Guy Berger

Weren't some of those recordings made on non-BN labels that were later acquired?

Loved this episode. Seriously LOLd at JSngry's comment (in fact, I shared it with some IRL friends).

Hey guys, I am thinking of picking up recordings of John Dunstaple compositions but can't decide between the interpretations by Tonus Peregrinus (Naxos) or Hilliard Ensemble (2 CD set on EMI coupled with Leonel Power - this isn't a CD-R, is it?). Any thoughts?

AB, amazing/funny/beautiful actress. Amusingly, my fiancee and I were getting lunch a few months ago and JS and his teenage son (who was typically teenagery) were there too. I wasn't listening too closely but I think JS was pestering this kid about his supposedly terrible taste in music.

My opinion too. At first I was a little skeptical - I thought it was enjoyable "style without substance" (indeed, the show was kind of marketed that way). But I thought it improved a lot over time. By the 3rd season I was hooked. Not that anyone cares but my favorite characters are Roger and Peggy. As TtK says most of the characters exist in a grey zone.

LOU NEEDS TO HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH JOHN DEERE

This band became a lot less interesting after Buddy Collette left.

Yeah, so putting the political affiliation of the organization to the side... why did they give the award to such a hack? I haven't read this guy's books, but judging by the WSJ columns that have been posted here from time to time, he's quite lame.

Finally getting around to the George Russell BS/SN box and listening to this album for the 1st time. Wow. So good. Anybody who likes music at the nexus of avant-garde big band jazz and rock music should definitely check it out.

I really like it. I have a soft spot for solo sax albums for a few reasons, one of which is that i simply find them to be great background music. There's a relaxed intimacy about them; i love having a solo saxophone album playing while i pot around the house from one room to another. Almost feels like the artist is chilling in one of the rooms of your house. In particular with this Steve Coleman album i'd always loved his playing but found the production on his eighties and nineties albums to be really off putting. An album with him unaccompanied really laid his playing bare. I'm not sure what it is but his playing really speaks to me so i found this album to be really engaging. I also really dug what i'd heard of him on his albums unaccompanied (for example track one of Weaving Symbolics) and thought "yeah i could dig a whole albums of this". That's pretty much what you get. This thread made for interesting reading. Just like with any artist YMMV but you can't really judge recent Steve Coleman by his eighties or nineties stuff. Sometimes i feel like Steve Coleman's career is on the reverse trajectory of Miles'. Judging current Steve on albums like Tao of the Mad Phat would be like judging Miles purely on Tutu. In Marcus Gilmore he found a drummer that could be funky without being stuck on a grid. Jen Shyu's vocals will be a deal breaker for some, but for me her voice adds a wonderful surreal edge and some amazing colours (i also really dig Irene Aebi's vocals, so... ) Finally picked this up. This is great!!!

Lester Young with Nat Cole and Red Callender

The Oscar Peterson trio with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown

Lon - which recordings are you talking about? Of Course Of Course has Tony Williams, not Pete LaRoca; and the tracks recorded a little later with LaRoca have Albert Stinson on board rather than Ron Carter. Anyway, this should be great and I am looking forward to it. Should be quite a bit better than most of the live recordings with Jarrett and DeJohnette, at least in terms of Lloyd's playing.

I understand where this question is coming from aesthetically but - we don't know what BB's finances are like, we don't know what his medical costs are. There have been enough posts here about elderly musicians in penury...

Obviously everyone has been quoting this opening line from "One Hundred Years of Solitude", but it's so good and maybe it will convince someone to discover this author: "Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo." "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."

A giant. RIP.

How much pre-1950 jazz have you listened to, out of curiosity?

Filles de Kilimanjaro, A Love Supreme, Out to Lunch

Didn't AS get better ratings than... Letterman? (And pretty much everyone except Leno/Fallon.) Personally I'm less interested in these stupid "late night wars" and much more interested in who Comedy Central picks for the "blowhard parody" slot to replace Colbert. Limbaugh and O'Reilly would be excellent candidates. I really think Colbert Report will go away after Colbert departs, though he might be allowed to do a few special events here and there, particularly around election time. My guess is that John Oliver gets some show crafted around his persona. Actually, John Oliver DOES have a show coming out soon (has it already started?) - a weekly "news" show on HBO. And I think you are probably right; I was being facetious.

50 years is enough, and there should be a compulsory licensing regime for out of print music/books.

Didn't AS get better ratings than... Letterman? (And pretty much everyone except Leno/Fallon.) Personally I'm less interested in these stupid "late night wars" and much more interested in who Comedy Central picks for the "blowhard parody" slot to replace Colbert. Limbaugh and O'Reilly would be excellent candidates.

I recently picked up NbtB (the 2CD set on Avid) and man, this is a glorious album.

I am a little sad that Colbert's CC show is ending, but very happy for him - he deserves the $$$. For him, this is a risk with limited downside. For CBS, on the other hand... this could be a giant flop.

Yes. This was an excellent trolling venture - and they did it without adding Kenny G! By the way, I think you could make a case that Wynton, the Metternich of jazz, really does belong on this list. Nobody said the influence had to be positive. Don't think that Wynton has been influential on the music per se (name a significant player whose music owes a debt to Wynton's) but on how the music has been perceived and marketed. Don't you think a lot of jazz recorded/played in the 1980s "went in a certain direction" because of his prominence/influence? Maybe that's the same thing as what you're saying.

Yes. This was an excellent trolling venture - and they did it without adding Kenny G! By the way, I think you could make a case that Wynton, the Metternich of jazz, really does belong on this list. Nobody said the influence had to be positive.