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Willard Jenkins Presents a Collection of Reflections About Jazz, Journalism, & Race With "Ain't But a Few of Us," To Be Published Dec. 2 by Duke University Press Longtime Jazz Journalist & Advocate Brings Together the Thoughts & Words of Nearly 4 Dozen Black Jazz Writers To Address Common Issues In a Wide Variety of Voices & Perspectives   November 2, 2022 Washington, DC-based jazz journalist, broadcaster, presenter, and advocate Willard Jenkins presents a literary panorama of the lives and works of African American jazz writers with his edited volume Ain’t But A Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story (Duke University Press). As the title suggests, Jenkins gathers the relative handful of Black scribes who focus on jazz music—from A.B. Spellman and Greg Tate to Anthony Dean-Harris and Angelika Beener—and gives them space to relate their perspectives in their own words. Himself a jazz writer with over 50 years’ experience, Jenkins isn’t entirely hands-off in his approach to the material. Indeed, the majority of the book is drawn from interviews he conducted and originally published on his own blog, the Independent Ear (openskyjazz.com). What he does avoid, however, is superimposing his own views onto his subjects. Their unique experiences constitute the heart of the collection, revealing both remarkable diversity and commonalities in their insights. “The goal has been to include Black writers from several different perspectives and stations in the media pursuit,” Jenkins explains in his introduction. “This book represents a variety of viewpoints and vantage points, but inevitably the dialogue leads back to considerations of that specious, man-made construct known as race.” At times the variety of viewpoints is front and center. The book proper begins with a roundtable Q&A that encompasses seven writers, male and female, of different generations, locations, and professional backgrounds, Eric Arnold, Jordannah Elizabeth, and K. Leander Williams among them. They answer Jenkins’s provocative questions about the experience of being a Black music writer, the relative lack thereof, and what that lack means for the music and its audience. Elsewhere, it’s the writers’ similarities that are emphasized. Jenkins organizes writers based on their professional orientations—authors, magazine editors and publishers, contributors to Black community publications, freelancers, columnists, and online writers—to discuss how race colors the creation and coverage of the music. Robin D.G. Kelley waxes philosophical about the inextricability of jazz from its cultural context; Martin Johnson laments having to defend the “real blackness” of Ellington and Monk; and Bridget Arnwine outlines the even greater complexity of being a woman writer of color. Yet Jenkins also mines the history of race in jazz and jazz journalism. Ain’t But A Few of Us concludes by compiling some of the important journalistic discussions of jazz and race, including Amiri Baraka’s “Jazz and the White Critic” and Stanley Crouch’s “Putting the White Man in Charge.” Spanning from the 1940s to the 2010s, these classic pieces remind us that the questions they address are as perennial as they are timely. Thus, Ain’t But A Few of Us is simultaneously a dialogue, a collection of monologues, and an anthology of writing on jazz, journalism, race, and gender. For all that diversity of voices and ideas, however, Jenkins’s book is a cogent, honest, and unstintingly relevant document that explores African-American writers’ place in the jazz landscape. Willard Jenkins was born February 6, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in a household suffused with jazz music. He cultivated his own love of the music first through his father’s record collection, then through local jazz radio station WCUY. He took his passion with him to Kent State University, where he became an activist with Black United Students and began his journalistic career reviewing records for the student newspaper the Black Watch. From there, Jenkins wrote for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, various Cleveland-area alt-weeklies, Cadence, JazzTimes, Down Beat, and the Polish magazine Jazz Forum. He also began teaching jazz history at Cleveland State University, broadcasting jazz on radio station WKSU, and presenting concerts under the auspices of the Northeast Ohio Jazz Society. In 1983, he undertook a year-long jazz community needs assessment in the upper Midwest for the National Endowment for the Arts; that work evolved into a position at the Minneapolis-based nonprofit Arts Midwest. A few years later, Jenkins became a founding member of the Jazz Journalists Association. In 1989, Jenkins relocated to Washington, DC to become executive director of the National Jazz Service Organization. He has remained in the DC area ever since, broadcasting weekly on radio station WPFW-FM and continuing to work as a jazz journalist and consultant. Since 2015, he has been artistic director of the DC Jazz Festival. Jenkins collaborated with legendary piano, composer, and NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston on the latter’s autobiography, African Rhythms (2010). Ain’t But A Few of Us is his second book. For a review copy of Ain’t But a Few of Us, please contact Laura Sell, Books Marketing Manager, Duke University Press, at lsell@duke.edu (919-687-3639).     Willard Jenkins on "Ain't But a Few of Us"  Willard Jenkins Web Site

Darn, the Mayall box is now out of stock. Thanks anyway, Lon! PS - Correction. The $80 box sold by Deep Discount is now out of stock. Walmart has it for $300+.

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Jim, I don't know what your problem is. This is the second time you have suggested that I have a bad attitude or am a troublemaker or something, and I don't know where you are coming from. I would like to read the rules to refresh my recollection of them. Whatever they are, I am happy to abide by them. There have been vague accusations that some of my posts have violated the rules, but nothing specific, nothing falsifiable. Maybe Jim A has a copy of the rules, and would post them again. By the way, in regard to specific items... In the Film Corner thread, I posted without comment 2000 Mules and its trailer. No comment, no endorsement, no condemnation. If the mods want no mention at all of politics, that's OK with me. But if someone were to post without comment in the Currently Reading thread that he had just finished Michelle Obama's book, I would expect that to be censored as well. In the News of the Day thread, I stated what I believed to be a newsworthy fact (the Amazon and Meta stock declines), and cited my source. The response was sneers, which of course are not falsifiable. Why have my posts been censored, but the sneers have not? By the way, you in particular might be interested to learn that both Robert Malone and Peter McCullough have endorsed The Epoch Times' coverage of the Covid-19 story.

Jim, I'm glad you brought this up! Are the rules posted anywhere? If so, please post a link. I'd like to refresh my recollection.

Jim, it seems to me that because "Amazon and Meta are two fundamentally different companies," the fact that both should suffer a severe decline in revenue at the same time should be a greater cause for concern. Thanks for the link. What are you referring to?

Happy Birthday Guy!

And so now with one week left, the final standings are set. https://www.cfl.ca/standings/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/hamilton-tiger-cats-clinch-final-cfl-playoff-berth-as-saskatchewan-roughriders-officially-eliminated/ ***** All of the playoff games will be played on Sundays. https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2022/ ***** After 19 years as a pro, Jon Ryan has retired. https://3downnation.com/2022/10/23/father-time-finally-got-me-former-nfl-riders-punter-jon-ryan-confirms-retirement-following-elks-season-finale/ ***** Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2022/10/24/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-stampeders-run-over-the-competition/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/24/power-rankings-table-runners-and-trail-blazers/ ***** QB Index https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/26/qb-index-rest-rust-risk-and-reward/ ***** 3 Down Nation has nominated its 100% Canadian all-star team. https://3downnation.com/2022/10/25/presenting-the-2022-cfl-all-canadian-team/ ***** Edmonton has the bye this week; their season is over. Here are their upcoming free agents. https://3downnation.com/2022/10/26/the-edmonton-elks-potential-2023-free-agent-list/ ***** The league has announced each team's nominees for the CFL Awards. https://3downnation.com/2022/10/26/most-outstanding-cfl-teams-announce-award-winners/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/26/talk-of-the-town-2022-team-award-winners-announced/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/27/who-i-chose-on-my-hamilton-tiger-cats-awards-ballot-and-why/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/rourke-nominated-for-2-cfl-individual-awards-1.6632696 ***** Sports Tourism Canada claims that this year's Touchdown Atlantic game generated C$12.7 million for Nova Scotia. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-touchdown-atlantic-nova-scotia-economy-1.6631471 https://3downnation.com/2022/10/27/new-study-finds-touchdown-atlantic-generated-12-7-million-in-economic-impact-to-nova-scotia/ ***** The league has announced the names of the nine nominees for the Jake Gaudaur Award. https://3downnation.com/2022/10/27/riders-centre-dan-clark-headlines-list-of-nominees-for-prestigious-jake-gaudaur-veterans-award/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/27/nine-players-nominated-for-jake-gaudaur-veterans-award/ ***** Analyses & Picks (With the final standings established, we can expect to see the back-ups seeing most of the action.) https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/canadian-nathan-rourke-to-start-bc-lions-winnipeg-blue-bombers-1.1868517 https://doorfliesopen.com/2022/10/27/cfl-beat-171/ http://17degreesports.com/index.php/2022/10/26/cfl-week-21-preview/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/25/weekly-predictor-taking-the-ottawa-redblacks/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/28/3downnation-cfl-picks-which-backups-will-stake-their-case-for-the-future/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/25/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-21-picks/ ***** Week 21 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/26/checking-down-news-and-notes-from-week-21/ ***** Week 21 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/27/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-21/ ***** Friday's result Winnipeg 24....BC 9 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6288/bc-lions-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#videos https://3downnation.com/2022/10/29/winnerpeg-blue-bombers-set-franchise-record-with-win-over-b-c-lions-11-other-thoughts/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions-winnipeg-blue-bombers-cfl-recap-oct-28-1.6633224 The Bombers set a team record with their 15th win.

Week 20 results Hamilton 30....Ottawa 27 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6284/ottawa-redblacks-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/#videos https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/hamilton-tiger-cats-ottawa-redblacks-cfl-recap-oct-21-1.6625895 https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/chronic-issues-prove-fatal-for-redblacks-11-other-thoughts-on-losing-to-the-ticats/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/learning-how-to-win-15-thoughts-on-hamiltons-30-27-victory-over-the-ottawa-redblacks/ Great game! With the loss, the Redblacks are eliminated. ***** BC 31....Edmonton 14 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6285/bc-lions-vs-edmonton-elks/#videos https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions-edmonton-elks-cfl-recap-oct-21-1.6625901 https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/2022-marks-elks-second-straight-season-winless-at-home-and-chris-jones-is-tired-of-talking-about/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/james-butlers-grand-performance-secures-lions-home-playoff-game-and-nine-other-thoughts-on-beating-the-elks/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/23/quietly-into-the-sunset-11-thoughts-on-the-elks-dropping-their-season-finale-to-the-lions/ With the win, BC clinch second place. ***** Toronto 24....Montreal 23 https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/23/recap-toronto-24-montreal-23-2/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-toronto-argonauts-montreal-alouettes-recap-oct-22-1.6626371 https://3downnation.com/2022/10/23/the-argos-live-la-vie-en-rouge-and-11-other-thoughts-on-clinching-first-in-the-east-division/ With the win, the Argos clinch first place. ***** Calgary 32....Sask 21 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6287/calgary-stampeders-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#videos https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-calgary-stampeders-saskatchewan-roughriders-recap-oct-22-1.6626377 With the loss, the Riders are eliminated, and thus the Ticats clinch third place. ***** Week 20 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/24/amazing-grabs-shine-in-the-week-20-plays-of-the-week/

Did Amazon stock lose 20% in one day? Did Meta stock lose 24.5% in one day? If so, why? What are the implications? Let's try to avoid thread drift.

Please ask your friends what they think. Could this be the first shoe to drop? What is a worst case scenario? ***** There is more. The shares of Meta (the new name of Facebook) lost 24.5% today. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/100-billion-zuck-bucks-eviscerated-meta-bet-bombs

Does anybody here truly understand stocks and bonds? Amazon's stock fell 20% today. That can't be good. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/amazon-implodes-more-20-after-missing-revenues-disappointing-aws-catastrophic-guidance

Ramsey Lewis Celebrates the Music of the Fab Four With the Posthumous Release of "The Beatles Songbook," Due January 6 from Steele Records First Ever Solo Piano Recording By the Legendary Pianist in His Seven-Decade Career, With Exciting New Interpretations of 12 Lennon-McCartney Songs   October 24, 2022 The late, legendary pianist Ramsey Lewis offers an intimate, familiar affair with his solo piano recording The Beatles Songbook: The Saturday Salon Series, Volume One, to be released January 6 on Steele Records. This selection of tunes by the iconic songwriting duo of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, approved for release by Lewis, is also a surprising DIY project, created during livestreamed sessions in Lewis’s own Chicago home. Lewis, of course, is no stranger to covering of postwar pop music. He had a smash 1965 hit with his cover of Dobie Gray’s “The In Crowd,” which he followed up with a successful version of “Hang on Sloopy.” He has even assayed the Beatles’ catalog before, scoring a minor hit with “A Hard Day’s Night” and even releasing Mother Nature’s Son, an homage to the Beatles’ White Album, in 1968. He was a latecomer, however, to unaccompanied piano performance. Until recent years, Lewis had almost never performed as a soloist. But the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to perform any other way, and during the lockdowns Lewis initiated a series of monthly webcasts called “The Saturday Salon.” Always an artist with a populist touch, Lewis included the Beatles’ songs in his webcasts because it was music that, like his own, had demonstrated universal appeal. “They have a catalog of songs that can stand up as standards that are fun to play and fun to solo on,” he said. “Their music has been recorded by symphonies and orchestras, rock bands, jazz bands. I don’t know any other pop act whose music has been recorded across the board like this.” Even with their exhaustive coverage, Lewis is able to unlock new secrets and breathe new life into the tunes. His “And I Love Her” explores the possibilities of both the song’s harmonies and its famous four-note riff. “Rocky Raccoon” gets a beautiful reharmonization. Lewis plays up the gospel roots of “Hey Jude,” and in the ballads “Blackbird” and “Golden Slumbers” he finds previously unknown reservoirs of the blues. Lifted directly from the 2020 livestream audio, The Beatles Songbook sounds like the home recording it is. But that sound is a feature, not a bug: It amplifies the intimacy of the performance, as if we were hearing a message from a friend, and reminds us that to the end, Lewis was able to work in any circumstances and create great art. Ramsey Lewis was born May 27, 1935 in Chicago. He began playing piano at the age of four, learning classical from teachers, gospel from the church, and jazz from his father’s record collection. Through Wells High School and into Chicago Musical College he intended to become a concert classical pianist, but fate intervened: While working at a record store, Lewis met bassist Eldee Young and drummer Red Holt, fellow jazz lovers who joined with him to form the Ramsey Lewis Trio. In 1965, after a decade of working together both on bandstands and on Leonard and Phil Chess’s Argo Records, Lewis and the trio achieved a surprise top 10 pop hit with their version of “The In Crowd,” recorded live in Washington DC. The record made Lewis a star, which he compounded with subsequent hits “Hang on Sloopy,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” and “Wade in the Water.” After the trio disbanded, Lewis carried on with new ensembles and continued pursuing pop-jazz success, surfacing on the pop charts again with members of Earth, Wind & Fire on 1974’s Sun Goddess. His popular success continued into the 1980s and ‘90s, when he formed the popular crossover group Urban Knights. In the 21st century, Lewis became a revered elder statesman of jazz, finding a career renaissance as a composer, broadcaster, educator, and artistic director of the Ravinia Jazz Festival. Lewis was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters fellowship in 2007. He spent his final year working with journalist Aaron Cohen on his memoir, Gentleman of Jazz (to be published May 2023 by Blackstone Publishing,) before passing away at his Chicago home on September 12, 2022. Photography:Colin Boyle/Chicago Sun-Times     Ramsey Lewis on the Beatles Songbook  Ramsey Lewis Web Site  

2000 Mules

My favorite is the one with Roger Kellaway.

Analyses & Picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2022/10/20/cfl-beat-week-170/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/21/3downnation-cfl-picks-can-mason-be-fine-in-first-start-for-riders/

FORGOTTEN 60S: Now 100 Hits - $7.95 https://www.hamiltonbook.com/forgotten-60s-now-100-hits-compact-disc I've never forgotten these songs. Maybe it's because I've never heard of half of them. I want to point out one that the Brits here might remember from 1967 - Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear by The Alan Price Set. This song was the first music video I ever saw (not counting Rick Nelson at the end of Ozzie & Harriet episodes). Dick Clark showed it on American Bandstand.

Break a leg, Michael! ***** Look what I found! Persistence - $6.95 https://www.hamiltonbook.com/michael-weiss-persistence-compact-disc

MAYNARD FERGUSON: The Roulette Collection (8 LPs on 4 CDs) - $13.95 https://www.hamiltonbook.com/maynard-ferguson-the-roulette-collection-compact-disc

Saturday results Toronto 28....Edmonton 23 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6282/toronto-argonauts-vs-edmonton-elks/#videos https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-toronto-argonauts-edmonton-elks-recap-oct-15-1.6618259 https://3downnation.com/2022/10/16/argos-prove-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-meaningless-win-and-nine-other-thoughts-on-stunning-the-elks/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/16/sometimes-you-just-have-to-laugh-10-thoughts-on-the-elks-shattering-loss-to-toronto/ The Argos took their first lead of the game with 27 seconds left. ***** BC 40....Winnipeg 32 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6283/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-bc-lions/#videos https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-blue-bombers-bc-lions-recap-oct-15-1.6617901 https://3downnation.com/2022/10/16/dru-brown-plays-up-and-down-in-winnipegs-narrow-loss-to-b-c-lions-seven-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/16/lions-show-that-its-dangerous-to-terry-and-eight-other-thoughts-on-b-c-beating-the-bombers/ The Bombers have clinched first place, so they sat a number of starters including Collaros. Under those circumstances, they looked pretty good. ***** Week 19 Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/17/thrilling-finishes-in-the-week-19-plays-of-the-week/ ***** Power Rankings https://3downnation.com/2022/10/17/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-lions-stomp-into-second-place/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/17/power-rankings-making-last-minute-moves/ ***** QB Index https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/qb-index-no-one-team-should-have-all-that-power/ ***** Playoff Scenarios https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/17/playoff-scenarios-argos-look-to-host-ef-lions-eye-home-playoff-date/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/17/b-c-lions-can-clinch-second-place-in-west-division-with-win-over-edmonton-elks/ I didn't realize that Ottawa has not yet been eliminated! ***** Gossip! https://3downnation.com/2022/10/19/insider-talk-fajardos-vet-day-guaranteed-cfl-contracts-jones-future/ ***** One of my favorites, SJ Green, will retire as an Alouette. https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/s-j-green-to-retire-as-a-member-of-the-alouettes/ https://3downnation.com/2022/10/19/eight-time-east-division-all-star-s-j-green-to-officially-retire-as-member-of-montreal-alouettes/ ***** There are only 9 teams, and 128 players are eligible to win the Most Outstanding Rookie Award. I have felt that the league has not yet recovered from taking 2020 off, and the influx of so many new players is probably why. You can bet the ranch that the Award will go to Winnipeg's Dalton Schoen. https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/18/128-players-eligible-to-be-named-cfls-most-outstanding-rookie/ ***** Analyses and Picks https://www.tsn.ca/argonauts-can-clinch-first-in-east-division-with-victory-over-montreal-alouettes-1.1864977 http://17degreesports.com/index.php/2022/10/19/cfl-week-20-preview/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/18/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-20-picks/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/weekly-predictor-taking-the-bc-lions/ ***** Week 20 Game Notes https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-20-2/ ***** Week 20 Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/19/checking-down-news-and-notes-from-week-20/

My interest in Evans has always been primarily the Riverside material. I picked up the European box of Riverside/Milestone albums, and have always been pleased with it. One of my favorite sets was issued by Universal, I think in the late '80s. It was Chet Baker's complete Barclay recordings. It was called Chet in Paris, and each of the four CDs was sold separately. The first three CDs were the masters, and the fourth was made up of alternates. It would suit me if everybody put the alternates on a separate CD.

Oct 28,29,30: Playing with Rufus Reid & Expedition at Dizzy's Jazz @ Lincoln Center Dear friends, I'm thrilled that this incredible quintet led by the great Rufus Reid is playing together again. We'll have 3 nights in this terrific room with a beautiful piano and an inspiring view. I hope to see you there! Rufus Reid & Expedition Rufus Reid - bass Freddie Hendrix- trumpet Roxy Coss - tenor saxophone Roberta Piket – piano Kenneth Salters – drums Dizzy's Club - Jazz @ Lincoln Center Friday Oct 28, Saturday Oct 29: sets at 7:30 & 9:30pm Sunday Oct 30: sets at 5pm & 7:30pm Reservations: https://2022.jazz.org/rufus-re... Get tickets here!

JD Allen Americana, Vol. 2 Impacting October 17th, 2022 Artist Title Time JD Allen Up South 06:30 JD Allen This World Is a Mean World 05:45 JD Allen The Werk Song 04:48 JD Allen Hammer and Hoe 04:21 JD Allen You Don't Know Me 05:05 JD Allen Jackie and Johnny 03:24 JD Allen Mickey and Mallory 03:28 JD Allen A Mouthful of Forevers 03:36 JD Allen The Battle of Blair Mountain 03:48 JD Allen Irene (Mother) 03:31 JD Allen Down South 03:51 New from JD Allen on Savant Records JD Allen - Americana, Vol. 2 Savant Records SCD 2202 JD Allen, tenor saxophone Charlie Hunter, guitar (except tracks 6, 7 & 8) Gregg August, bass • Rudy Royston, drums AIRPLAY STARTS NOW SUGGESTED TRACKS 3. The Werk Song 4:47 • 4. Hammer and Hoe 4:21 5. You Don’t Know Me 5:05 • 9. The Battle of Blair Mountain 3:47 2202 JD Al... 2202 Digit...