house — I highly recommend A.M. Sperber’s biography.

I need to read his Underground Railroad.

One of my pickups from Ken

Yes, great stuff. My introduction to terrific French players. I think there were boxes of 75cds and maybe 100. Not sure about 140 although there could have been. If Scott decides to sell any box he owns, please let me know.

That’s amazing. The person who sold it to you must have taken a huge loss.

I read it when it first came out and thought it was fascinating. I loved it. Although I can understand that not every book will appeal to everyone, I think you’re being a tad harsh in your assessment.

I never bought the Galaxy box (18 or so CDs I recall, a little too many for me) so I'd be up for this.

Not familiar with this material but looking forward to it.

I thought there were three key points, all in the fifth set. Federer broke Djokovic when the latter was up 4-2. I thought Djokovic had let a golden opportunity slip by — although I was proved wrong— and then Federer had two match points up 9-8. I was sure Djokovic was finished and was amazed when he saved match point and actually more so when he won the game. The last was in the tiebreak when Federer was down 1-2 and mishit or shanked the ball. That put him in a big hole from which he could not recover. Pity. I thought Federer was the better player as he had more winners but Djokovic came through at just the right moments.

One of the great matches but one I’m sure Federer would like to forget. Who can blame him?

The loser will rue the opportunities he had. It’s a match you don’t want to see end. I think it’s going to a tiebreaker.

This is one incredible match at 9-8 in the fifth. You can cut the tension with the proverbial knife.

That was my reaction.

Do you have the Jazz in Paris box?

Vivian Perlis, a musicologist who founded Yale University’s Oral History of American Music, an invaluable archive of audio and video interviews that she directed for more than 40 years, died on July 4 at her home in Weston, Conn. She was 91. The oral history project includes some 3,000 recordings of interviews with composers and other major musical figures, from Aaron Copland to Elliott Carter, from Duke Ellington to John Adams. The eminent musicologist H. Wiley Hitchcock described it as an “incomparable resource.” Vivian Perlis, Oral Historian of American Music, Dies at 91

Peas, peas, peas, eating goober peas, goodness how delicious, eating goober peas

Aw, shucks, podner, don’t tell them outsiders, our lil secrets.

She made a couple of early cross court shots, turning sure points from Serena into points for her, that were positively amazing

JazzTimes just tweeted this: The Kenny Burrell GoFundMe saga has gotten a lot stranger. Geoff Edgers' report this week in the Washington Post—in which JazzTimes figures prominently—reveals many more possible layers to the story, and some of them are quite distressing.

This sounds interesting! I know you're a big Booker fan