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John Tchicai's playing here Saturday night.

Maybe it's a nice way of saying they were making noise. Or that Ratliff found that his bag of adjectives was empty...

And how was the music?

Amazing the things that can happen when you're too busy to read the board for a week...

Just found "The Collected Essays of Robert Creeley" while strolling through the web: http://texts.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft4t...c&brand=ucpress

Anne Tyler - "Ladder of Years"

Anyone noticed that there are four tunes by Thad Jones?

Poet Robert Creeley Dies Listen to this story... by Michele Norris http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4568156 All Things Considered, March 30, 2005 · Massachusetts-born poet Robert Creeley died Wednesday in Odessa, Texas. Creeley is associated with a group of writers often referred to collectively as "The Black Mountain Poets." He authored 60 books of poetry and criticism. -- & did several collaborations with jazz musicians, including Steve Lacy and Steve Swallow & artists, including Francesco Clemente and R.B. Kitaj

Sonia Delaunay "Juste Présent" Color Etching Hey, Sonia used black and red as well!

Who she?

Three stops in PA, but none in Philly! Something must be done...

This thread made me wonder about the 1965 Les McCann/Gerald Wilson Pacific Jazz LP. Any opinions on that one?

I've always wondered.

By accident, I caught the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra on "Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio with Ed Bradley" last night. Worth checking out if the show's broadcast in your area. (Some of the shows are available in streaming audio a few weeks after broadcast.)

Now if the lyrics were sung in say, French, then...

Philly ain't no theme park. Thank god.

Which one?

Tipitina's maybe.

Any interest in jazz? --> phillyjazz.Jazzmatazz.info

My Braxton "Dona/Donna Lee" is number 0039!

Update: there's a UPS package from CD Universe at the door!

Got an email from CDUniverse over the weekend the my back-ordered Free America titles are in stock.

Well, after you take the outer wrap off, you'll have no info on the front cover. I suppose that's OK in some circumstances - the artwork itself looks good, but it just doesn't work for me from a practical point of view...and wait til you get to the booklets! Here, tell me which titles are these by looking at the covers: Check the spines.

Arrived this morning. On tap for later this afternoon...

I find some details of the show on some site (phillyjazz.Jazzmatazz.info) -- Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen — featuring Sun Ra's arrangements of big band jazz stomps by Fletcher Henderson, Horace Henderson, Jelly Roll Morton, a.o. — will include the world premiere of two new stomps composed and arranged by Arkestra trumpeter Fred Adams — the Sedgwick youth jazz band will perform with the Arkestra on several pieces — Sedgwick Cultural Center, 7137 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia Apr 16 (Sat) — 8 pm — $15 advance / $22 door