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Randy is worth seeing as a trio, quartet, quintet or whatever format he is playing in.

Just about everyone has read "Catcher in the Rye." I didn't know he had not published in so long.

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HBJ, are you being quite witty with a good pun (in which case I congratulate you!), or do you not realize that the line went "The names have been changed to protect the innocent." Mark VII! Dum de dum dum:) I meant it the way I wrote it.

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With that said, playing jazz is not like popular music where a fix set of tunes will add up to X amount of minutes. With jazz, the musicians' solos can make a tune 10 minutes one time and 20 minutes the next time. It is all determined upon the mood at that moment. Playing 55 minutes or 75 minutes is irrelevant in my opinion. Lorraine is just a grumpy person. I've seen it many time when I've gone there. I am going again tonight so let's see she does something new.

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That sucks, regardless of where the radio station is. Jazz always has it a rough time in the states with air time.

You can always change the names to protect the incident and tell it anyway.

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Those that can't make the shows, WBGO.ORG will be broadcasting the first set tonight. 9PM.

Here is my list. I do keep a journal of the shows I go and see. The best show I saw in 2009 was Randy Weston 12/08/2009. FRANK WESS 01/??/2009 RANDY WESTON 02/18/2009 LEE KONITZ 04/03/2009 SONNY ROLLINS 04/18/2009 CECIL TAYLOR 05/28/2009 GENERATIONS 07/10/2009 SONNY ROLLINS 09/25/2009 JACK WALRATH 11/05/2009 MARIA SCHNEIDER 11/28/2009 GILAD HEKSELMAN 12/02/2009 SONNY ROLLINS 12/06/2009 PETER BERNSTEIN 12/09/2009 RANDY WESTON 12/08/2009 CEDAR WALTON 12/19/2009 ARI HOENIG 12/21/2009 EDMAR CASTANEDA 12/22/2009

Dan Tepfer-p, Matt Wilson-d Lee did take it in stride. Plus as you stated, retention of audiences, the club was just about half filled last night. So this could have been why she was so quick to jump up and tell the band to get back up on the stage. The audience was asked to stay for the second set for just a additional $10.

Lee is pushing 83, if not already there. For Lorraine to do what you say she did, sounds pretty harsh. Man played for nearly an hour, what's wrong with that? How many sets on a weekday night? Marty, she did. It was so so rude, but she has done similar acts in the past. Lee is 82 or 83. He even sat on a chair for part of the set. When I saw Cecil Taylor at the Vanguard I believe in December 2008, the first set was about 50 minutes long. As Cecil and Tony Oxley walked off, she said if you want to play here again, you better longer sets. The second set was a little longer, more like 60 minutes. Cecil should have played a two hour set. That might have pissed her off in another way.

Lee is pushing 83, if not already there. For Lorraine to do what you say she did, sounds pretty harsh. Man played for nearly an hour, what's wrong with that? How many sets on a weekday night? Marty, she did. It was so so rude, but she has done similar acts in the past. Lee is 82 or 83. He even sat on a chair for part of the set. When I saw Cecil Taylor at the Vanguard I believe in December 2008, the first set was about 50 minutes long. As Cecil and Tony Oxley walked off, she said if you want to play here again, you better do longer sets. The second set was a little longer, more like 60 minutes. Cecil hasn't played there since. But it makes me wonder if what she said has been why Cecil hasn't played there again.

Last night, January 19th, I went to the Vanguard to catch Lee Konitz's trio. Lee was wonderful. Around 55 minutes into the set, Lee said that was all for the set. As the band walked off the stage, Lorraine, jumped up and yelled, "you owe me 15 minutes. Get back up there and play! I don't pay you to sit in the back." Lee and the band returned to the stage and played another number. When the band finished that tune, Lee asked Lorraine if that was good enough. She didn't answer him, so Lee started to play one more number, "Sweet Lorraine." Lorraine, can be a ball buster, but this is all part of the allure of the Village Vanguard. One note, when Lee started to play "Sweet Lorraine" the pianist sat out because he didn't know the changes. That is such a common standard, how could you not know the changes to that tune?

Ah. That makes sense.

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Is there any truth that Michael Jackson recorded something by Lester Bowie? I only question this because it is on the allmusic.com web page for Lester Bowie- Songs performed by, it list Michael Jackson. All I can imagine is Michael Jackson may have sampled a piece of a Bowie tune. Anyone know if this is true?

Yeah, I looked myself and didn't see anything about it.

Thanks everyone.

Monday Nights with WBGO Freddie Redd Sextet: The Jazz Connection This looks very interesting. Anyone planning on catching this show? Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

Damn, another one leaves this world. RIP Ed. And thanks for what you've left us.

I really miss his playing. But he left a ton of music behind. Happy birthday Joe.