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Tomorrow night, Bruce Cockburn @ Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock NY. Never been to this venue before (it's on the pricey side), but given the location and recent events I hope he'll be motivated and fired up.

PM on Gulda/Weiss plus question on another title.

The piano and chamber music discs therefrom.

Wow, publisher of the "current" paperback edition is Da Capo (Canada). ISTR that I saw the book was unavailable via interlibrary loan (which is generally a reliable source), and then forgot about it. I'm going the Kindle route. Thanks for the tip. [Added] Now reading Notes and Tones. Jumping between chapters (interviews) of names that appeal to me. Excellent. Very fast read because pages have big margins and small printed area.

Thanks. That book's been mentioned quite a bit on the board, I made a "mental note" to read it but never followed up.

Thanks! Of course I paid full hardback price when it was released, but now I can downsize and donate the physical book.

I was disappointed that six boxes of notebook material didn't yield a meatier book. This may violate board rules, but I found some of Sonny's musings on the environment and politics remarkably prescient.

Good stuff. I used to have a Damon Runyon anthology and read it at least a couple of times. Eventually got donated during a downsizing. Which reminds me: I also like Ring Lardner, also had an anthology, but have never read his novel The Real Dope: A Satirical Journey Through the Jazz Age. Meanwhile I recently finished There's some good content, and overall worth reading for fans, but on the other side of the ledger: Slender volume w/o a lot of text, plus quite a bit of technical material that might go over the heads of non-saxophonists.

Thanks, Tim. Enjoyed this BFT. Posted early, meant to follow up on roughly the 2nd half, but I had a rough month...illness and a lot of work. Appreciate your effort.

The discogs link given by Rooster has only one (compilation) album featuring Bud. It's the album linked to by romualdo. The album from that second discogs link has 2 cuts with Bud: 1. Perdido, with Bird, Mingus and Dizzy, seemingly from Massey Hall; 2. Under My Skin by a "Bud Powell Trio" with Mingus and Max. Appears to be from the Toronto Debut session, but I can't tell when it was released (at least, the available Wiki material is unclear with regard to that track).

RIP. No self-respecting (or self-deprecating 😁) geek could fail to recall Teri Garr on the original Star Trek (1968)

Browsing this thread, I didn't notice Nate Morgan (and not in the spirit of "have we mentioned everyone yet?" 😆 ) Strongly Tyner-influenced (maybe too much for some tastes), but I very much like everything I've heard, lots on Nimbus West. His trio album Live in Santa Barbara is not at all in the Tyner mold, btw. And John Blum in the "free" sector.

I did not want to listen to L. L. and am waiting for alternate recordings. 😁

Yeah, but the Mozart piece was juvenilia (even by WAM standards), so IMO this Chopin piece, if authentic, would be more significant.

I remember when that biography was published. It caused a real sensation in all the book review columns. I never read it because it seemed too creepy. I did read Maggin's biography of Stan Getz, though...probably because I've spent more time with Getz's music than Sellers's films.

Has anyone read (or started) this? I'm really interested, was about to order but saw that it's only 166 pages (per Forced Exposure; oddly the C vs D site doesn't give the # of pages)...If there are a lot of photos and footnotes, the text might be rather skimpy, in which case I'll hold off. Recently shelled out for The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins, which is disappointingly brief but significantly cheaper. OTOH, the C vs. D combo book/CD offer might be the way to go.

I figure the film will soon be coming to an art house cinema relatively near you. Maybe streamable. I saw it in a cinema with excellent sound system, which was a plus. The director's website says "currently screening at special live events worldwide...More cities and cinema runs to be announced and the streaming release. Follow Gary Hustwit on Instagram for more frequent updates, or join our email list for news and updates on Eno." Eno's website claims that the soundtrack is "Available on vinyl, CD and on all streaming platforms" [Stock disclaimer: I have no connection whatsoever with the film or its makers]

Finally saw this (Eno). Tried a few weeks ago but it was sold out. I never heard much of Eno's music: some famous Roxy Music and Bowie cuts, knew of the ambient work but heard relatively little apart from a couple of early albums. But the film is outstanding. He's extremely articulate and thoughtful. You can find all kind of info describing this as a "Generative" film (clips selected via algorithm so that no two viewings are the same). It's implemented a little quirkily (no real need to show onscreen process of clips being sampled IMO), but works well.

RIP. All I know of her is this recommendable album with Don Ewell, which I own: Will try to listen to more online.

Thanks! Excellent interview. I used to read paristransatlantic semi-regularly, but don't recall seeing it. Maybe at that time I was more into avant-garde classical than jazz.

They were in Saugerties (NY) yesterday 10/20. I think Cliff Peterson went. I saw the Lou Grassi (drums) Trio (with Michael Bisio on bass and Cécile Broché on violin) in Kingston instead. The 2 events overlapped (5 PM and 4 PM starting times) so one had to choose.

Listened to the whole set over the weekend. Doubt that any of the individual albums rank as "classic", but the package works really well and is one of the Mosaics I play most often.

Obscure Japanese reissues. Can't say they're essential, but I like pianist Takeshi Shibuya (he also sometimes plays organ), who is on both. First is a duet album, second a quartet.

Big Dave Burrell fan here, have a few CDs but would like to see much more on the medium. After Love, from the French America series, stands out as weird but extremely interesting. I originally got into DB because I l dig people who bash on the piano (e.g. Bobby Few, Cooper-Moore,... of course CT), but I enjoy his playing in other styles as well. The Jelly Roll Joys is great fun, High Won High Two has some surprising medleys. Consequences, the duet with Billy Martin, has lots of outside bashing. Don't have too much else with him as leader, only a Japanese piano duet album with Stanley Cowell comes to mind right now.