Guy Berger

I like Higgins but I don’t think his grooves were less funky than those of many of his peers

I‘m not sure that is a compliment to the BN boogaloo sound...

Charles Lloyd’s ACOUSTIC MASTERS is really great and makes me wish he’d record more with more conservative rhythm sections.

Looks like we’re headed for some US meat shortages due to the meat packing plants experiencing COVID outbreaks. I wish we protected our essential workers.

RIP Henry. Thanks for your amazing contributions.

I really love Lee’s music, especially the post-1965 music. I was enjoying the Birdland recording on ECM last night - with a killer rhythm section of Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian. I saw Lee only one - at the Blue Note in NYC, with Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock, and Joey Baron. Great gig. Btw JSngry once said about the cover picture on a LK Btw JSngry once said about the cover picture on a LK album: ”If I didn't know who they were and saw that photo, I'd still think it was a bunch of crazyass old men. And I do mean that as a compliment.”

My 2 1/4yr old was dancing to “Good Times” from YOU KNOW THE NUMBER and is calling him Henry Thread

I think it depends on how effectively you can practice/enforce social distancing in these events. You could probably seat at some people in any location (and clean thoroughly afterward), but at 6 feet apart it would be a fraction of normal capacity

Grim evidence that the official COVID death count is a significant undercount https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus-death-count.html

Re reinfection, this is worth reading.

ZeroHedge is a notorious conspiracy theory site. I recommend avoiding it. SCMP is actually a high quality newspaper, but this specific story seems somewhat sensationalist... the research underlying the article is much more cautious and doesn't draw such a strong conclusion. The reinfection stories are somewhat worrisome and worth investigating, but it's still not clear how many of these are "true" reinfections vs false positives/negatives in COVID tests. One thing that seems likely is immunity to COVID is unlikely to last a lifetime - if other coronaviruses are any indication, it will wear off after a few years. So any vaccination would probably need to be like the flu vaccine (taken regularly and tweaked for strain). I think this is indicative of how much we are "learning on the fly" about this illness, and one reason why slowing the spread of the illness is important - buying time for us to learn how to treat this illness better.

I would differentiate between the two. Nashville Skyline is a classic, full of outstanding music. Self Portrait is “just” enjoyable.

I finally got around to listening to SELF PORTRAIT - it’s quite enjoyable, despite the bad rap.

It certainly suggests they need better precautions... workplaces are a prime place for transmission.

I think this stat is an overestimate for two reasons: 1) Testing is limited to more severe cases. 2) For a severe case, recovery might take longer than death

Yes. The actual health boost to a "civilian" wearing a mask isn't zero, but it's not that high. However, the gains to other people could be quite large - especially since a lot of cases are asymptomatic. I think this is a case where excessive irrational paranoia ("gotta protect myself with a mask!") is actually good for society as a whole. FWIW, a lot of these health benefits can be accrued by less sophisticated masks. Even a scarf over your mouth offers some benefits to others. Please leave the medical-grade masks to doctors and other health care providers who are in serious danger.

Thanks for calling this out, it's very likely incorrect. This is a much more dangerous illness than the typical seasonal flu.

I think you're framing this incorrectly. The recommendations you mentioned aren't, on their own, magic talismans that absolutely prevent COVID spread. They aren't 100% effective, and adherence to them is probably imperfect. 5 people all working in the same place might cross paths closer than 6 feet pretty frequently (even if they make the effort not to do so); are touching a lot of the same surfaces (it's hard to clean these sufficiently thoroughly/frequently); and may be bringing in COVID from outside of work. Restricting non-essential businesses mean that there is one common channel for COVID transmission that's shut down.

Breaks my heart

Horrible

If the US is extremely lucky, the number of COVID deaths will be in the low 6 digits. Keep in mind that some of the factors for the China undercount are likely to crop up here too.

It’s hard to know what to make of this. Presumably people in Wuhan were dying of other things during this period that couldn’t be buried. (Maybe even more than usual due to overloading of the healthcare system.) There were also probably people who died before they could get tested. Unfortunately, even if there was undercounting of Chinese deaths from coronavirus, the true number is likely to be much lower than the eventual count here in the US.

The impact of SARS was much smaller - it was less contagious. Fewer people got it, fewer people died, the public health response was much more effective.

I now know one person who definitely has it (a “serious” case, in the hospital), and another who probably has it.

Hey all... hope you are doing ok, or at least as well as possible under current circumstances. Glad we have this community.