Dan Gould

Power up, when I can see outside we'll do the walkaround to make sure no damage. I won't be terribly surprised if there is some shingle damage to the house though, from prior experience. Worst part of it all was at the end of the workday, I had urgent tasks nobody else could handle and kept getting power flickers knocking my system down and also preventing saving of work already done ... must have extended my work day by 40 minutes at least. Now to find out how my colleagues on the coast and the one in north Georgia made out/are making out.

I was going to start a thread ... getting a nice break from rain right now but sure to deteriorate by evening. The wind field is gigantic on this sucker. Even the area of hurricane force winds is very impressive. I have friends in Tallahassee who are under the gun and a key member of work team in north Georgia who will probably be knocked offline tonight. Hope all ride this out without any significant damage.

Thanks for the alert this looks really good.

Very intrigued and agree that sound seems excellent. unfortunately cash is tight and I don't know when I will be able to pull the trigger.

You also have the Diamondbacks in front of you, you could catch them instead for the final spot. Mets at Milwaukee won't be easy for them, and KC is in a major swoon that they are running out of time to reverse. The Braves aren't in the spot they'd want to be but I don't think their odds are that bad.

Mike LeDonne on FB: I've been knowing and playing with Benny Golson for just shy of 30 years. I've been seeing people on FB talking about how his passing makes Sonny Rollins the last man alive from the Great Day In Harlem Picture. Please allow me to say that while that may be an interesting phenomenon, watching the greats in that picture leave us one by one until there will eventually be none seems like a macabre kind of trivia game to me. It doesn't seem to fit the gravity of the moment and the great loss that has taken place. Sorry to those that posted it as I'm sure you meant no harm. I don't want to get into listing all of Benny Golson's musical accomplishments because that can be read anywhere online. Sufficed to say his playing was very underrated for someone who had such a unique sound and approach. You know who it wasn't underrated by? The great Wayne Shorter, who loved both his playing and his writing. Benny Golson came from an older school than Wayne but like Wayne never followed the crowd. He was even able to resist the influence of his childhood friend John Coltrane who at one point changed the language so completely that most musicians were showing his influence. Benny always remained his own man and even though he grew and expanded his boundaries as he went along he stayed loyal to his own sound and style. I wanted to share some thoughts about Benny Golson the human being because that is what is missing in focusing on his image in a famous photograph and even when only speaking of his great music. I was a young man when Benny called me to make a recording with him. That was my first gig after which he kept me there for the rest of his life. That right there says a lot. That kind of support and loyalty is extremely rare in this business. Sure, you might work with many great players but not for the rest of their life. Because of that Benny was there for many of the most important episodes of my life. I was on the road with him when I found out my wife was pregnant with my daughter Mary. He was the first person I told. He was always there for me when things went down a different road for us because of Mary's pre mature birth. Let me explain what I mean. When Mary was born almost 2 months early we were basically living in what they call the PICU which is the ICU for babies born at only 1 or 2 pounds who were not through baking in the oven yet. They are placed in incubators and the parents go there and hold their tiny swaddled baby everyday as they gain enough weight and get strong enough to go home. I was in touch with Benny throughout that experience and I still have some of the beautiful emails he would write me. When we worked together he would talk to me about my experience with such sincerity always listening to me deep in thought. This goes for everything I went through with my family. There were other rough roads we went down with Mary where we found ourselves once again living in the ICU for months and Benny was there through all of it. He had the patience of Job and the wisdom of a sage. His eloquence gave him the ability to say something helpful in such a substantive way it really made a difference. I found myself recalling his exact words over and over again when I needed a boost of spirit. He loved us and he was crazy about Mary and we loved him. When I got the crazy idea to start the Disability Pride Parade in NYC Benny was right there to do anything I needed to help get it off the ground. He was the one that gave me the courage to call all the other greats that wound up pitching in with their talent at my fund raisers called Jazz Legends for Disability Pride. He used to tell me that he couldn't believe that I was doing it and it always cracked me up when he'd say "These things are usually done by big corporations, who would think a "lowly jazz musician" could do such a thing?" No one was ever more enthusiastic and excited by the musicians in their band than Benny Golson. His joy at hearing the band was palpable and genuine and yet he was never pleased with his own playing. He was very critical of himself even though he'd be playing some incredible things, fresh new things that I never heard anyone play before or since. His tunes came from his heart and soul but were always a little different than anyone else's. He had a melodic and harmonic genius that I think is right up there with all the real greats like Ellington, Silver, Shorter etc... Like his playing his compositions and arrangements had that unmistakable Benny Golson sound. What I saw in Benny Golson the person was pure and as real as it gets. Someone who's kindness had no self motivation but was simply in his DNA. A gentle soul with a brilliant mind. A frustrated Shakespearian actor whose soliloquies told the history of this music from someone that lived it. His daughter Brielle, herself and incredible human being, told me even though his body was breaking down his mind was sharp right to the end. I take comfort in the fact that he passed away at home with family there. He went to sleep forever but he left us here with an incredible body of work and, for those of us lucky enough to have known him, memories that bring warmth to your heart and a smile to your face. My sincerest condolences to his daughter Brielle and his wife Bobbie who is also a beautiful woman with a lovely positive spirit. They were as close as a family could be so I know this is hard.

Jordi Sunol has posted on FB that Benny Golson has died: The world just lost a great musician. I have also lost a great friend. RIP, Benny. For me, he was the greatest composer of all. And I do mean all.

I identified Big Nick Nicholas on this photo found in the 1983 folder of the Leonard Gaskin Papers but members of the Rare Jazz Photos group ID'd the trumpeter as Rasul Siddik a member of the AACM.

For approximately the last 30 days, maybe longer, they are 29th or 28th in the league in every offensive category. The defense sucked all year long except CF and RF and when the starters were OK the bullpen sucked donkey d*cks and vice versa. Now they just all suck all around. I hate getting suckered into believing something that was never real.

At the ASB the Red Sox were 11 games over .500 (season high) and now sit 2 games below. Has any "contender" pissed away a season like that in recent memory? Now my rooting interest is in a total collapse on their remaining games (Minnesota, Toronto and the Rays) so they can tumble back to where they rightly belong, last place for the fourth year running.

This. What really seems rare when I think of it is a trumpet as lead soloist with organ.

Which episode is Takei in? I know I could go searching but ... please enlighten me cause its not ringing bells and "little seen" whets my curiosity a little more.

@Milestones Henderson appears on Brown Sugar led by Freddie Roach.

Visiting Boston for three is just what the doctor ordered for whatever is ailing Minnesota.

Ashby with Lewis, Wyands, Ore and Edgehill is terrific. Instant fave, Non-Percy France Division.

He seems to have a lot more per discogs unless these are all reissues or older material ? https://www.discogs.com/artist/431526-Arthur-Edgehill?superFilter=Credits Swing to bop Quintet was a Phil Schaap group or at least one that he booked into the West End a lot. Usually with Harold Cumberbatch, the Brooklyn baritonist.

It's been brought to my attention that despite his exceptionally soulful playing, and doing so in an era of so much organ-based soul jazz, Cannonball never recorded with an organist. Thoughts? Observations? Glad it never happened? Enquiring minds want to know.

Fine songwriter, of the tunes I know were his or his collaboration, ranking high up there is "Heart of The Matter" but the recording that did it justice is the in-concert ones of the re-formed group. The jingly jangly electric guitar on Henley's solo album marred the tune IMO.

Does it keep the mind sharp? Cause sitting for an extensive interview about events so long ago as you're approaching 98 is definitely something.

Here is a snip of a photo Loren shared on FB of Mr. Edgehill during the oral history interview from earlier this summer. He certainly looks younger than 98!

Loren Schoenberg shares on FB: Arthur Edgehill (actually name was Edghill) is known primarily for the great recordings he made int he 1950's and 60's with Kenny Dorham and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Just a couple of months ago, he returned to NY from Florida to visit family. We arranged an extensive oral history interview conducted by Kenny Washington that will be shared by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. His family has asked us to share the details of his memorial service and internment. Clifford Arthur Edghill A Celebration of Life July 21, 1926-September 10, 2024 Services will be held Saturday, September 21, 2024 11 am Family Visitation & Viewing 12 Noon Celebration Service Location: The Gospel Hall (The Brooklyn Church of the Brethern) 515 Classon Ave (Between Putnam and Fulton St) Brooklyn NY The Repast immediately following the service. Everyone is invited to join us for lunch in the fellowship hall of the church. The Interment Monday Sept 23, 2024 9:00 am Washington Crossing National Cemetery 830 Highland Road Newtown, PA 18940 In lieu of flowers you can donate to the National Jazz Museum in Harlem in Arthur Edghill’s name: The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 58 W 129th St, Ground Floor 2203 New York, NY 10027 Should definitely listen to the KD Bohemia recordings - and I will also listen to the four Harold Ashby shows that feature Edgehill on drums in the Phil Schaap Collection at Vandy.

Nope.

Was that the trio recording or the one with Konitz: https://aviary.library.vanderbilt.edu/collections/2137/collection_resources/135152?u=t&keywords[]=barry&keywords[]=harris

I've been streaming and editing so many of the shows if you want to DM me about what you've been trying to hear.

@adh1907 Direct from the research librarian: Early this morning I used a VPN to assume IP addresses in the UK, Germany, South Africa, and Russia, respectively. I was available to get Aviary access and play files in all locations using Firefox. I’m not sure if your colleague’s issues are unique to them or are connected to the browser they are using … or due to some other issue. According to the company, Aviary is configured to function in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. There is also the possibility that a file was selected that our rights to stream freely are a little murkier (like official recording sessions or the like). Does your colleague any specific records I could investigate? Let me know Anthony if there's anything else I can provide to the librarian.