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That is about Clifford, not Morgenstern or his ear......

Gotta mention my under-recorded but hopefully not forgotten friend, the late Clarence 'C' Sharpe. He was an impassioned Bird and Bud-ite with his own thing to boot. And what a guy......

Sorry. English sil vous plait.....

Great. I kind of figured that was the case. Thanks. One enigma left that I'm done talking about.

As an aside it always cracked me up when the writers would feud in the actual notes, as when Nat Hentoff referred to 'noted tin-ear Dan Morgenstern' for saying Clifford Brown relied on his chops too much. Not that I disagree

I mean, sh#$t, someone had to do it. I seriously wish everyone here the best in contemplation of all we have to be thankful for. Now shut up and eat, damn it

I'm trying to unscramble 'admirarably resistant to anti-semitic appeals'. Does this mean Ellison ignored appeals to not be anti-semitic or to be? If the latter is the case can you point me to specific anti-semetic passages in Ellison's music criticism? I've read the fiction. Thanks. Also, if Crouch, following Ellison's example, is no anti-semite how to explain the ugly words cited herein? Aberrational? Stanley grandstanding yet again (it's his meal ticket. Even I know that)?.

Was Frank Strozier mentioned? Especially ca. 1962 (Long Night)

Randy is a national treasure. No, a WORLDWIDE treasure.

After reading the Huffington piece contrasted with comments reported here one might well ask: will the real Stanley Crouch please stand up?

Some more food for thought, or wood for the fire. A 1967 essay by James Baldwin, which is at least honest:http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin-antisem.html

Some reading material: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Antisemitism-Jewish-Racism-Baldwin/dp/0805202803

I second that. Excellent.

I see it every day (anti-semitic stereotypes invoked as above) in uneducated blacks I deal with in my personal life. One was quite openly spilling out sentences like 'y'all help each other out, I know', and why don't you ask the Jews to help you (with some personal problems). They're not going to help no niggers'. I've heard this attitude more than I've cared to and I refuse to sugar-coat what people say. When I was a teen there was none of this (in my life at least). Perhaps it was because I could play guitar well that I was invited to East New York to join or jam with R&B bands. I learned a lot of music from these guys and there wasn't a racist bone in anyone's body. These were poor kids, too. So in the end, like the bard Mac Davis, I believe in music. It's the only thing I've seen work to counteract all this other bullshit.

What's making you sick?The fact that the two guys I have read you champion on these boards as 'good guys' (Marsalis and Crouch), were still prepared to use extreme racialised language in their own 'Corporate Black Power' ambitions. Yes. And I defended them, not the same as championing them, when unfairly maligned. This is different, and sickening. Anyway, I may have changed my views from a Wynton-hater but it really doesn't matter to me much. Both those guys were nice to me when I met them, and the only thing I have to go on is experience. But this is indefensible and anyway I don't want to get into a whole thing on it---doubt that the rest of the board does either. So just let the troll in post 230 'put it out there', and let it hang in the air.And the Black face of jazz, can forever be dismissed as synonymous with anti-semiticism and reverse racism, or even worse .........bad Fusion He's not a troll. He's actually an old aquaintance, known for years outside of this BB. However the polemic, if true, stands on its own bottom and, again, is contemptable. I don't know what makes them the 'black face of jazz' unless you're being sarcastic. Funny thing is we musicians could give a rat's ass about any of this. Of course our voice counts nil unless someone's a star. I still plan to read Crouch's book---scanned it already and it looks good. If that works out it's on to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Alright, I'm kidding so knock it off. Just trying to add some much-needed levity.

Jonathan Schwartz has been playing a relatively new singer named Diana Panton. From Canada and excellent.

If no one's mentioned Shirley Horn yet...

Much love. Especially that album.

I highly recommend Shawnn Monteiro. One of the best currently working.

When I discovered poverty. Actually, I played blues first and rock before that. I still play and write in an R&B-influenced style, among others.

What's making you sick?The fact that the two guys I have read you champion on these boards as 'good guys' (Marsalis and Crouch), were still prepared to use extreme racialised language in their own 'Corporate Black Power' ambitions. Yes. And I defended them, not the same as championing them, when unfairly maligned. This is different, and sickening. Anyway, I may have changed my views from a Wynton-hater but it really doesn't matter to me much. Both those guys were nice to me when I met them, and the only thing I have to go on is experience. But this is indefensible and anyway I don't want to get into a whole thing on it---doubt that the rest of the board does either.

Ha. Figures that when it sucks it's crystal clear and when it's good, this. Thereoughttabealaw........

I picked up a flyer at the club but it didn't mention anything about the concert being a benefit. Strange....

It's making me sick to read this.

Did anyone watch the stream? It felt good up there, and a bonus was playing with Hod O ' Brien for the first time in almost 30 years. Nice night.