Niko

there's lots of music of that type that I like a lot, especially when the second and third row of actors are included... basically, I have acquired many records that roughly fit the bill because I tend to buy anything with Frank Strazzeri or Mike Wofford on them... some favorites: Bob Cooper - The Music Of Michel Legrand - Vol.1 Bill Perkins – Remembrance Of Dino's John Tirabasso – Live Jazz At Dino's (Quartet with Frank Strazzeri, Putter Smith and Gary Foster) Paul Moer – Plays The Music Of Elmo Hope Don Thompson & His West Coast Friends – Days Gone By (with Monty Budwig and Mike Wofford) if you include people who missed their chance when West Coast Jazz was big: Chuck Foster Featuring Pete Christlieb – Long Overdue! (with Frank Strazzeri) Gary Lefebvre Quartet (with Leroy Vinegar and Frank Butler) there's, of course, more, including some nice 1980s and 1990s albums on Fresh Sound, and also some Xanadu albums that fit the bill (because they involve people like Dolo Coker, Monty Budwig, Frank Butler, Leroy Vinegar.... such as Home is where the Soul is by Kenny Drew or the Frank Butler album that features Jack Montrose...

I do agree, that Kelley's Monk biography is not the best example of someone sticking to the essentials and only the essentials... (for instance, I am just reading John Chilton's Bechet biography and imho that one is perfect in keeping the balance between biographical information, gossip and music; also in talking about the music without getting overly technical), then again, genealogical research is not cockroaches in Texas; and while Kelley makes (iirc) some new contributions to our understanding of Monk's family history, I hope very much that the authors of that Dorham bio do not expand the world's knowledge about cockroaches in Texas...

he's impressive indeed, saw him with Pharoah Sanders in 2019...

Somewhat later, Wilson was a proponent of QANON and related wisdoms, what I would expect at the other end of the political spectrum, see here, the posts near the bottom of p 11

That should be him, if you search this board for "math rock", you find some instances of Larry discussing his son, apparently his former band as a guitar player was Crush Kill Destroy

the kid is ill so I could finish some of the books on my stack, including this one, with Peppa Pig in the background... The best chapters are great

I'd that the album is pretty good for an inhouse production of a super market, to be sold next to dairy and vegetables... And I wouldn't blame them too much for the overselling in the title - it's not like there were other Ben Webster album on offer there ... In fact, I kind of like the idea of coupling Webster with a somewhat larger group of excellent, more modern players, it's a nice change of pace from many of his later albums

thanks for posting!

Yes!

Among those Motian-led Winter&Winter albums with Kikuchi, my favorite is On Broadway Volume 5 with Loren Stilman and Michael Attias, that one is just wonderful...

the Myers/Wadada album and the Myers solo album are magnificient, as are the Kikuchi albums... I also liked the earlier Wadada... the remaining three albums (soon four) couldn't quite convince me to the same degree... still: an amazing run for a young label!

It's similar to the first volume, about as good, too. I am really happy with it, a bit like getting a second serving of a favorite meal.

the Dutch and their first names are funny anyway... I recently almost bought this duo album of Hazevoet (English: Harefoot) with Hendrikus Johannes 'Han' Bennink might still get it for Easter if it's still available

I'd say what you are playing there is pretty much the highlight but I haven't followed most of the more recent developments

Envy you a bit, saw that concert advertised on insta this morning... Hope the album by the band appears soon!